BM: Yeehaw! Another chapter.
JJ: You're on a roll! Three chapters in three nights!
BM: Yup.and it's about to get real interesting.
JJ: What do you mean?
BM: The story is gonna start now
JJ: YOU MEAN IT HASN'T EVEN STARTED YET!!!
BM: Of course it hasn't started yet. This is pretty much just leading up to the events of the story. It's the foundation of the story.
JJ: Whatever
BM: You'll see soon enough, now do the disclaimer
JJ: again?
BM: Yes
JJ: OK
Disclaimer: My dad doesn't own DBZ or Marvel. If he did do you really think we would be writing fan fiction instead of episodes?
Note: Please excuse us if the fight scene doesn't seem quite right, this is our first fight scene.
Chapter 5 Training for the tournament
Morning saw the Son household and their guests loading their belongings into Bulma's craft. As Bulma finished capsulizing their temporary shelters, she broke the morning silence.
"Why don't you boys go and get in some training after you finish loading everything up?"
"I suppose you could," stated Chi Chi "It will be a while before breakfast.so you could get in a quick spar."
"Don't you need to train Chi?" asked Goku.
"Who would make breakfast, and even if someone could, who would I spar?" questioned Chi Chi.
"I could have some of the robots I have with me make breakfast." offered Bulma "All you have to do is program in the menus and the quantity."
"Then who would I spar?" asked Chi Chi again.
"You could spar Tien." said Goku after making a quick ki scan.
"I suppose." Chi Chi finally gave in. "If Tien thinks he's up for it." Chi Chi said, adding a smirk that would put Vegeta to shame.
Tien, looking between eager for a fight and nervous about hurting her, was put to rest as Goku put a hand on his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, she's stronger than even she believes.
Chi Chi then went in to change into a uniform after telling Bulma what to program into the robots. When she returned she was wearing her royal blue uniform that was trimmed with crimson. Tien, seeing this and feeling the power emanating from her, began to worry less about hurting her, and more about getting hurt himself. This passed quickly though as his thoughts turned from worry to wonder about the power.
They went out a little further from the group just as Ox King emerged from the house. ~~~Meanwhile at the Watcher's headquarters~~~
"Ancestor, do you think that Chi Chi is equipped to handle Tien in a fight?" asked Kaibitto.
"Yes, I believe she is, now hush. I want to see the fight" said Elder Kai.
Odin just leaned forward, looking interested while Thor danced around cheering for Chi Chi, always loving a good fight and being able to tell that this one was going to be GREAT.
~~~Back at the Son Residence~~~
Chi Chi was crouching down in a cat stance, one hand close to her and in a fist, the other hand open and out, preparing to block at a moments notice. Even Vegeta couldn't find an opening in her stance. They seemed to be having a stare down. The wind blew through the trees causing a few leaves to fall. Just as the leaves touched the ground, they both shot forward each letting out their own earth-shattering kiyai. They met each other with a flurry of punches and kicks, neither letting up, determined to break the others defenses. Tien was somewhat surprised that she could keep up such a defense while delivering such strong blows. Since all he had seen her do since the tournament all those years ago was take care of her family, he didn't really think she could have time to keep up with her training. Even with his three eyes he couldn't spot an opening in her defenses. While he was thinking he became careless and left an opening. Chi Chi saw this immediately and capitalized on it. Delivering a blow that jarred him to his insides she sent him careening into a nearby tree that had somehow managed to survive all of Goku and Gohan's training sessions. Seeing this the observers all seemed to be a bit surprised. Krillin just stared on in shock while Yamcha just looked on trying to figure out exactly what happened. Goku was cheering wildly while Vegeta just smirked. Piccolo was silent and observant as always while Mirai Trunks just seemed a little surprised at the strength Chi Chi was exhibiting. Gohan was cheering just as loudly as his father and Launch completed their cheering section.
"Yeah you go Chi Chi, that should teach him to get sloppy during a fight." shouted Launch.
Tien who was standing up and trying to shake away the birdies looked up at this and said "Hey, whose side are you on anyways?!" Chaotzu echoed this and she just shrugged.
"I'm on both sides" everyone just sweat dropped.
"If it's not too much trouble I would just like to know, WHAT JUST HAPPENED OUT THERE?!" screeched Bulma, much to the disdain of all the Saiyans and the Namekian.
"Something that you could do if you would bother to train." said Vegeta coolly, which nearly caused Bulma to burst a blood vessel.
"OH YEAH, PRINCE OF THE VEGETABLES! WELL MAYBE IF YOU WOULD TRAIN ME OR LET SOMEONE TRAIN ME THEN I WOULD. OR ARE YOU SCARED THAT I'M GOING TO DO THAT TO YOU?" Bulma yelled so loud that it caused Piccolo's ears to bleed.
Not wishing to inflict more punishment on himself or his fellow Saiyans, Vegeta just said, "Perhaps we could get on with watching the fight, which you might notice has started again." Bulma, not wanting to miss her friends fight, redirected her attention to the fight at hand.
Chi Chi and Tien were once again enthusiastically attacking each other, Tien with a new respect for Chi Chi's abilities and Chi Chi with a new understanding of Tien's stamina and wishing that she herself had fought a little more to build up her own endurance.
Meanwhile, while Goku was going around trying to find out if anyone wanted to take on Chi Chi next, Vegeta was thinking that he would have to train Bulma himself so that he could get her up to above Chi Chi's level, not being able to stand having any member of Kakarot's family better than his family in any way. And while he was at it he would train up that brat she always carried around too.
~~~Watcher's HQ~~~
"Ancestor, how did Chi Chi get to be so strong?" asked Kaibitto
"WHAT" Elder Kai shrieked "You terrible excuse for a kai how could you not know?"
"How did she get so strong?" questioned Thor
"If you were at Valhalla a little more instead of gallivanting around with Balder maybe you would know some of these things." stated Odin. Both youths blushed at the comments of their relatives until Kami offered to explain.
"She has always been strong for a female human, but some of her hidden powers were unlocked after her encounter with the Black Water mist and it does help when you live with and raise Saiyans."
"How does she find the time to train?" questioned Kaibitto
"That is a mystery even I don't know, but I think it may have something to do with her training with Octopus."
"Being Anin's descendant doesn't dampen her skills either." inserted the Watcher causing all eyes in the room to turn questioning eyes to him.
"You mean the same Anin who has guarded the furnace between the human world and other world for over 10,000 years?" questioned Kami
"Yes" stated the Watcher simply
"No wonder." said the now enlightened Kaibitto.
~~~Son Residence~~~
Tien was beginning to wear down but Chi Chi showed no signs of fatigue. If he didn't find a way to end this soon he would either be forced to give up or collapse from lack of energy. Mustering all the energy he had left he powered up an energy wave preparing to fire it at her. Chi Chi only registered shock for a few moments before charging at him. He fired her directly at her expecting her to be hit due to the belief that she thought he was bluffing. She calmly batted it aside, and finished her charge with a strong elbow to his Solar Plexus. His face showed pain for a moment before he fell into unconsciousness. The others stood there looking on in shock before she calmly carried him back and asked if any of them had a senzu bean. She seemed slightly horrified at the fact that they couldn't fix his wounds before they heard a voice.
"Perhaps I can help." said the voice. They turned around and all relaxed at the site of Dende.
"I'm glad you decided to come Dende." said Chi Chi. "I hope you can help him, we kind of had a rough match."
"I thought so too, it seemed that way from what I saw. I'm very impressed with your skills. You have a lot of potential." said another voice they recognized as Mr. Popo's.
"You really think so?" said Chi Chi with a small blush.
"I'm sure of it." stated Tien, getting to his feet after being healed by Dende. "fighting you was a great honor." he finished bowing, causing Chi Chi's blush to deepen as she bowed back. (JJ: She seems to be blushing a lot doesn't she?) Just then they heard a loud group of rumbles. All the Saiyans present blushed, with the exception of Goku who just gave the Son Family Grin. Everyone present just laughed as they went into the house to start on breakfast.
"Now that we've had our morning entertainment, we can eat and then we'll head off to the tournament." said Gohan excitedly.
"Sounds good to me" said Bulma
After devouring his breakfast at an even faster pace than usual. (BM: Is that even possible?) He grabbed Chi Chi who had lost her appetite (BM: I wonder why) and said he would be back before putting his fingers to his head and vanishing.
~~~Korin's Tower~~~
Goku appeared right behind Korin who seemed to be watching a replay of Chi Chi and Tien's fight in one of his jars. He seemed slightly startled at their arrival but they couldn't quite tell since he was pretty good at hiding it.
"Hiya, master Korin." Goku chirped with enthusiasm.
"It's good to see you Goku" said Korin with a slightly calmer tone than his old student. "I haven't seen you for a while Chi Chi, in person that is."
"It is good to see you again Korin." said Chi Chi.
"What can I do for you today Goku?"
"I was wondering if you could possibly take a reading on Chi Chi's power level." said Goku simply.
"Why would you want him to do that?" asked Chi Chi.
"I'm just curious." said Goku.
"I suppose I could put your curiosity to rest, if Chi Chi doesn't matter powering up for me that is." 'not to mention putting mine to rest' agreed Korin
"I guess I don't mind." Chi Chi gave in, a little curious herself.
"Just try not to take apart the tower like Goku nearly did the other day." said Korin.
"Though I doubt I could, tell me when to stop, just to be safe." agreed Chi Chi, ignoring the blush and laugh of her husband.
With that said Chi Chi began to power up, slowly at first, just a few sparks, then with increasing power. A gentle glow began to gather around her, but it kept getting brighter and brighter, to the point where it rivaled the magnitude of Tien's Solar Flare. Then the tower began to tremor, until Korin had to shout for her to stop. With a shout she kept her energy at that level long enough for Korin to get an accurate reading, then she powered down.
"So what's the verdict?" questioned Chi Chi as she wiped a few beads of sweat off her brow, "That was about 90 percent of my power."
"Yeah Master Korin what's the verdict?" asked Goku, blinking his eyes a few times as his eyes readjusted to the regular light.
"She's strong, real strong." said Korin, stroking his chin "Not that I expected less from the wife of Goku."
"You mean around Krillin's level strong or around Frieza's level strong?" Goku questioned.
"Strong." said Korin with an air of finality.
"Come on Goku, lets go." said Chi Chi. "I'm sure that the others are waiting for us by now."
With a nod Goku lifted two fingers to his forehead, and with a wave to his former teacher they were gone.
When they arrived back at the Son residence, some were loading up into the vehicle while others were about to fly off into the direction of Korin's tower. They waved when they saw Goku and Chi Chi and all landed and looked at Goku and Chi Chi with interest.
"So where did you guys go?" asked Krillin "Did you sense that power level that skyrocketed a bit ago and then came back down?"
"Of course we did." said Goku "It was Chi Chi's"
"Chi Chi's!" they all said at once."
"I knew it felt like Mom's but I didn't know it was hers." said Gohan in surprise.
"Goku wanted to Korin to evaluate my power level." said Chi Chi while blushing.
"What did the kitty say?" asked Vegeta
"He just said she was strong." said Goku with a slight hint of annoyance in his voice, "but we already knew that."
"Whatever, lets get going." said Vegeta, slightly disappointed but not about to let them know.
They all agreed and in a few moments they were all airborne and on their way to Kame House.
BM: That's all for now folks
JJ: awwwwwwww I wanted a little more. All you did in this chapter was lay more foundation. I thought you said we were gonna get into the story.
BM: It takes a lot of work to give more insight into a character. I felt like making Chi Chi a little more than window dressing in this story.
JJ: I always wondered why they never had Chi Chi help out or even go very close to a fight in DBZ when she seemed to play a quite important role in the last fight against Piccolo in Dragonball
BM: yeah.I guess. Let me know what you think or if you have any suggestions for future chapters in a review.
JJ: You're on a roll! Three chapters in three nights!
BM: Yup.and it's about to get real interesting.
JJ: What do you mean?
BM: The story is gonna start now
JJ: YOU MEAN IT HASN'T EVEN STARTED YET!!!
BM: Of course it hasn't started yet. This is pretty much just leading up to the events of the story. It's the foundation of the story.
JJ: Whatever
BM: You'll see soon enough, now do the disclaimer
JJ: again?
BM: Yes
JJ: OK
Disclaimer: My dad doesn't own DBZ or Marvel. If he did do you really think we would be writing fan fiction instead of episodes?
Note: Please excuse us if the fight scene doesn't seem quite right, this is our first fight scene.
Chapter 5 Training for the tournament
Morning saw the Son household and their guests loading their belongings into Bulma's craft. As Bulma finished capsulizing their temporary shelters, she broke the morning silence.
"Why don't you boys go and get in some training after you finish loading everything up?"
"I suppose you could," stated Chi Chi "It will be a while before breakfast.so you could get in a quick spar."
"Don't you need to train Chi?" asked Goku.
"Who would make breakfast, and even if someone could, who would I spar?" questioned Chi Chi.
"I could have some of the robots I have with me make breakfast." offered Bulma "All you have to do is program in the menus and the quantity."
"Then who would I spar?" asked Chi Chi again.
"You could spar Tien." said Goku after making a quick ki scan.
"I suppose." Chi Chi finally gave in. "If Tien thinks he's up for it." Chi Chi said, adding a smirk that would put Vegeta to shame.
Tien, looking between eager for a fight and nervous about hurting her, was put to rest as Goku put a hand on his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, she's stronger than even she believes.
Chi Chi then went in to change into a uniform after telling Bulma what to program into the robots. When she returned she was wearing her royal blue uniform that was trimmed with crimson. Tien, seeing this and feeling the power emanating from her, began to worry less about hurting her, and more about getting hurt himself. This passed quickly though as his thoughts turned from worry to wonder about the power.
They went out a little further from the group just as Ox King emerged from the house. ~~~Meanwhile at the Watcher's headquarters~~~
"Ancestor, do you think that Chi Chi is equipped to handle Tien in a fight?" asked Kaibitto.
"Yes, I believe she is, now hush. I want to see the fight" said Elder Kai.
Odin just leaned forward, looking interested while Thor danced around cheering for Chi Chi, always loving a good fight and being able to tell that this one was going to be GREAT.
~~~Back at the Son Residence~~~
Chi Chi was crouching down in a cat stance, one hand close to her and in a fist, the other hand open and out, preparing to block at a moments notice. Even Vegeta couldn't find an opening in her stance. They seemed to be having a stare down. The wind blew through the trees causing a few leaves to fall. Just as the leaves touched the ground, they both shot forward each letting out their own earth-shattering kiyai. They met each other with a flurry of punches and kicks, neither letting up, determined to break the others defenses. Tien was somewhat surprised that she could keep up such a defense while delivering such strong blows. Since all he had seen her do since the tournament all those years ago was take care of her family, he didn't really think she could have time to keep up with her training. Even with his three eyes he couldn't spot an opening in her defenses. While he was thinking he became careless and left an opening. Chi Chi saw this immediately and capitalized on it. Delivering a blow that jarred him to his insides she sent him careening into a nearby tree that had somehow managed to survive all of Goku and Gohan's training sessions. Seeing this the observers all seemed to be a bit surprised. Krillin just stared on in shock while Yamcha just looked on trying to figure out exactly what happened. Goku was cheering wildly while Vegeta just smirked. Piccolo was silent and observant as always while Mirai Trunks just seemed a little surprised at the strength Chi Chi was exhibiting. Gohan was cheering just as loudly as his father and Launch completed their cheering section.
"Yeah you go Chi Chi, that should teach him to get sloppy during a fight." shouted Launch.
Tien who was standing up and trying to shake away the birdies looked up at this and said "Hey, whose side are you on anyways?!" Chaotzu echoed this and she just shrugged.
"I'm on both sides" everyone just sweat dropped.
"If it's not too much trouble I would just like to know, WHAT JUST HAPPENED OUT THERE?!" screeched Bulma, much to the disdain of all the Saiyans and the Namekian.
"Something that you could do if you would bother to train." said Vegeta coolly, which nearly caused Bulma to burst a blood vessel.
"OH YEAH, PRINCE OF THE VEGETABLES! WELL MAYBE IF YOU WOULD TRAIN ME OR LET SOMEONE TRAIN ME THEN I WOULD. OR ARE YOU SCARED THAT I'M GOING TO DO THAT TO YOU?" Bulma yelled so loud that it caused Piccolo's ears to bleed.
Not wishing to inflict more punishment on himself or his fellow Saiyans, Vegeta just said, "Perhaps we could get on with watching the fight, which you might notice has started again." Bulma, not wanting to miss her friends fight, redirected her attention to the fight at hand.
Chi Chi and Tien were once again enthusiastically attacking each other, Tien with a new respect for Chi Chi's abilities and Chi Chi with a new understanding of Tien's stamina and wishing that she herself had fought a little more to build up her own endurance.
Meanwhile, while Goku was going around trying to find out if anyone wanted to take on Chi Chi next, Vegeta was thinking that he would have to train Bulma himself so that he could get her up to above Chi Chi's level, not being able to stand having any member of Kakarot's family better than his family in any way. And while he was at it he would train up that brat she always carried around too.
~~~Watcher's HQ~~~
"Ancestor, how did Chi Chi get to be so strong?" asked Kaibitto
"WHAT" Elder Kai shrieked "You terrible excuse for a kai how could you not know?"
"How did she get so strong?" questioned Thor
"If you were at Valhalla a little more instead of gallivanting around with Balder maybe you would know some of these things." stated Odin. Both youths blushed at the comments of their relatives until Kami offered to explain.
"She has always been strong for a female human, but some of her hidden powers were unlocked after her encounter with the Black Water mist and it does help when you live with and raise Saiyans."
"How does she find the time to train?" questioned Kaibitto
"That is a mystery even I don't know, but I think it may have something to do with her training with Octopus."
"Being Anin's descendant doesn't dampen her skills either." inserted the Watcher causing all eyes in the room to turn questioning eyes to him.
"You mean the same Anin who has guarded the furnace between the human world and other world for over 10,000 years?" questioned Kami
"Yes" stated the Watcher simply
"No wonder." said the now enlightened Kaibitto.
~~~Son Residence~~~
Tien was beginning to wear down but Chi Chi showed no signs of fatigue. If he didn't find a way to end this soon he would either be forced to give up or collapse from lack of energy. Mustering all the energy he had left he powered up an energy wave preparing to fire it at her. Chi Chi only registered shock for a few moments before charging at him. He fired her directly at her expecting her to be hit due to the belief that she thought he was bluffing. She calmly batted it aside, and finished her charge with a strong elbow to his Solar Plexus. His face showed pain for a moment before he fell into unconsciousness. The others stood there looking on in shock before she calmly carried him back and asked if any of them had a senzu bean. She seemed slightly horrified at the fact that they couldn't fix his wounds before they heard a voice.
"Perhaps I can help." said the voice. They turned around and all relaxed at the site of Dende.
"I'm glad you decided to come Dende." said Chi Chi. "I hope you can help him, we kind of had a rough match."
"I thought so too, it seemed that way from what I saw. I'm very impressed with your skills. You have a lot of potential." said another voice they recognized as Mr. Popo's.
"You really think so?" said Chi Chi with a small blush.
"I'm sure of it." stated Tien, getting to his feet after being healed by Dende. "fighting you was a great honor." he finished bowing, causing Chi Chi's blush to deepen as she bowed back. (JJ: She seems to be blushing a lot doesn't she?) Just then they heard a loud group of rumbles. All the Saiyans present blushed, with the exception of Goku who just gave the Son Family Grin. Everyone present just laughed as they went into the house to start on breakfast.
"Now that we've had our morning entertainment, we can eat and then we'll head off to the tournament." said Gohan excitedly.
"Sounds good to me" said Bulma
After devouring his breakfast at an even faster pace than usual. (BM: Is that even possible?) He grabbed Chi Chi who had lost her appetite (BM: I wonder why) and said he would be back before putting his fingers to his head and vanishing.
~~~Korin's Tower~~~
Goku appeared right behind Korin who seemed to be watching a replay of Chi Chi and Tien's fight in one of his jars. He seemed slightly startled at their arrival but they couldn't quite tell since he was pretty good at hiding it.
"Hiya, master Korin." Goku chirped with enthusiasm.
"It's good to see you Goku" said Korin with a slightly calmer tone than his old student. "I haven't seen you for a while Chi Chi, in person that is."
"It is good to see you again Korin." said Chi Chi.
"What can I do for you today Goku?"
"I was wondering if you could possibly take a reading on Chi Chi's power level." said Goku simply.
"Why would you want him to do that?" asked Chi Chi.
"I'm just curious." said Goku.
"I suppose I could put your curiosity to rest, if Chi Chi doesn't matter powering up for me that is." 'not to mention putting mine to rest' agreed Korin
"I guess I don't mind." Chi Chi gave in, a little curious herself.
"Just try not to take apart the tower like Goku nearly did the other day." said Korin.
"Though I doubt I could, tell me when to stop, just to be safe." agreed Chi Chi, ignoring the blush and laugh of her husband.
With that said Chi Chi began to power up, slowly at first, just a few sparks, then with increasing power. A gentle glow began to gather around her, but it kept getting brighter and brighter, to the point where it rivaled the magnitude of Tien's Solar Flare. Then the tower began to tremor, until Korin had to shout for her to stop. With a shout she kept her energy at that level long enough for Korin to get an accurate reading, then she powered down.
"So what's the verdict?" questioned Chi Chi as she wiped a few beads of sweat off her brow, "That was about 90 percent of my power."
"Yeah Master Korin what's the verdict?" asked Goku, blinking his eyes a few times as his eyes readjusted to the regular light.
"She's strong, real strong." said Korin, stroking his chin "Not that I expected less from the wife of Goku."
"You mean around Krillin's level strong or around Frieza's level strong?" Goku questioned.
"Strong." said Korin with an air of finality.
"Come on Goku, lets go." said Chi Chi. "I'm sure that the others are waiting for us by now."
With a nod Goku lifted two fingers to his forehead, and with a wave to his former teacher they were gone.
When they arrived back at the Son residence, some were loading up into the vehicle while others were about to fly off into the direction of Korin's tower. They waved when they saw Goku and Chi Chi and all landed and looked at Goku and Chi Chi with interest.
"So where did you guys go?" asked Krillin "Did you sense that power level that skyrocketed a bit ago and then came back down?"
"Of course we did." said Goku "It was Chi Chi's"
"Chi Chi's!" they all said at once."
"I knew it felt like Mom's but I didn't know it was hers." said Gohan in surprise.
"Goku wanted to Korin to evaluate my power level." said Chi Chi while blushing.
"What did the kitty say?" asked Vegeta
"He just said she was strong." said Goku with a slight hint of annoyance in his voice, "but we already knew that."
"Whatever, lets get going." said Vegeta, slightly disappointed but not about to let them know.
They all agreed and in a few moments they were all airborne and on their way to Kame House.
BM: That's all for now folks
JJ: awwwwwwww I wanted a little more. All you did in this chapter was lay more foundation. I thought you said we were gonna get into the story.
BM: It takes a lot of work to give more insight into a character. I felt like making Chi Chi a little more than window dressing in this story.
JJ: I always wondered why they never had Chi Chi help out or even go very close to a fight in DBZ when she seemed to play a quite important role in the last fight against Piccolo in Dragonball
BM: yeah.I guess. Let me know what you think or if you have any suggestions for future chapters in a review.