The girls stood and looked at Goku like he was crazy. Did he actually expect them to be able to beat him in a match? They could barely hold up against each other let alone fighting a veteran to the fighting world.
Goku knew this would happen. "Come on girls. Don't chicken out on me yet. I know you can do it."
Minako looked to Usagi for help. She hoped that Usagi could talk her father out of his craziness. Usagi looked at her father. "Umm, do we have to do this? We can't beat you. You are way too strong."
Goku looked to his daughter. "Well I guess I could let you wimp out on me."
Usagi's eyes began to sparkle. "Really? You mean we don't have to do this?"
Goku laughed. "Are you kidding? Of course you have to do this. I said I COULD let you. I never said anything about actually doing it."
Usagi went back to her disappointed state of mind. "Man." She shrugged her shoulders and turned back to her friends. "I guess we have to do it after all you guys."
Minako and Makoto looked at each other and then back at the two Saiyans. "WHAT?!"
Goku started to stretch his legs. "Believe in yourselves. I know you can do it. And besides, from what I hear you really want to learn how to fly and fight with energy blasts."
Makoto agreed. "Yeah, that would be fun. I guess I can give it a try." She also began to try.
Goku turned to Minako who was the only who had yet to agree. "What do you say Minako? Do you wanna join in on the festivities?"
Minako still wasn't sure she wanted to but decided to go along with it anyways because she didn't want to fall behind her friends. "Ok, I guess I'm going to have to."
Goku smiled. "That's the spirit." He continued his stretching. "Ok, whenever you three are ready we can begin."
Usagi pulled her two friends over to the side away from her father so he couldn't hear anything that she said. "Hey you guys, Vejita said that we should always anticipate attacks."
Minako nodded. "Yeah, your dad already told us that before Usagi."
Makoto looked behind her to make sure that Goku wasn't trying to sneak up on them. "Get to the point Usagi."
Usagi grinned. "Well, I say we don't even tell him when we are going to attack."
"Huh? That would be wrong." Minako wasn't sure if that was such a good idea. "Wouldn't we be cheating if we just snuck up on him?"
Usagi shook her head. "Nope, Vejita says that a true fighter is always on guard. So let's test out how well my daddy watches for attacks."
Makoto rubbed her hands together and grinned evilly. "That's too perfect Usagi. Let's see how well he can do hand to hand combat."
"Right, so here is what we're gonna do you guys." Usagi grabbed the shoulder's of her freinds and began to come up with a plan to defeat her father.
~*~*~
Goku smirked when he saw the girls. "Look at them trying to come up with a plan. That's so cute. Oh well, I gotta give em' some credit for trying." Goku noticed Makoto looking back at him and quickly turned his head. He didn't want them to know that he was watching.
The trio broke up and walked back to Goku who was temporarily their enemy. Goku looked at all of their faces. They seemed normal. "Are you ready yet?"
Usagi looked at her father. "Daddy, can I fight with out my shoes and wristbands?"
Goku nodded. "Yes, just for the fact that this is a test for you to beat me." He watched as his daughter took off her weights away from the place where they would spar.
She walked back over to the group as slow as she could. She wanted to prolong what was going to end up happening anyways. She didn't want her father to get suspicious. She smiled to herself as she pulled her shoes off. "That's much better."
Goku was getting tired of them stalling. "Are you ready now?"
"Not yet daddy. We have to stretch some more." Usagi smiled to herself. She was secretly getting ready to attack her father. 'This is going to be too easy.'
Goku sighed. "Girls."
Usagi walked up to her father who was bending over to stretch his calves. She tapped him on the back and he turned around to look at her. Minako and Makoto stopped what they were doing and put their attention over to the two Saiyans. She smiled deviously and then went to punch her father in the face.
With his fast reflexes, Goku caught her fist in his hand and punched her in the chest with his other. "Too slow Usagi."
Usagi grabbed her chest and stumbled backwards. "That's not fair."
Goku watched her for a moment. "Like what you did was really fair. And besides, everything is fair in this game." He turned back to Minako and Makoto and smiled. "I guess this means that you are all finished up right?" They barely shook their heads yes. They hadn't realized how fast he was. "Ok, I'm not going to go easy on you. You have to beat me for real."
Makoto saw Goku coming for her. She jumped out of the way and briskly turned around. Before he turned around, she put her hands together to make a larger and harder hitting fist. She hit him down with it. "You aren't so tough."
Usagi ran over to her friend. "He's harder than that."
Goku lay on the ground and listened to the two girls. He grinned and then pushed himself up to a crouch. He spun around and kicked both girls down and then stood up. "That's right Usagi. I am harder to beat then just one little punch."
Minako tried to sneak around Goku without him noticing. She quietly tiptoed up to him. 'He didn't even hear me. This is great.' She backed up a little and then dashed for him. She jumped in the air to kick him in the back and then he turned around. "Oh no!"
Goku grabbed the girl's leg and flipped her over his back. She was thrown into Usagi and Makoto forcing them to fall back to the ground after they had just gotten up. "Come on, I know you guys can do better than that."
Usagi pushed Minako off of her and looked up to her father. She started to stand up once again. "We could do better if you weren't so hard on us." While she was helping her friends up she heard a noise behind her. She quickly dropped Minako's hand and turned around. Her father was racing right for her. She put her fists in front of her. "Bring it on!" She started running for him. Right when she was about collide with him she ducked and slid under his legs. Behind her was Makoto ready to hit. She jumped up in the air and kicked him in the face.
Goku was thrown to the side. He rubbed his check. Blood rubbed off onto his hands. He looked to Makoto and grinned. "Not bad. What, did you have that planned or something?"
"Yes just like we had this planned." Usagi ran up from behind her father and kicked him in the back forcing him to fall face forward. Usagi jumped in the air. "Yay! I finally hit you daddy! In your face!" She stuck her tongue out at him.
Goku laughed. 'Very good. They learn fast.' He looked to Minako who was running for him. He looked over his shoulder. Usagi and Makoto were running to him. He smiled. 'Let's see what will happen if I…" Just as all three girls were approaching him he jumped out of the way.
They saw each other. "AAAHHH!" They plowed into each other and toppled onto the ground.
Usagi looked up at her father and then back at her friends. "Ok, we have to do something about this you guys."
Makoto rubbed her stomach where Minako's head landed. "I know, we have to beat him otherwise we won't be able to move on."
Minako looked around to find Goku. She couldn't spot him. She looked back to her friends. "Uh-oh you guys. I don't see him anywhere."
Usagi and Makoto looked around. They didn't see him either. Makoto looked back at Minako. "Well then we have to think of something quick."
Minako nodded. "Right, but what could we do?"
The three of them thought for a minute until Makoto thought of a plan. "I know, let's attack him at once. It worked before. Only this time let's keep attacking."
Usagi spotted her father. He was standing right behind her with his arms crossed. She jumped back. "AAHH! What are you doing here? You aren't supposed to listen."
"Well I just wanted to see what you guys were saying. I mean, you know, anything said on the battlefield is fair game. Your enemies aren't going to stand around and let you think of a good strategy to defeat them." Goku walked closer to the group. They all backed away.
Usagi looked to her left and then to her right. "Ok, on 3. I've got his head." She whispered.
Makoto looked at Usagi. "I've got his left leg."
Minako looked at the two to her right. "I'll take the right leg then."
They looked back to Goku who was still walking towards them. Usagi nodded to her friends. "Ok, One, Two, THREE!" The three girls bolted up from the ground and jumped onto Goku. Usagi climbed up to his face and then swung herself around to his shoulders and then put her hands over his eyes. He tried to pull her off but Minako and Makoto tipped him over by lifting his feet off of the ground. He fell back onto Usagi. Usagi tried to wriggle her way out from her father's back but he put all of his weight on her. She tried to kick but her feet we stuck in their place. "Hey you guys! You weren't supposed to trap me!"
Goku laughed. "Ha, your plan backfired on you, huh?"
Makoto moved up and sat on his chest. She looked him in the eyes and smiled. "Hehehe, we finally got you." Minako kicked him in the side as Makoto taunted him.
Usagi was having a crisis of her own. "Let me go daddy! This isn't fair! You're too heavy!" Usagi beat her fists against the top of his head hoping that he would sit up for her.
Goku laughed. "Well tell your friends to get off me and I'll get up." Goku knew that he could have pushed them away from him but he was rather enjoying himself.
"Just get off." She tried lifting him up with her hands but he was still too heavy. She could feel her body becoming numb. "Please?" She said with a more sympathetic tone in her voice.
Goku pushed Minako and Makoto off of him. He put his hand out for Usagi to grab.
Usagi didn't trust him. "What are you trying to pull?"
Goku didn't answer. He didn't even wait for her to grab his hand. Instead he just picked her up off the ground and set her on her feet. Usagi's leg wobbled beneath her as the numbness disappeared. Goku looked to his other two pupils. "You have done good today. I am proud of all of you."
Usagi looked up at her father with happiness. "You mean we passed?"
Goku nodded. "It's not everyday that someone gets me down like that. Of course I could have thrown you off anytime I wanted to but that's because you are just beginners. I was looking more for skill today then strength."
Usagi ran to her friends. "This is so cool you guys! We actually passed." She turned back to her father. "So when do we learn how to fly and use Ki blasts?" Usagi was excited. She couldn't wait.
"Tomorrow." Goku rubbed his check where Makoto had drawn blood. It was still kind of sore.
Usagi's mouth nearly fell to the ground. "What? But you said…"
"I know what I said, but you need to rest first." Goku saw the disappointment in the girls' faces. "I know you really wanted to learn today but I can't have you totally drained. Don't worry, tomorrow isn't as far away as it seems."
Minako looked to her friends. "I guess he's right. At least we passed right?"
Makoto agreed. "Yeah, we should learn when we are at our best."
Usagi kicked a pile of dirt. "That's not fair. I wanted to learn today."
Goku looked at his daughter. "Usagi, don't whine. You need your rest. It's better this way."
~*~*~
When Usagi got home with her father she went straight for the living room. She wanted to watch some TV. When she got there, however, her mother was already watching something so she decided to go into her room.
"Where do you think you are going young lady?" Chi-Chi was still angry about what her daughter had pulled earlier in the day.
Usagi cringed when she heard her mother. By the tone of voice she used she could tell that she was in trouble. "Yes mommy?" Usagi walked over to the sofa where her mother was sitting. She looked angry.
Chi-Chi turned to look at her daughter. "What were you thinking today?" She crossed her arms and frowned.
Usagi didn't know what she was talking about. "Huh?"
Chi-Chi began to get angrier. "Don't act stupid with me! You told us that you were going to the bathroom at Bulma's, but instead, you ended up running off."
Usagi remembered once her mother told her. "Oh. Oops."
Chi-Chi's face started to turn red. "Oops? Oops is all you have to say? Listen, Bulma and I looked all over for you. You had us worried to death. And then we find out that you snuck into Vejita's gravity chamber. What were you thinking?"
Usagi held her head low. She had never seen her mother so angry with her. She had seen her yell at Vejita and her father like this but never at her. She didn't know what to think. Tears started to come out of her eyes. "I'm sorry mommy. I won't do it again."
Goku walked into the room. He had been in the kitchen and heard Chi-Chi yelling about something.
As usual "What's going on?" Goku looked at his wife
Chi-Chi put her arm over the back if the sofa as she turned to look at her husband. "We are talking about what Usagi did at Bulma's today. This is all your fault Goku."
Goku blinked. He pointed his finger to his chest. "My fault? How is that my fault? I'm not the one who forced her to go somewhere and be boared." Goku walked across the living room to go into his room.
Chi-Chi turned to her daughter. "Is that true? Did I force you to go? Is that what you told your father?"
Usagi didn't lift her head. She held her hands behind her back. "Not exactly."
Chi-Chi couldn't believe it. "So you lied to both me and your father." Goku stood in the doorway of his room and watched. He didn't want to interfere.
Usagi nudged her chin up a little bit to the point where she could barely see her mother. "I didn't lie to you mommy." All Usagi wanted to do was go in her room. She wanted to hide from the outside world.
Chi-Chi grabbed a pillow that sat next to her leg. She felt like ripping it apart. "I did NOT force you to go anywhere. I asked you if you wanted to and you said yes. That, young lady, is considered lying." She crossed her arms and turned her back to Usagi.
Usagi lifted her head up. Tears streamed down her face. "Mommy…I…" She looked to her father. He looked at her with sympathetic eyes.
"Don't even try it. If you don't want to be around me, you don't have to." She got up and started walking to her room. "I won't bother you anymore." She pushed Goku aside and walked in.
Usagi ran for her mother. She was stopped by her father's hand on her chest. She looked up at him. "It would be better if you didn't bother her right now. She needs time alone."
She looked up at her father. "I didn't mean to…"
Goku shook his head. "I know."
Usagi threw herself into him and wrapped her tail around his leg. "At least you don't hate me." He picked her up and let her cry into his shoulder.
"Usagi, your mother doesn't hate you. She's just upset right now." Goku knew that she didn't understand. She probably wasn't even listening to him at the moment. She was too caught up in her own thoughts.
She dug her nails into his back. "Yes she does. That's why she doesn't want me to talk to her. All because I had to be stupid."
Goku rubbed his daughter's back. "You weren't being stupid. You were just being a kid. Give your mother a day and she will be over it."
Usagi pulled her head off of her father's shoulder. "Are you sure?"
Goku wiped the tears off of her check. "I'm sure, she always gets over things fast. Unless it has to do with something I did, but that's another story altogether. Don't worry about it. The only thing you need to worry about right now is getting yourself plenty of rest for tomorrow."
Usagi sniffled a little bit. "Can I come with you tomorrow?"
Goku nodded. "Of course you can." Goku looked at the clock. It was 7:30. "You should get some sleep. You have had a long day." Goku carried his daughter to her room. Usagi watched door to her mother's room get smaller and smaller as she was being carried away until it disappeared when she entered her room.
~*~*~
When Usagi woke up the next day she didn't want to get out of bed. She didn't want to have to face her mother again. She was afraid that she would still be mad at her. She sat in her bed and held her head in her hands. "What am I going to do?"
The opening of her door interrupted Usagi's thoughts. She pulled her head out of her hands to see that it was her mother. 'Oh no. Here we go again.'
Chi-Chi calmly walked into her daughter's room. She didn't want to overreact like she had the night before. She walked over to her bed and sat down next to Usagi. "Usagi…"
Usagi looked at her mother's face. "Yes?" She was pretty sure that she was going to totally get yelled at again.
Chi-Chi looked her daughter in the eyes. "I'm sorry about last night. I shouldn't have acted like that. I just don't want you to hate being with me."
Usagi was relieved. Her mother didn't hate her after all. She smiled and hugged her arm. "I don't hate you mommy!"
Chi-Chi smiled. "I'm happy to hear that." She stood up. "Your father is waiting for you. Why don't you get yourself together and come to the kitchen when you are ready. I'll have breakfast ready for you." She turned around and walked out of the room.
A smile filled Usagi's face as she started to perform her daily ritual of getting herself ready to leave. She walked to the bathroom and took a quick bath. Then she got dressed and put her hair into her two Odangos. She sighed as she looked at herself in the mirror. She looked at her tail that lay behind her. "This whole mess is all your fault you stupid tail. If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have to learn how to fight."
~*~*~
Usagi met up with her father in the kitchen. He was still eating his breakfast. She sat down at the table and looked into the pot that sat in the middle of it. "There's nothing in here. What am I supposed to eat." Usagi looked to her father who was stuffing his face with what should be HER food.
Chi-Chi pulled out a plate from the oven. "That's what happens when you don't get down her fast enough. Your father eats everything. Your brother, Goten, learned that the hard way." She put the plate on the table in front of Usagi.
Usagi glared at her father as she began to eat. Goku looked up from his food when he was finished and saw Usagi's face. "What? I didn't do anything"
~*~*~
Goku and Usagi arrived at the sparring field before Goten but after Gohan. Usagi jumped off Nimbus before it landed and ran over to hug her brother. "Hi Gohan."
Gohan knelt down to greet his sister. "That was impressive. Where did you learn how to do that?" Gohan stood up and shook hands with his father. "Hello father."
"Hiya Gohan, where's your brother?" Goku looked around but couldn't find Goten.
Gohan shrugged his shoulders. "I dunno." He turned back to his little sister. "So, did dad teach you how to land like that?"
Usagi shook her head. "Nope, Vejita showed me how to do it."
Gohan turned to his father with a surprised expression on his face. "You let her train with Vejita? Are you out of your mind? How could you do a thing like that? She could have been killed." Gohan acted as if Usagi was HIS daughter.
"Its ok Gohan. Vejita wouldn't hurt Usagi. And even if he did, he would have to deal with the aftermath, meaning me."
Gohan still wasn't sure it was a good idea but since she wasn't his daughter he couldn't really say anything about it. "I hope you know what you're doing father." He looked back down to his wide-eyed sister. "You had better watch yourself when you are training with Vejita." He still didn't trust the man. Not after everything that he had been through with him. Gohan didn't understand how his father could trust him.
"I know, Gohan." Usagi knew that Vejita would never hurt her on purpose. The only time he had ever really put her in pain was when she was sparring with him and you are supposed to be hurt when you spar.
Goku stepped behind Usagi. "We are going to start. I don't think that Goten is going to be coming today. He would have been here by now if he was." Usagi started to walk up to the hill where she would watch. Goku put his hand on her shoulder. "Where do you think you're going? Aren't you going to join us today?"
Usagi turned around to look at her father. "You mean I can spar with you guys today?" This is what Usagi had always wanted to do. She couldn't wait until the day that she could spar with the rest of her family. Goku nodded. "YAY!"
"Father, shouldn't we wait until she gets a little bit stronger? I mean, she only started about a week and a half ago." His father had told him about how much progress Usagi was making but he didn't think that she was that far along. After all, it had taken him a year to learn and to become somewhat strong. And that was with training everyday and all day.
"No, she's ready. Just don't use any Ki blasts. I haven' t taught her how to do those yet. And try to stick low to the ground. I haven't taught her how to fly yet either. That's our agenda for today, right Usagi?" He looked to his daughter. Her eyes sparkled with happiness. He turned back to Gohan. "So, what do you say, son? You wanna spar with your sister?"
Gohan debated inside his mind for a moment. He would have to cut back on his power a little so he wouldn't hurt her. "Wouldn't it be kind of unfair? I mean, we are way stronger then she is. She wouldn't be able to hold up for too long."
Goku hadn't thought about that. "Ok, then. I guess it can be you two against me then."
That sounded good to Gohan. "Ah, father against children kind of spar. I like it." He turned to Usagi. "What do you say Usagi? Do you wanna kick dad's butt?"
Usagi raised her fist to the sky. "Yeah! Let's show him what we are made of!" 'This is going to be so much fun. I can't wait to get started.'
Goku crossed his arms. "All right you two. Anytime you're ready. I'll take both of you out."
Gohan smirked. "We'll see about that." He grabbed his sister's arm and pulled her over to an area where their father would not be able to hear them. He knelt in front of her and put his hands on her shoulders. "Ok, this could get intense, you know that right?" Usagi nodded. "You could get badly hurt." Usagi nodded her head. "I just want you to know that."
Usagi smiled. "Gohan?"
"Yes?"
"I have fought with daddy before."
"I know that. I just want you to know that when WE spar, things heat up." Usagi laughed to herself. "What?"
Usagi looked at her brother. "It's nothing really. You are just reminding me of mommy."
Gohan's eyes began to widen. That was the last person that he wanted to be reminding his little sister of. "Thanks." He said sarcastically. He stood up and led Usagi back to where their father was still standing. 'I guess mom is annoying Usagi already.'
Goku watched his two children walk towards him. "Are you ready yet?"
Gohan and Usagi looked to each other and then back at their father. "Yes."
Goku got into his fighting stance. "All right then, lets get this show on the road."
(Ok, that's it for this chapter. How is it? Good? Bad? Please review. Thank you! ^_^)
Goku knew this would happen. "Come on girls. Don't chicken out on me yet. I know you can do it."
Minako looked to Usagi for help. She hoped that Usagi could talk her father out of his craziness. Usagi looked at her father. "Umm, do we have to do this? We can't beat you. You are way too strong."
Goku looked to his daughter. "Well I guess I could let you wimp out on me."
Usagi's eyes began to sparkle. "Really? You mean we don't have to do this?"
Goku laughed. "Are you kidding? Of course you have to do this. I said I COULD let you. I never said anything about actually doing it."
Usagi went back to her disappointed state of mind. "Man." She shrugged her shoulders and turned back to her friends. "I guess we have to do it after all you guys."
Minako and Makoto looked at each other and then back at the two Saiyans. "WHAT?!"
Goku started to stretch his legs. "Believe in yourselves. I know you can do it. And besides, from what I hear you really want to learn how to fly and fight with energy blasts."
Makoto agreed. "Yeah, that would be fun. I guess I can give it a try." She also began to try.
Goku turned to Minako who was the only who had yet to agree. "What do you say Minako? Do you wanna join in on the festivities?"
Minako still wasn't sure she wanted to but decided to go along with it anyways because she didn't want to fall behind her friends. "Ok, I guess I'm going to have to."
Goku smiled. "That's the spirit." He continued his stretching. "Ok, whenever you three are ready we can begin."
Usagi pulled her two friends over to the side away from her father so he couldn't hear anything that she said. "Hey you guys, Vejita said that we should always anticipate attacks."
Minako nodded. "Yeah, your dad already told us that before Usagi."
Makoto looked behind her to make sure that Goku wasn't trying to sneak up on them. "Get to the point Usagi."
Usagi grinned. "Well, I say we don't even tell him when we are going to attack."
"Huh? That would be wrong." Minako wasn't sure if that was such a good idea. "Wouldn't we be cheating if we just snuck up on him?"
Usagi shook her head. "Nope, Vejita says that a true fighter is always on guard. So let's test out how well my daddy watches for attacks."
Makoto rubbed her hands together and grinned evilly. "That's too perfect Usagi. Let's see how well he can do hand to hand combat."
"Right, so here is what we're gonna do you guys." Usagi grabbed the shoulder's of her freinds and began to come up with a plan to defeat her father.
~*~*~
Goku smirked when he saw the girls. "Look at them trying to come up with a plan. That's so cute. Oh well, I gotta give em' some credit for trying." Goku noticed Makoto looking back at him and quickly turned his head. He didn't want them to know that he was watching.
The trio broke up and walked back to Goku who was temporarily their enemy. Goku looked at all of their faces. They seemed normal. "Are you ready yet?"
Usagi looked at her father. "Daddy, can I fight with out my shoes and wristbands?"
Goku nodded. "Yes, just for the fact that this is a test for you to beat me." He watched as his daughter took off her weights away from the place where they would spar.
She walked back over to the group as slow as she could. She wanted to prolong what was going to end up happening anyways. She didn't want her father to get suspicious. She smiled to herself as she pulled her shoes off. "That's much better."
Goku was getting tired of them stalling. "Are you ready now?"
"Not yet daddy. We have to stretch some more." Usagi smiled to herself. She was secretly getting ready to attack her father. 'This is going to be too easy.'
Goku sighed. "Girls."
Usagi walked up to her father who was bending over to stretch his calves. She tapped him on the back and he turned around to look at her. Minako and Makoto stopped what they were doing and put their attention over to the two Saiyans. She smiled deviously and then went to punch her father in the face.
With his fast reflexes, Goku caught her fist in his hand and punched her in the chest with his other. "Too slow Usagi."
Usagi grabbed her chest and stumbled backwards. "That's not fair."
Goku watched her for a moment. "Like what you did was really fair. And besides, everything is fair in this game." He turned back to Minako and Makoto and smiled. "I guess this means that you are all finished up right?" They barely shook their heads yes. They hadn't realized how fast he was. "Ok, I'm not going to go easy on you. You have to beat me for real."
Makoto saw Goku coming for her. She jumped out of the way and briskly turned around. Before he turned around, she put her hands together to make a larger and harder hitting fist. She hit him down with it. "You aren't so tough."
Usagi ran over to her friend. "He's harder than that."
Goku lay on the ground and listened to the two girls. He grinned and then pushed himself up to a crouch. He spun around and kicked both girls down and then stood up. "That's right Usagi. I am harder to beat then just one little punch."
Minako tried to sneak around Goku without him noticing. She quietly tiptoed up to him. 'He didn't even hear me. This is great.' She backed up a little and then dashed for him. She jumped in the air to kick him in the back and then he turned around. "Oh no!"
Goku grabbed the girl's leg and flipped her over his back. She was thrown into Usagi and Makoto forcing them to fall back to the ground after they had just gotten up. "Come on, I know you guys can do better than that."
Usagi pushed Minako off of her and looked up to her father. She started to stand up once again. "We could do better if you weren't so hard on us." While she was helping her friends up she heard a noise behind her. She quickly dropped Minako's hand and turned around. Her father was racing right for her. She put her fists in front of her. "Bring it on!" She started running for him. Right when she was about collide with him she ducked and slid under his legs. Behind her was Makoto ready to hit. She jumped up in the air and kicked him in the face.
Goku was thrown to the side. He rubbed his check. Blood rubbed off onto his hands. He looked to Makoto and grinned. "Not bad. What, did you have that planned or something?"
"Yes just like we had this planned." Usagi ran up from behind her father and kicked him in the back forcing him to fall face forward. Usagi jumped in the air. "Yay! I finally hit you daddy! In your face!" She stuck her tongue out at him.
Goku laughed. 'Very good. They learn fast.' He looked to Minako who was running for him. He looked over his shoulder. Usagi and Makoto were running to him. He smiled. 'Let's see what will happen if I…" Just as all three girls were approaching him he jumped out of the way.
They saw each other. "AAAHHH!" They plowed into each other and toppled onto the ground.
Usagi looked up at her father and then back at her friends. "Ok, we have to do something about this you guys."
Makoto rubbed her stomach where Minako's head landed. "I know, we have to beat him otherwise we won't be able to move on."
Minako looked around to find Goku. She couldn't spot him. She looked back to her friends. "Uh-oh you guys. I don't see him anywhere."
Usagi and Makoto looked around. They didn't see him either. Makoto looked back at Minako. "Well then we have to think of something quick."
Minako nodded. "Right, but what could we do?"
The three of them thought for a minute until Makoto thought of a plan. "I know, let's attack him at once. It worked before. Only this time let's keep attacking."
Usagi spotted her father. He was standing right behind her with his arms crossed. She jumped back. "AAHH! What are you doing here? You aren't supposed to listen."
"Well I just wanted to see what you guys were saying. I mean, you know, anything said on the battlefield is fair game. Your enemies aren't going to stand around and let you think of a good strategy to defeat them." Goku walked closer to the group. They all backed away.
Usagi looked to her left and then to her right. "Ok, on 3. I've got his head." She whispered.
Makoto looked at Usagi. "I've got his left leg."
Minako looked at the two to her right. "I'll take the right leg then."
They looked back to Goku who was still walking towards them. Usagi nodded to her friends. "Ok, One, Two, THREE!" The three girls bolted up from the ground and jumped onto Goku. Usagi climbed up to his face and then swung herself around to his shoulders and then put her hands over his eyes. He tried to pull her off but Minako and Makoto tipped him over by lifting his feet off of the ground. He fell back onto Usagi. Usagi tried to wriggle her way out from her father's back but he put all of his weight on her. She tried to kick but her feet we stuck in their place. "Hey you guys! You weren't supposed to trap me!"
Goku laughed. "Ha, your plan backfired on you, huh?"
Makoto moved up and sat on his chest. She looked him in the eyes and smiled. "Hehehe, we finally got you." Minako kicked him in the side as Makoto taunted him.
Usagi was having a crisis of her own. "Let me go daddy! This isn't fair! You're too heavy!" Usagi beat her fists against the top of his head hoping that he would sit up for her.
Goku laughed. "Well tell your friends to get off me and I'll get up." Goku knew that he could have pushed them away from him but he was rather enjoying himself.
"Just get off." She tried lifting him up with her hands but he was still too heavy. She could feel her body becoming numb. "Please?" She said with a more sympathetic tone in her voice.
Goku pushed Minako and Makoto off of him. He put his hand out for Usagi to grab.
Usagi didn't trust him. "What are you trying to pull?"
Goku didn't answer. He didn't even wait for her to grab his hand. Instead he just picked her up off the ground and set her on her feet. Usagi's leg wobbled beneath her as the numbness disappeared. Goku looked to his other two pupils. "You have done good today. I am proud of all of you."
Usagi looked up at her father with happiness. "You mean we passed?"
Goku nodded. "It's not everyday that someone gets me down like that. Of course I could have thrown you off anytime I wanted to but that's because you are just beginners. I was looking more for skill today then strength."
Usagi ran to her friends. "This is so cool you guys! We actually passed." She turned back to her father. "So when do we learn how to fly and use Ki blasts?" Usagi was excited. She couldn't wait.
"Tomorrow." Goku rubbed his check where Makoto had drawn blood. It was still kind of sore.
Usagi's mouth nearly fell to the ground. "What? But you said…"
"I know what I said, but you need to rest first." Goku saw the disappointment in the girls' faces. "I know you really wanted to learn today but I can't have you totally drained. Don't worry, tomorrow isn't as far away as it seems."
Minako looked to her friends. "I guess he's right. At least we passed right?"
Makoto agreed. "Yeah, we should learn when we are at our best."
Usagi kicked a pile of dirt. "That's not fair. I wanted to learn today."
Goku looked at his daughter. "Usagi, don't whine. You need your rest. It's better this way."
~*~*~
When Usagi got home with her father she went straight for the living room. She wanted to watch some TV. When she got there, however, her mother was already watching something so she decided to go into her room.
"Where do you think you are going young lady?" Chi-Chi was still angry about what her daughter had pulled earlier in the day.
Usagi cringed when she heard her mother. By the tone of voice she used she could tell that she was in trouble. "Yes mommy?" Usagi walked over to the sofa where her mother was sitting. She looked angry.
Chi-Chi turned to look at her daughter. "What were you thinking today?" She crossed her arms and frowned.
Usagi didn't know what she was talking about. "Huh?"
Chi-Chi began to get angrier. "Don't act stupid with me! You told us that you were going to the bathroom at Bulma's, but instead, you ended up running off."
Usagi remembered once her mother told her. "Oh. Oops."
Chi-Chi's face started to turn red. "Oops? Oops is all you have to say? Listen, Bulma and I looked all over for you. You had us worried to death. And then we find out that you snuck into Vejita's gravity chamber. What were you thinking?"
Usagi held her head low. She had never seen her mother so angry with her. She had seen her yell at Vejita and her father like this but never at her. She didn't know what to think. Tears started to come out of her eyes. "I'm sorry mommy. I won't do it again."
Goku walked into the room. He had been in the kitchen and heard Chi-Chi yelling about something.
As usual "What's going on?" Goku looked at his wife
Chi-Chi put her arm over the back if the sofa as she turned to look at her husband. "We are talking about what Usagi did at Bulma's today. This is all your fault Goku."
Goku blinked. He pointed his finger to his chest. "My fault? How is that my fault? I'm not the one who forced her to go somewhere and be boared." Goku walked across the living room to go into his room.
Chi-Chi turned to her daughter. "Is that true? Did I force you to go? Is that what you told your father?"
Usagi didn't lift her head. She held her hands behind her back. "Not exactly."
Chi-Chi couldn't believe it. "So you lied to both me and your father." Goku stood in the doorway of his room and watched. He didn't want to interfere.
Usagi nudged her chin up a little bit to the point where she could barely see her mother. "I didn't lie to you mommy." All Usagi wanted to do was go in her room. She wanted to hide from the outside world.
Chi-Chi grabbed a pillow that sat next to her leg. She felt like ripping it apart. "I did NOT force you to go anywhere. I asked you if you wanted to and you said yes. That, young lady, is considered lying." She crossed her arms and turned her back to Usagi.
Usagi lifted her head up. Tears streamed down her face. "Mommy…I…" She looked to her father. He looked at her with sympathetic eyes.
"Don't even try it. If you don't want to be around me, you don't have to." She got up and started walking to her room. "I won't bother you anymore." She pushed Goku aside and walked in.
Usagi ran for her mother. She was stopped by her father's hand on her chest. She looked up at him. "It would be better if you didn't bother her right now. She needs time alone."
She looked up at her father. "I didn't mean to…"
Goku shook his head. "I know."
Usagi threw herself into him and wrapped her tail around his leg. "At least you don't hate me." He picked her up and let her cry into his shoulder.
"Usagi, your mother doesn't hate you. She's just upset right now." Goku knew that she didn't understand. She probably wasn't even listening to him at the moment. She was too caught up in her own thoughts.
She dug her nails into his back. "Yes she does. That's why she doesn't want me to talk to her. All because I had to be stupid."
Goku rubbed his daughter's back. "You weren't being stupid. You were just being a kid. Give your mother a day and she will be over it."
Usagi pulled her head off of her father's shoulder. "Are you sure?"
Goku wiped the tears off of her check. "I'm sure, she always gets over things fast. Unless it has to do with something I did, but that's another story altogether. Don't worry about it. The only thing you need to worry about right now is getting yourself plenty of rest for tomorrow."
Usagi sniffled a little bit. "Can I come with you tomorrow?"
Goku nodded. "Of course you can." Goku looked at the clock. It was 7:30. "You should get some sleep. You have had a long day." Goku carried his daughter to her room. Usagi watched door to her mother's room get smaller and smaller as she was being carried away until it disappeared when she entered her room.
~*~*~
When Usagi woke up the next day she didn't want to get out of bed. She didn't want to have to face her mother again. She was afraid that she would still be mad at her. She sat in her bed and held her head in her hands. "What am I going to do?"
The opening of her door interrupted Usagi's thoughts. She pulled her head out of her hands to see that it was her mother. 'Oh no. Here we go again.'
Chi-Chi calmly walked into her daughter's room. She didn't want to overreact like she had the night before. She walked over to her bed and sat down next to Usagi. "Usagi…"
Usagi looked at her mother's face. "Yes?" She was pretty sure that she was going to totally get yelled at again.
Chi-Chi looked her daughter in the eyes. "I'm sorry about last night. I shouldn't have acted like that. I just don't want you to hate being with me."
Usagi was relieved. Her mother didn't hate her after all. She smiled and hugged her arm. "I don't hate you mommy!"
Chi-Chi smiled. "I'm happy to hear that." She stood up. "Your father is waiting for you. Why don't you get yourself together and come to the kitchen when you are ready. I'll have breakfast ready for you." She turned around and walked out of the room.
A smile filled Usagi's face as she started to perform her daily ritual of getting herself ready to leave. She walked to the bathroom and took a quick bath. Then she got dressed and put her hair into her two Odangos. She sighed as she looked at herself in the mirror. She looked at her tail that lay behind her. "This whole mess is all your fault you stupid tail. If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have to learn how to fight."
~*~*~
Usagi met up with her father in the kitchen. He was still eating his breakfast. She sat down at the table and looked into the pot that sat in the middle of it. "There's nothing in here. What am I supposed to eat." Usagi looked to her father who was stuffing his face with what should be HER food.
Chi-Chi pulled out a plate from the oven. "That's what happens when you don't get down her fast enough. Your father eats everything. Your brother, Goten, learned that the hard way." She put the plate on the table in front of Usagi.
Usagi glared at her father as she began to eat. Goku looked up from his food when he was finished and saw Usagi's face. "What? I didn't do anything"
~*~*~
Goku and Usagi arrived at the sparring field before Goten but after Gohan. Usagi jumped off Nimbus before it landed and ran over to hug her brother. "Hi Gohan."
Gohan knelt down to greet his sister. "That was impressive. Where did you learn how to do that?" Gohan stood up and shook hands with his father. "Hello father."
"Hiya Gohan, where's your brother?" Goku looked around but couldn't find Goten.
Gohan shrugged his shoulders. "I dunno." He turned back to his little sister. "So, did dad teach you how to land like that?"
Usagi shook her head. "Nope, Vejita showed me how to do it."
Gohan turned to his father with a surprised expression on his face. "You let her train with Vejita? Are you out of your mind? How could you do a thing like that? She could have been killed." Gohan acted as if Usagi was HIS daughter.
"Its ok Gohan. Vejita wouldn't hurt Usagi. And even if he did, he would have to deal with the aftermath, meaning me."
Gohan still wasn't sure it was a good idea but since she wasn't his daughter he couldn't really say anything about it. "I hope you know what you're doing father." He looked back down to his wide-eyed sister. "You had better watch yourself when you are training with Vejita." He still didn't trust the man. Not after everything that he had been through with him. Gohan didn't understand how his father could trust him.
"I know, Gohan." Usagi knew that Vejita would never hurt her on purpose. The only time he had ever really put her in pain was when she was sparring with him and you are supposed to be hurt when you spar.
Goku stepped behind Usagi. "We are going to start. I don't think that Goten is going to be coming today. He would have been here by now if he was." Usagi started to walk up to the hill where she would watch. Goku put his hand on her shoulder. "Where do you think you're going? Aren't you going to join us today?"
Usagi turned around to look at her father. "You mean I can spar with you guys today?" This is what Usagi had always wanted to do. She couldn't wait until the day that she could spar with the rest of her family. Goku nodded. "YAY!"
"Father, shouldn't we wait until she gets a little bit stronger? I mean, she only started about a week and a half ago." His father had told him about how much progress Usagi was making but he didn't think that she was that far along. After all, it had taken him a year to learn and to become somewhat strong. And that was with training everyday and all day.
"No, she's ready. Just don't use any Ki blasts. I haven' t taught her how to do those yet. And try to stick low to the ground. I haven't taught her how to fly yet either. That's our agenda for today, right Usagi?" He looked to his daughter. Her eyes sparkled with happiness. He turned back to Gohan. "So, what do you say, son? You wanna spar with your sister?"
Gohan debated inside his mind for a moment. He would have to cut back on his power a little so he wouldn't hurt her. "Wouldn't it be kind of unfair? I mean, we are way stronger then she is. She wouldn't be able to hold up for too long."
Goku hadn't thought about that. "Ok, then. I guess it can be you two against me then."
That sounded good to Gohan. "Ah, father against children kind of spar. I like it." He turned to Usagi. "What do you say Usagi? Do you wanna kick dad's butt?"
Usagi raised her fist to the sky. "Yeah! Let's show him what we are made of!" 'This is going to be so much fun. I can't wait to get started.'
Goku crossed his arms. "All right you two. Anytime you're ready. I'll take both of you out."
Gohan smirked. "We'll see about that." He grabbed his sister's arm and pulled her over to an area where their father would not be able to hear them. He knelt in front of her and put his hands on her shoulders. "Ok, this could get intense, you know that right?" Usagi nodded. "You could get badly hurt." Usagi nodded her head. "I just want you to know that."
Usagi smiled. "Gohan?"
"Yes?"
"I have fought with daddy before."
"I know that. I just want you to know that when WE spar, things heat up." Usagi laughed to herself. "What?"
Usagi looked at her brother. "It's nothing really. You are just reminding me of mommy."
Gohan's eyes began to widen. That was the last person that he wanted to be reminding his little sister of. "Thanks." He said sarcastically. He stood up and led Usagi back to where their father was still standing. 'I guess mom is annoying Usagi already.'
Goku watched his two children walk towards him. "Are you ready yet?"
Gohan and Usagi looked to each other and then back at their father. "Yes."
Goku got into his fighting stance. "All right then, lets get this show on the road."
(Ok, that's it for this chapter. How is it? Good? Bad? Please review. Thank you! ^_^)