Goku lay in his bed unable to sleep. He couldn't forgive himself for what he had done to Usagi. She had shown a great amount of progress in the past couple of days. He had just forgotten one thing. She was still a child. A child who has never been in the city alone. He had never taken her there really. She pretty much stayed in the mountains all of her life.
Goku turned over and looked at his wife. If he were to tell her what he had done she would have kicked him out of the house and discontinued Usagi's training. He didn't tell her. He couldn't tell her. He wouldn't tell her for one person and one person only. Usagi. He wanted her to be happy no matter what. He thought about Minako. She had an unusually large amount of power for a kid.
~*~*~
Usagi had a nightmare that night. The run in with the muggers in the alley had scared her more than she thought.
~~*Dream*~~
Usagi walked down the street with Minako. They couldn't decide if they wanted to go down the next alley or if they wanted to walk around the block to the next street. They thought about their options for a while and finally decided to go down the alley. What could possibly have happened?
Two men jumped out at the girls. Usagi backed up. She looked to her side for Minako. She wasn't there. "Where did you go Minako?" She looked behind her but saw no trace of her. She looked back at the men. One jumped out at her with a knife. Usagi tried to jump out of the way. She couldn't. Instead, she fell to the ground. "What's wrong with me? Why can't I move?" She tried to stand up but it was useless. She realized she was once again wearing her weighted clothes. She looked up at the man. He dangled his knife high above her head. She watched as he brought it down and shoved it in her chest. Everything flashed white as she closed her eyes.
When she opened her eyes again she was in an all white room. There was nothing in it except Vejita, who stood in front of her. "You're pitiful brat. Stand up and act like a true warrior."
"I can't."
He sneered at her. "Yes you can. Now hurry up before I loose my patience."
'Am I dead?' She tried to stand up. No use. Her body wouldn't budge from its place. "Vejita, I really can't."
"Look girl, I'm tired of playing games with you." He held out his hand.
Usagi watched as a blast came crashing towards her at maximum speed. She began to scream at the top of her lungs.
~~*Back to reality*~~
Usagi was heavily sweating as she was tangled in her blankets. "Mommy! Daddy! Help!"
~*~*~
Goku and Chi-Chi were awaken by their daughter's cries for help. They jumped out of bed and ran to her room hoping that she was ok.
Chi-Chi busted the door open. She gazed in on her daughter expecting to see her half eaten by a giant bug by the way she had been screaming. "Are you ok Usagi?"
Goku slammed into his wife pushing her face first to the floor. "Sorry about that Chi-Chi."
Chi-Chi stood up and pushed Goku. "Watch where you are going you stupid muscle bound freak." Chi-Chi walked over to her daughter's bed and sat down. Usagi had stopped screaming and was still asleep. Chi-Chi put her hand on Usagi's forehead. "She's having a nightmare Goku. It's all because of you. You are pushing her too hard aren't you?"
Goku thought about his nightmares. They were always about him fighting. He was sure that that's what Usagi was dreaming about. After the day she had had why wouldn't she. "Chi-Chi, I am not pushing her. Stop accusing me."
Chi-Chi glared at her husband. "I'm just making sure my little Usagi stays safe."
Goku rolled his eyes. "She is safe. She's with me isn't she?"
"I have to give you that one. You can protect her like one else." She looked back at her sleeping daughter. She seemed to be in a peaceful rest now.
Goku pulled his wife away from Usagi. "Let's not disturb her. Come on. Let's go back to bed." Chi-Chi agreed. She didn't want to wake Usagi.
~*~*~
Usagi woke up to her father's voice at 7:30. She made sure to get up on time this morning because she didn't want to waste time building her bed again. She sat up.
Goku stood at the door. "Are you feeling refreshed?"
Usagi looked at her father. She wanted to tell him 'no'. Her whole body ached. "I'll be fine." She replied. She swung her legs over her bed. "I had the worst dream last night daddy."
"I know, we heard you screaming. Your mother thought you were being tortured in here." Goku laughed. Chi-Chi was always OVER over-reacting.
"Sorry." Usagi walked over to her father and hugged him. Her tail found it's way around his leg.
Goku hugged back. "What's this for?"
Usagi looked up. "Just for being you. For putting up with me."
Goku smiled. "I love you too Usagi. Now, get dressed. Don't put on your weighted cloths yet. We are going to run first. Bring them along though."
Usagi opened her mouth to protest. "Not again. You know what happened yesterday."
"Don't worry, trust me." Goku left the room.
Usagi sighed and got dressed.
~*~*~
Usagi waited for her father outside. He was still eating. "Daddy sure eats a lot of food." She looked up at the sky. It was a beautiful sunny day. There wasn't a single cloud in the sky.
She thought about school. Things would be a lot different when she got back. When people picked on her, she wouldn't be afraid to stand up to them. She would finally be able to get her Dragon Ball. Speaking which, she needed to ask her father about. She hoped that he hadn't forgotten about it. It meant a lot to her and she wanted it back. Thinking about the Dragon Ball made her think about Haruka and Michiru. "Won't they be surprised when they see how strong I have become. They won't dare try anything with me." Usagi smiled to herself. Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of her parents walking out of the house. She was a little surprised to see her mother. "Where are you going mommy?"
"I'm driving the car to Bulma's. I'm tired of being home all alone." Chi-Chi walked to the car.
Usagi frowned. 'More like you want to make sure I don't get hurt.' Her mothered worried about her way too much.
Goku picked up Usagi. "Well kiddo, I guess we should be on our way. We don't want to waste any time. I want you to get used to the weights as soon as possible and I want Minako to learn good fighting technique so I can put you two together."
Usagi got excited. She couldn't wait until she and Minako could spar with each other. It was going to be so much fun. "Ok!" Usagi watched her mother pull away in the car and waved. "Bye mommy!"
Chi-Chi looked at her daughter. "Good-bye sweetie. I'll see you there." Chi-Chi grinned. 'What a perfect way to see how well Goku takes care of her.'
Goku called for Nimbus. The two left for the city where Usagi would begin her training for the day.
~*~*~
When Goku and Usagi reached the border of the city it was already hot and there were many people on the streets. Usagi jumped off the cloud and anticipated what was going to happen next. She didn't want a replay of yesterday.
Goku stepped of and gazed into the city. He would have to watch Usagi extra careful if he didn't want to get separated again. "Well here we go, remember we are running all the way to Bulma's."
Usagi wanted to make a few things clear for herself. "What if we get separated again? And what about Minako?"
Goku knew that she was going to ask these questions, as she is always so inquisitive, and already had answers for her. "Well I'm going to run at your pace. I will make sure you don't slow down. Once we get to Bulma's, I will leave to get Minako. I want you to have a little rest time before you begin the rest of your training."
Usagi nodded. "Oh, I understand. K! Let's do this!" Usagi readied herself for the run. She looked at her father who was just standing there. She didn't know what he was thinking. "Aren't you coming with me daddy?"
Goku nodded. "I can't start the run, I have to see what pace you are running at."
Usagi giggled. "Oops. Ok. I'm ready, let's go." Usagi began to run to her destination that lie in the middle of the crowded city. Goku ran by her side. Usagi found that it was easier to run this day then it was the day before. She felt a lot lighter. The weighted cloths really did enhance your power when you weren't wearing them.
~*~*~
Usagi had been running for 2 miles. Her speed had not decreased that much. She was panting heavily as she looked over to her father. He hadn't even broken a sweat. She looked back in front of her. 'I have a long way to go before I'm that strong.' Usagi ran faster. She had motivation now. Every time she felt like she was going to slow down or collapse she would just look at her father. He would keep her going.
She looked to her left as they passed a large park filled with trees. There were lots of kids playing with each other. They were climbing around all of the toys there. She began to get jealous. 'I wish I had that many friends.' She slowed down and stopped as she watched everything that was going on.
Goku looked at Usagi and then what she was looking at. He should have yelled at her for stopping but didn't. She had run a long ways. He knew why she was looking. He felt bad for her. All she wanted was friends. He watched the kids in the park.
Usagi lay her eyes on a girl with brown hair who looked like she was her age. She wore her hair up in a ponytail high on her head. It looked like she was sparring with a group of kids. She seemed to be overpowering everyone. Usagi's eyes glimmered in the sunlight. 'Wow, she's good. I wonder who she is.'
Goku put his hand on his daughter's shoulder. "Usagi."
Usagi looked up at her father. She had totally forgotten about the running. "Oops, I'm sorry daddy. It's just that when I saw all the kids in the park…."
Goku put his hand over Usagi's mouth. "It's ok Usagi, I understand."
Usagi smiled. "Thanks."
"Shall we continue?"
Usagi nodded. "Yep!"
~*~*~
Chi-Chi had arrived at Bulma's about a half-hour ago. They both sat outside by the pool. "So, Bulma, tell me, did Goku tell you anything about Usagi's training yesterday?"
Bulma looked her friend straight in the eye. 'Did he tell her about yesterday? Maybe I shouldn't mention it to her. I know how her temper is.' "Well, actually, yes, he did. He said that she is showing great progress for a starter. She is really strong. Vejita was actually surprised at her performance yesterday too. He said that he had never seen anyone catch on to weights as fast as she did. Now coming from Vejita, that's gotta mean something."
Chi-Chi listened to Bulma's words. Maybe he wasn't lying to her after all. Maybe he wasn't pushing her. "I'm going to keep my eye on him."
Bulma rolled her eyes. Chi-Chi always had to worry. "Chi-Chi, listen to me. Goku would never do anything intentionally to harm Usagi. He loves her too much. He never did anything to Gohan and Goten. Don't worry."
Chi-Chi smiled. Maybe Bulma was right. Maybe there really was nothing to worry about. "I guess." At that moment Goku and Usagi walked to the pool area. Usagi was out of breath. "Oh, Usagi, are you ok? Here drink some water." Chi-Chi poured a glass of water for her daughter and handed it to her.
Usagi gulped the water down as fast as she could. She was incredibly tired from the running. "Thanks mommy."
Goku looked at his wife. "Hiya Chi-Chi." He looked back down to his daughter. "You can rest as soon as you put your training gear on." He meant the weighted clothing.
Usagi looked at her father. She protested with her eyes but complied anyways. What she really wanted to do was rest first and THEN put on her gear. She ran back into the building.
Goku looked at the two women who sat by the pool. "I'll be back. I have to go get Usagi's friend Minako." He flew in the direction of her house.
Chi-Chi looked at Bulma. "Is he training another one?" Bulma just simply nodded as she drank her soda.
Usagi walked back out to the pool. She was having some trouble walking because of the weights. It was little easier to walk today. She walked slowly to a chair by her mother and sat down. More like fell down.
Chi-Chi stood up. "I knew it! He is pushing you!"
Usagi didn't want to put up with this. She was getting tired of her mother always jumping to conclusions. She closed her eyes and let sun beat down on her. It was so relaxing. "Mommy, I'll tell you when he is pushing me."
Chi-Chi was surprised. Usagi had never talked back to her like this before. It was happening. Her baby was leaving her. Oh just shut up Chi-Chi and quit overreacting ^_^ "Fine." She sat down.
Usagi started to think about the girl at the park. Who was she? She looked like a good fighter. She wanted to go back to talk to her.
Bulma walked to the edge of the pool. "You know, it's such a nice day, I think I'm going to swim. Would you like to join me Chi-Chi?"
Chi-Chi stood up. "Sure, why not?" She looked back at her daughter who still had her eyes closed. "Are you going to be ok out here alone?"
"Yes."
Bulma and Chi-Chi went into the building to change. Vejita walked out just as they walked in. He noticed Usagi sitting in the chair. "You are never going to get strong like that."
Usagi opened her eyes. "Daddy says I can rest until he gets back."
"Your father is too soft." Vejita sat down next to her.
"No he's not." She watched him sit down. "You aren't going to get strong like that." She said in a sarcastic tone.
Vejita leaned over to her. "I am already strong girl. I'm just waiting for you to get your butt out of that chair and into training mode."
Usagi challenged him with her eyes. "Well my daddy says I don't have to. So there." She stuck her tongue out at him.
Vejita growled. "You are just so lucky we aren't training yet."
Usagi giggled. She loved to test Vejita's patience "I wonder where daddy is. He should have been back by now."
~*~*~
Goku arrived with Minako at Capsule Corp. about an hour after he left. He landed on Nimbus at the pool. Usagi was still sitting in her chair, Bulma and Chi-Chi were in the pool, and Vejita had left.
Usagi watched as Nimbus landed in front of her. Minako jumped off and ran over to her friend. "Hey Usagi. Look at what your dad got me." She showed off her new fighting uniform. "He asked me what kind of GI I wanted and I told him I wanted one just like yours. Only in orange because that's my favorite color."
Usagi just looked at her friend. "That's so cool Minako. I should take my Odangos down. Then we can tell everyone we are twins."
Minako laughed. "Yeah, we could really confuse people. Except for the fact that you have a tail and I don't."
Usagi looked down at her tail, which hung off the side of the chair. "Yeah, well I can hide it."
Minako looked around. "This place is really big." She looked back at her friend. "Come on Usagi. Let's go train."
Usagi just smiled. "I wish I could Minako. But you see, I can't exactly get myself out of this chair."
Minako didn't quite understand what Usagi was talking about. "What do you mean? I know you are comfortable but don't you wanna get strong."
Usagi laughed. "It's not that Minako. It's this stupid uniform. It's weighted. I have to work extra hard to move." Usagi placed her hands on the armrests of the chair. She pushed her weight against them and slowly began to rise out of the chair. Once she was up she wobbled a bit. "See what I mean."
Goku had watched his daughter try to stand up as he stood by the pool. He was proud of her. She had learned so much in the past few days. He grinned. "She may even surpass me one of these days." He walked over to Usagi.
Chi-Chi and Bulma overheard him talking to himself. The both looked at each other. Chi-Chi's face was pure white. "Did you hear that Bulma? My little baby can become stronger than Goku."
~*~*~
Usagi looked up at her father. "Hi daddy, guess what!"
Goku saw happiness in his daughter's eyes as he looked down at her. He smiled. "What?"
"I stood up easier today. And guess what else. It's not as hard to keep standing either." Usagi was pleased with herself.
"That's good Usagi. I'm very proud of you." He looked back at Chi-Chi. "Your mother is very proud of you too, even though she doesn't want to admit it." He turned to Minako. "I guess we should get on with your training, Minako."
Minako nodded. "Ok Mr. Son"
"Usagi, I believe that Vejita is waiting for you inside somewhere. Go find him." Goku led Minako back to Nimbus. "I'll see you later." He waved to Chi-Chi and Bulma. "Goodbye you guys."
Usagi walked to the door, which led inside and turned around to her mother. "Don't worry about me mommy, I'll be fine. I can take care of myself."
A mother's worst nightmare. Hearing those words come out of their 5-year old's mouth. Chi-Chi watched Usagi walk in. "You know Bulma, I think I'm going to stop worrying about Usagi. I'm putting too much stress on myself."
~*~*~
Usagi met Vejita where they had met yesterday. "I have been waiting forever brat!"
"My daddy just got here."
Vejita turned around and hit Usagi to the ground. "I don't care. If you want to learn how to fight then act like it! Just because you have the opportunity to do something doesn't mean you should do it! Now get up and let's go!" Vejita stood and waited for Usagi to stand up. She rolled over on her stomach and pushed herself up with her hands and feet. She would remember not to make him made again. 'Amazing, truly amazing, yesterday it took her forever to stand up and today she does it with little effort.' He grabbed her by the back of her GI again and flew to the place where they had gone the day before.
~*~*~
Vejita held Usagi out away from him. He let her dangle there. Usagi knew what he was going to do. He was going to drop her like he had done the day before. "Just get it over with Vejita."
Vejita smirked. "Do you know what I'm going to do? Well for your information when…." Vejita stopped what he was saying and let go of Usagi. He hadn't planned to do it that way but he wanted to catch her off guard.
It worked. Usagi definitely had not expected him to do drop her right in the middle of a sentence. She quickly got into her "falling" position.
Vejita waited for her on the ground. When she landed he punched her forcing her to fall on her back. "Why didn't you defend yourself girl?"
Usagi stood up with a minimal amount of trouble. "You didn't tell me to." She glared at him with her big blue eyes.
"I don't have to tell you. An enemy doesn't walk up to you and tell you that he's going to hit you. Learn how to anticipate the actions of others. Always be on the lookout for an attack. I'm sure that idiot of a father has told you that before."
Goku had in fact told her to anticipate attacks. "But you are not the enemy!"
Vejita laughed softly to himself. "I'm not am I?"
Usagi looked at him confused. "Huh?" She didn't like the way he sounded when he said that. He was up to something. She saw him move a little and quickly jumped out of his reach.
"Oh, so now you think you are smart do you?" He walked over to where Usagi had jumped. She ran to the left and Vejita followed faster then she could move. He kicked her in the back and she fell forward. She caught herself before she fell to the ground. She looked back and frowned. "You see girl, you even have to anticipate what will happen after you dodge." She acted as if she was hurt. Vejita walked over to her. "What is it now brat? Don't tell me you're already done for the day. What a pitiful idiot."
Usagi looked up at Vejita and smiled. "Not quite Vejita!" She made a fist and punched him in the chest.
Vejita laughed. "You call that a punch? You are going to have to try harder than that if you want to hurt me." 'Actually, that wasn't that bad of a punch.' "How did Kakkorotto teach you to punch?"
"Like this." Usagi punched Vejita in the arm this time.
Vejita closed his eyes and shook his head. "There he goes again. He can't ever have any fun when he fights. Ok, I'm going to teach you an even better way to punch. Instead of punching with the front of your fist, punch with your knuckles like this." Vejita demonstrated on Usagi's stomach. She grabbed her stomach and bent over. Vejita laughed. "Do you get my point?" Usagi nodded. "Good, now let's fight."
~*~*~
By the time Vejita and Usagi were done for the day, Usagi could move around freely with her weighted cloths. It was no longer hard for her to move or stand up. Vejita watched as Usagi sat down. She had really taken a beating from him. She had bruises all over her body. She got a few good hits on him too. He had some blood drawn out of his arm. She had good strategy. She kept hitting in the same spot over and over again. 'That kid is going to be really strong one of these days.' Vejita thought as he wiped some blood off of his mouth.
Usagi watched Vejita. He was a lot different then her father. Vejita had taken no mercy on her when they fought. "Are we done?"
"Yes." Vejita walked over to Usagi and picked her up by her GI again. "I'm going as fast as possible. I want to get back and do some real training." Vejita flew home at and incredibly fast speed. Usagi couldn't even open her eyes because they were pushing against the air so fast.
~*~*~
When they arrived back at Capsule Corp. Goku and Minako were already there waiting for their return. Vejita dropped Usagi from the air and then flew to the other side of the building so he could use his gravity room.
Chi-Chi looked up and saw her daughter falling from the sky. "GOKU! USAGI'S FALLING! CATCH HER!"
Goku didn't do anything. He wanted to see if she knew what to do. Vejita had told him that he taught her this the day before. "She will be alright."
Usagi assumed the correct position and landed like she had when she was practicing. She stood up and looked at her mother. "Hi you guys!"
Chi-Chi kept herself from running to Usagi. She wanted to but she didn't want to upset her again. The last thing she wanted to do was be responsible for turning her daughter against her. "Hi!"
Usagi walked up to Goku. "Look daddy, I don't have trouble with this uniform anymore."
'Incredible. She's ready.' "That's great Usagi, in a couple of days you and Minako will be ready to fight each other."
"Yay!" Usagi thought for a moment. "Hey daddy, can Minako and I go to that park we saw on the way here?"
Goku knew exactly why she wanted to there. "I guess so since you guys are done training for the day."
"Cool, come on Minako, daddy is going to take us to a park." Usagi wanted to meet the girl she saw at the park. She looked like a really good fighter.
~*~*~
When the three got to the park Usagi looked for the girl. She spotted her on a large concrete surface in between a pool and swings. She grabbed Minako's hand. "Come on."
"Ok." Minako let Usagi pull her to the girl.
Usagi let go of her friend's hand. She stared at the girl with the brown hair. She had green eyes that sparkled in the sunlight. "Hi. My name is Usagi and this is my friend Minako. I was watching you earlier and you look you really know how to fight."
The girl just stared at her. She didn't know who she was, nor did she care. She noticed her tail. 'What a freak.' She frowned at Usagi. "I don't care who you are." She crossed her arms and walked away.
Usagi followed her. "That was kind of rude don't you think?"
The girl turned around. "Look, leave me alone alright?"
"Come on. I just want to talk to you." Usagi couldn't believe how this girl was acting.
"Tell you what. If you can fight and beat me, I'll talk to you. Ok?"
"Deal." The two girls shook hands. Usagi turned around. "Hey Minako, I'm going to fight this girl so she'll talk to us ok?"
Minako's eyes widened. "What? Are you nuts? You can't fight here."
"Come on Minako!" Usagi pleaded.
Minako crossed her arms. "Fine. But I'm staying here. I don't want to get my butt beat. I'm not confident like you yet."
Usagi turned back to the girl in front of her. "Ok, let's get this done and over with fast." Usagi couldn't wait to test out her new skills. She knew that she was fighting someone who knew her stuff. She was excited.
Goku watched from afar. He knew what was going on. He decided not to intervene. He too had seen her earlier and she could prove to be a challenge to Usagi. This could be a good learning experience for Usagi.
The girl got herself ready for the fight. "Oh, by the way, my name is Makoto."
(Ok, that's it for this chapter. Is it good, bad? Please review and tell me what you think. ^_^)
Goku turned over and looked at his wife. If he were to tell her what he had done she would have kicked him out of the house and discontinued Usagi's training. He didn't tell her. He couldn't tell her. He wouldn't tell her for one person and one person only. Usagi. He wanted her to be happy no matter what. He thought about Minako. She had an unusually large amount of power for a kid.
~*~*~
Usagi had a nightmare that night. The run in with the muggers in the alley had scared her more than she thought.
~~*Dream*~~
Usagi walked down the street with Minako. They couldn't decide if they wanted to go down the next alley or if they wanted to walk around the block to the next street. They thought about their options for a while and finally decided to go down the alley. What could possibly have happened?
Two men jumped out at the girls. Usagi backed up. She looked to her side for Minako. She wasn't there. "Where did you go Minako?" She looked behind her but saw no trace of her. She looked back at the men. One jumped out at her with a knife. Usagi tried to jump out of the way. She couldn't. Instead, she fell to the ground. "What's wrong with me? Why can't I move?" She tried to stand up but it was useless. She realized she was once again wearing her weighted clothes. She looked up at the man. He dangled his knife high above her head. She watched as he brought it down and shoved it in her chest. Everything flashed white as she closed her eyes.
When she opened her eyes again she was in an all white room. There was nothing in it except Vejita, who stood in front of her. "You're pitiful brat. Stand up and act like a true warrior."
"I can't."
He sneered at her. "Yes you can. Now hurry up before I loose my patience."
'Am I dead?' She tried to stand up. No use. Her body wouldn't budge from its place. "Vejita, I really can't."
"Look girl, I'm tired of playing games with you." He held out his hand.
Usagi watched as a blast came crashing towards her at maximum speed. She began to scream at the top of her lungs.
~~*Back to reality*~~
Usagi was heavily sweating as she was tangled in her blankets. "Mommy! Daddy! Help!"
~*~*~
Goku and Chi-Chi were awaken by their daughter's cries for help. They jumped out of bed and ran to her room hoping that she was ok.
Chi-Chi busted the door open. She gazed in on her daughter expecting to see her half eaten by a giant bug by the way she had been screaming. "Are you ok Usagi?"
Goku slammed into his wife pushing her face first to the floor. "Sorry about that Chi-Chi."
Chi-Chi stood up and pushed Goku. "Watch where you are going you stupid muscle bound freak." Chi-Chi walked over to her daughter's bed and sat down. Usagi had stopped screaming and was still asleep. Chi-Chi put her hand on Usagi's forehead. "She's having a nightmare Goku. It's all because of you. You are pushing her too hard aren't you?"
Goku thought about his nightmares. They were always about him fighting. He was sure that that's what Usagi was dreaming about. After the day she had had why wouldn't she. "Chi-Chi, I am not pushing her. Stop accusing me."
Chi-Chi glared at her husband. "I'm just making sure my little Usagi stays safe."
Goku rolled his eyes. "She is safe. She's with me isn't she?"
"I have to give you that one. You can protect her like one else." She looked back at her sleeping daughter. She seemed to be in a peaceful rest now.
Goku pulled his wife away from Usagi. "Let's not disturb her. Come on. Let's go back to bed." Chi-Chi agreed. She didn't want to wake Usagi.
~*~*~
Usagi woke up to her father's voice at 7:30. She made sure to get up on time this morning because she didn't want to waste time building her bed again. She sat up.
Goku stood at the door. "Are you feeling refreshed?"
Usagi looked at her father. She wanted to tell him 'no'. Her whole body ached. "I'll be fine." She replied. She swung her legs over her bed. "I had the worst dream last night daddy."
"I know, we heard you screaming. Your mother thought you were being tortured in here." Goku laughed. Chi-Chi was always OVER over-reacting.
"Sorry." Usagi walked over to her father and hugged him. Her tail found it's way around his leg.
Goku hugged back. "What's this for?"
Usagi looked up. "Just for being you. For putting up with me."
Goku smiled. "I love you too Usagi. Now, get dressed. Don't put on your weighted cloths yet. We are going to run first. Bring them along though."
Usagi opened her mouth to protest. "Not again. You know what happened yesterday."
"Don't worry, trust me." Goku left the room.
Usagi sighed and got dressed.
~*~*~
Usagi waited for her father outside. He was still eating. "Daddy sure eats a lot of food." She looked up at the sky. It was a beautiful sunny day. There wasn't a single cloud in the sky.
She thought about school. Things would be a lot different when she got back. When people picked on her, she wouldn't be afraid to stand up to them. She would finally be able to get her Dragon Ball. Speaking which, she needed to ask her father about. She hoped that he hadn't forgotten about it. It meant a lot to her and she wanted it back. Thinking about the Dragon Ball made her think about Haruka and Michiru. "Won't they be surprised when they see how strong I have become. They won't dare try anything with me." Usagi smiled to herself. Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of her parents walking out of the house. She was a little surprised to see her mother. "Where are you going mommy?"
"I'm driving the car to Bulma's. I'm tired of being home all alone." Chi-Chi walked to the car.
Usagi frowned. 'More like you want to make sure I don't get hurt.' Her mothered worried about her way too much.
Goku picked up Usagi. "Well kiddo, I guess we should be on our way. We don't want to waste any time. I want you to get used to the weights as soon as possible and I want Minako to learn good fighting technique so I can put you two together."
Usagi got excited. She couldn't wait until she and Minako could spar with each other. It was going to be so much fun. "Ok!" Usagi watched her mother pull away in the car and waved. "Bye mommy!"
Chi-Chi looked at her daughter. "Good-bye sweetie. I'll see you there." Chi-Chi grinned. 'What a perfect way to see how well Goku takes care of her.'
Goku called for Nimbus. The two left for the city where Usagi would begin her training for the day.
~*~*~
When Goku and Usagi reached the border of the city it was already hot and there were many people on the streets. Usagi jumped off the cloud and anticipated what was going to happen next. She didn't want a replay of yesterday.
Goku stepped of and gazed into the city. He would have to watch Usagi extra careful if he didn't want to get separated again. "Well here we go, remember we are running all the way to Bulma's."
Usagi wanted to make a few things clear for herself. "What if we get separated again? And what about Minako?"
Goku knew that she was going to ask these questions, as she is always so inquisitive, and already had answers for her. "Well I'm going to run at your pace. I will make sure you don't slow down. Once we get to Bulma's, I will leave to get Minako. I want you to have a little rest time before you begin the rest of your training."
Usagi nodded. "Oh, I understand. K! Let's do this!" Usagi readied herself for the run. She looked at her father who was just standing there. She didn't know what he was thinking. "Aren't you coming with me daddy?"
Goku nodded. "I can't start the run, I have to see what pace you are running at."
Usagi giggled. "Oops. Ok. I'm ready, let's go." Usagi began to run to her destination that lie in the middle of the crowded city. Goku ran by her side. Usagi found that it was easier to run this day then it was the day before. She felt a lot lighter. The weighted cloths really did enhance your power when you weren't wearing them.
~*~*~
Usagi had been running for 2 miles. Her speed had not decreased that much. She was panting heavily as she looked over to her father. He hadn't even broken a sweat. She looked back in front of her. 'I have a long way to go before I'm that strong.' Usagi ran faster. She had motivation now. Every time she felt like she was going to slow down or collapse she would just look at her father. He would keep her going.
She looked to her left as they passed a large park filled with trees. There were lots of kids playing with each other. They were climbing around all of the toys there. She began to get jealous. 'I wish I had that many friends.' She slowed down and stopped as she watched everything that was going on.
Goku looked at Usagi and then what she was looking at. He should have yelled at her for stopping but didn't. She had run a long ways. He knew why she was looking. He felt bad for her. All she wanted was friends. He watched the kids in the park.
Usagi lay her eyes on a girl with brown hair who looked like she was her age. She wore her hair up in a ponytail high on her head. It looked like she was sparring with a group of kids. She seemed to be overpowering everyone. Usagi's eyes glimmered in the sunlight. 'Wow, she's good. I wonder who she is.'
Goku put his hand on his daughter's shoulder. "Usagi."
Usagi looked up at her father. She had totally forgotten about the running. "Oops, I'm sorry daddy. It's just that when I saw all the kids in the park…."
Goku put his hand over Usagi's mouth. "It's ok Usagi, I understand."
Usagi smiled. "Thanks."
"Shall we continue?"
Usagi nodded. "Yep!"
~*~*~
Chi-Chi had arrived at Bulma's about a half-hour ago. They both sat outside by the pool. "So, Bulma, tell me, did Goku tell you anything about Usagi's training yesterday?"
Bulma looked her friend straight in the eye. 'Did he tell her about yesterday? Maybe I shouldn't mention it to her. I know how her temper is.' "Well, actually, yes, he did. He said that she is showing great progress for a starter. She is really strong. Vejita was actually surprised at her performance yesterday too. He said that he had never seen anyone catch on to weights as fast as she did. Now coming from Vejita, that's gotta mean something."
Chi-Chi listened to Bulma's words. Maybe he wasn't lying to her after all. Maybe he wasn't pushing her. "I'm going to keep my eye on him."
Bulma rolled her eyes. Chi-Chi always had to worry. "Chi-Chi, listen to me. Goku would never do anything intentionally to harm Usagi. He loves her too much. He never did anything to Gohan and Goten. Don't worry."
Chi-Chi smiled. Maybe Bulma was right. Maybe there really was nothing to worry about. "I guess." At that moment Goku and Usagi walked to the pool area. Usagi was out of breath. "Oh, Usagi, are you ok? Here drink some water." Chi-Chi poured a glass of water for her daughter and handed it to her.
Usagi gulped the water down as fast as she could. She was incredibly tired from the running. "Thanks mommy."
Goku looked at his wife. "Hiya Chi-Chi." He looked back down to his daughter. "You can rest as soon as you put your training gear on." He meant the weighted clothing.
Usagi looked at her father. She protested with her eyes but complied anyways. What she really wanted to do was rest first and THEN put on her gear. She ran back into the building.
Goku looked at the two women who sat by the pool. "I'll be back. I have to go get Usagi's friend Minako." He flew in the direction of her house.
Chi-Chi looked at Bulma. "Is he training another one?" Bulma just simply nodded as she drank her soda.
Usagi walked back out to the pool. She was having some trouble walking because of the weights. It was little easier to walk today. She walked slowly to a chair by her mother and sat down. More like fell down.
Chi-Chi stood up. "I knew it! He is pushing you!"
Usagi didn't want to put up with this. She was getting tired of her mother always jumping to conclusions. She closed her eyes and let sun beat down on her. It was so relaxing. "Mommy, I'll tell you when he is pushing me."
Chi-Chi was surprised. Usagi had never talked back to her like this before. It was happening. Her baby was leaving her. Oh just shut up Chi-Chi and quit overreacting ^_^ "Fine." She sat down.
Usagi started to think about the girl at the park. Who was she? She looked like a good fighter. She wanted to go back to talk to her.
Bulma walked to the edge of the pool. "You know, it's such a nice day, I think I'm going to swim. Would you like to join me Chi-Chi?"
Chi-Chi stood up. "Sure, why not?" She looked back at her daughter who still had her eyes closed. "Are you going to be ok out here alone?"
"Yes."
Bulma and Chi-Chi went into the building to change. Vejita walked out just as they walked in. He noticed Usagi sitting in the chair. "You are never going to get strong like that."
Usagi opened her eyes. "Daddy says I can rest until he gets back."
"Your father is too soft." Vejita sat down next to her.
"No he's not." She watched him sit down. "You aren't going to get strong like that." She said in a sarcastic tone.
Vejita leaned over to her. "I am already strong girl. I'm just waiting for you to get your butt out of that chair and into training mode."
Usagi challenged him with her eyes. "Well my daddy says I don't have to. So there." She stuck her tongue out at him.
Vejita growled. "You are just so lucky we aren't training yet."
Usagi giggled. She loved to test Vejita's patience "I wonder where daddy is. He should have been back by now."
~*~*~
Goku arrived with Minako at Capsule Corp. about an hour after he left. He landed on Nimbus at the pool. Usagi was still sitting in her chair, Bulma and Chi-Chi were in the pool, and Vejita had left.
Usagi watched as Nimbus landed in front of her. Minako jumped off and ran over to her friend. "Hey Usagi. Look at what your dad got me." She showed off her new fighting uniform. "He asked me what kind of GI I wanted and I told him I wanted one just like yours. Only in orange because that's my favorite color."
Usagi just looked at her friend. "That's so cool Minako. I should take my Odangos down. Then we can tell everyone we are twins."
Minako laughed. "Yeah, we could really confuse people. Except for the fact that you have a tail and I don't."
Usagi looked down at her tail, which hung off the side of the chair. "Yeah, well I can hide it."
Minako looked around. "This place is really big." She looked back at her friend. "Come on Usagi. Let's go train."
Usagi just smiled. "I wish I could Minako. But you see, I can't exactly get myself out of this chair."
Minako didn't quite understand what Usagi was talking about. "What do you mean? I know you are comfortable but don't you wanna get strong."
Usagi laughed. "It's not that Minako. It's this stupid uniform. It's weighted. I have to work extra hard to move." Usagi placed her hands on the armrests of the chair. She pushed her weight against them and slowly began to rise out of the chair. Once she was up she wobbled a bit. "See what I mean."
Goku had watched his daughter try to stand up as he stood by the pool. He was proud of her. She had learned so much in the past few days. He grinned. "She may even surpass me one of these days." He walked over to Usagi.
Chi-Chi and Bulma overheard him talking to himself. The both looked at each other. Chi-Chi's face was pure white. "Did you hear that Bulma? My little baby can become stronger than Goku."
~*~*~
Usagi looked up at her father. "Hi daddy, guess what!"
Goku saw happiness in his daughter's eyes as he looked down at her. He smiled. "What?"
"I stood up easier today. And guess what else. It's not as hard to keep standing either." Usagi was pleased with herself.
"That's good Usagi. I'm very proud of you." He looked back at Chi-Chi. "Your mother is very proud of you too, even though she doesn't want to admit it." He turned to Minako. "I guess we should get on with your training, Minako."
Minako nodded. "Ok Mr. Son"
"Usagi, I believe that Vejita is waiting for you inside somewhere. Go find him." Goku led Minako back to Nimbus. "I'll see you later." He waved to Chi-Chi and Bulma. "Goodbye you guys."
Usagi walked to the door, which led inside and turned around to her mother. "Don't worry about me mommy, I'll be fine. I can take care of myself."
A mother's worst nightmare. Hearing those words come out of their 5-year old's mouth. Chi-Chi watched Usagi walk in. "You know Bulma, I think I'm going to stop worrying about Usagi. I'm putting too much stress on myself."
~*~*~
Usagi met Vejita where they had met yesterday. "I have been waiting forever brat!"
"My daddy just got here."
Vejita turned around and hit Usagi to the ground. "I don't care. If you want to learn how to fight then act like it! Just because you have the opportunity to do something doesn't mean you should do it! Now get up and let's go!" Vejita stood and waited for Usagi to stand up. She rolled over on her stomach and pushed herself up with her hands and feet. She would remember not to make him made again. 'Amazing, truly amazing, yesterday it took her forever to stand up and today she does it with little effort.' He grabbed her by the back of her GI again and flew to the place where they had gone the day before.
~*~*~
Vejita held Usagi out away from him. He let her dangle there. Usagi knew what he was going to do. He was going to drop her like he had done the day before. "Just get it over with Vejita."
Vejita smirked. "Do you know what I'm going to do? Well for your information when…." Vejita stopped what he was saying and let go of Usagi. He hadn't planned to do it that way but he wanted to catch her off guard.
It worked. Usagi definitely had not expected him to do drop her right in the middle of a sentence. She quickly got into her "falling" position.
Vejita waited for her on the ground. When she landed he punched her forcing her to fall on her back. "Why didn't you defend yourself girl?"
Usagi stood up with a minimal amount of trouble. "You didn't tell me to." She glared at him with her big blue eyes.
"I don't have to tell you. An enemy doesn't walk up to you and tell you that he's going to hit you. Learn how to anticipate the actions of others. Always be on the lookout for an attack. I'm sure that idiot of a father has told you that before."
Goku had in fact told her to anticipate attacks. "But you are not the enemy!"
Vejita laughed softly to himself. "I'm not am I?"
Usagi looked at him confused. "Huh?" She didn't like the way he sounded when he said that. He was up to something. She saw him move a little and quickly jumped out of his reach.
"Oh, so now you think you are smart do you?" He walked over to where Usagi had jumped. She ran to the left and Vejita followed faster then she could move. He kicked her in the back and she fell forward. She caught herself before she fell to the ground. She looked back and frowned. "You see girl, you even have to anticipate what will happen after you dodge." She acted as if she was hurt. Vejita walked over to her. "What is it now brat? Don't tell me you're already done for the day. What a pitiful idiot."
Usagi looked up at Vejita and smiled. "Not quite Vejita!" She made a fist and punched him in the chest.
Vejita laughed. "You call that a punch? You are going to have to try harder than that if you want to hurt me." 'Actually, that wasn't that bad of a punch.' "How did Kakkorotto teach you to punch?"
"Like this." Usagi punched Vejita in the arm this time.
Vejita closed his eyes and shook his head. "There he goes again. He can't ever have any fun when he fights. Ok, I'm going to teach you an even better way to punch. Instead of punching with the front of your fist, punch with your knuckles like this." Vejita demonstrated on Usagi's stomach. She grabbed her stomach and bent over. Vejita laughed. "Do you get my point?" Usagi nodded. "Good, now let's fight."
~*~*~
By the time Vejita and Usagi were done for the day, Usagi could move around freely with her weighted cloths. It was no longer hard for her to move or stand up. Vejita watched as Usagi sat down. She had really taken a beating from him. She had bruises all over her body. She got a few good hits on him too. He had some blood drawn out of his arm. She had good strategy. She kept hitting in the same spot over and over again. 'That kid is going to be really strong one of these days.' Vejita thought as he wiped some blood off of his mouth.
Usagi watched Vejita. He was a lot different then her father. Vejita had taken no mercy on her when they fought. "Are we done?"
"Yes." Vejita walked over to Usagi and picked her up by her GI again. "I'm going as fast as possible. I want to get back and do some real training." Vejita flew home at and incredibly fast speed. Usagi couldn't even open her eyes because they were pushing against the air so fast.
~*~*~
When they arrived back at Capsule Corp. Goku and Minako were already there waiting for their return. Vejita dropped Usagi from the air and then flew to the other side of the building so he could use his gravity room.
Chi-Chi looked up and saw her daughter falling from the sky. "GOKU! USAGI'S FALLING! CATCH HER!"
Goku didn't do anything. He wanted to see if she knew what to do. Vejita had told him that he taught her this the day before. "She will be alright."
Usagi assumed the correct position and landed like she had when she was practicing. She stood up and looked at her mother. "Hi you guys!"
Chi-Chi kept herself from running to Usagi. She wanted to but she didn't want to upset her again. The last thing she wanted to do was be responsible for turning her daughter against her. "Hi!"
Usagi walked up to Goku. "Look daddy, I don't have trouble with this uniform anymore."
'Incredible. She's ready.' "That's great Usagi, in a couple of days you and Minako will be ready to fight each other."
"Yay!" Usagi thought for a moment. "Hey daddy, can Minako and I go to that park we saw on the way here?"
Goku knew exactly why she wanted to there. "I guess so since you guys are done training for the day."
"Cool, come on Minako, daddy is going to take us to a park." Usagi wanted to meet the girl she saw at the park. She looked like a really good fighter.
~*~*~
When the three got to the park Usagi looked for the girl. She spotted her on a large concrete surface in between a pool and swings. She grabbed Minako's hand. "Come on."
"Ok." Minako let Usagi pull her to the girl.
Usagi let go of her friend's hand. She stared at the girl with the brown hair. She had green eyes that sparkled in the sunlight. "Hi. My name is Usagi and this is my friend Minako. I was watching you earlier and you look you really know how to fight."
The girl just stared at her. She didn't know who she was, nor did she care. She noticed her tail. 'What a freak.' She frowned at Usagi. "I don't care who you are." She crossed her arms and walked away.
Usagi followed her. "That was kind of rude don't you think?"
The girl turned around. "Look, leave me alone alright?"
"Come on. I just want to talk to you." Usagi couldn't believe how this girl was acting.
"Tell you what. If you can fight and beat me, I'll talk to you. Ok?"
"Deal." The two girls shook hands. Usagi turned around. "Hey Minako, I'm going to fight this girl so she'll talk to us ok?"
Minako's eyes widened. "What? Are you nuts? You can't fight here."
"Come on Minako!" Usagi pleaded.
Minako crossed her arms. "Fine. But I'm staying here. I don't want to get my butt beat. I'm not confident like you yet."
Usagi turned back to the girl in front of her. "Ok, let's get this done and over with fast." Usagi couldn't wait to test out her new skills. She knew that she was fighting someone who knew her stuff. She was excited.
Goku watched from afar. He knew what was going on. He decided not to intervene. He too had seen her earlier and she could prove to be a challenge to Usagi. This could be a good learning experience for Usagi.
The girl got herself ready for the fight. "Oh, by the way, my name is Makoto."
(Ok, that's it for this chapter. Is it good, bad? Please review and tell me what you think. ^_^)