A New Beginning
Part Eight
Chi-Chi rolled over in her sleep, smiling. It was a peaceful and calm dream about her family enjoying a nice day, which Chi-Chi considered perfect. As Chi-Chi slept, she was unaware of her husband staring at her. It was a warm last night so they slept without the covers. Chi-Chi slept in a pajama shirt that belonged to Goku. She tried to get Goku to wear it but he didn't it like so she wore it.
As Goku watched Chi-Chi sleep, he realized there was something undeniably attractive about her wearing his shirt. Maybe it was the way Chi-Chi moved in the night that pushed the shirt higher revealing more of her tone legs. Or maybe it was the way her slim figure looked in that big shirt. She looked so pretty with her hair down with most of it spread out across her pillow and a small lock of dark hair across her face. Or maybe it was just Chi-Chi herself.
Goku never thought much about what made a person attractive. He remembered as a child Master Roshi tried to teach him the difference between a pretty girl and an unattractive girl. The demonstration went over Goku's head and he told Master Roshi he liked both and didn't see the difference. This amazed Roshi, leaving the former Martial Artist Master to wonder if Goku was some kind of saint or completely delusional.
Thankfully, Goku never fallen prey to Master Roshi's lessons and learned it was what the individual thinks is attractive and not what others say. Goku found himself very attracted to his wife in every way in all the things she does and as his attraction grew for her at this moment, he decided he wanted to have some fun with her this morning. He looked over at the clock. Gohan wasn't going to wake up until an hour or so. Goku quietly reached over Chi-Chi to turn Gohan's monitor off, so they wouldn't get disturbed with Gohan's babbles. He was confident nothing would be wrong with Gohan. He was nine months now and often kept himself company when he woke up in the crib. Goku placed a hand on one of Chi-Chi's leg and gently stroke it.
Chi-Chi moved her leg slightly at the contact. Goku liked how her legs were muscled and tone and how smooth they felt under his large hand. Chi-Chi murmured something in her sleep and rolled on her back, yet her face was turned opposite of him. Goku continued to affectionately caress her, knowing she liked that. Chi-Chi slowly awakened. The clock was facing her. It was still early but she could get up now to get started on breakfast or she could lie there a few more minutes. Before she could make up her mind, Goku draped an arm over her.
"Goku?" Chi-Chi murmured half asleep.
"Hmm?" He pushed some hair back and kissed her neck.
"What's with the affection so early?"
"You don't like it?" Goku asked as he unbuttoned his shirt she was wearing.
"Don't be silly," Chi-Chi laughed. She rolled over to give Goku easier assistance and was met with a passionate kiss from her husband. Chi-Chi locked her hand around his neck and kissed him back.
Her shirt was easily disposed of and Goku buried his head in Chi-Chi's neck. She felt one of his hands gently caressing her left thigh and moving higher with each stroke. Chi-Chi felt her body heat up with the gentle contact. "I get the feeling you want to do more than kiss, but we can't," she admitted with a frown. "I have to check on Gohan. I'm sure his diaper is ready to be changed and he wants something to eat."
"Gohan don't usually wake up for another hour," Goku said with his face buried in her neck and moving lower.
Chi-Chi closed her eyes and tilted her neck in Goku's direction. Goku was right about Gohan, and with the way he was touching her and poking into her thigh, she was easily giving in. "No… he doesn't."
The morning sun entering Gohan's room beamed on Gohan's face waking him up. Gohan rolled over blocking the sunlight from shining on his face. It was too late to escape it, but the sun woke him up. He sat up in his crib and looked around. Gohan was nine months now and was ready to be out of his crib. He wanted out so he can move around. He could only go so far in his crib. Gohan also wanted to see Mom and Dad and he wanted something to eat. Gohan raised himself to his feet using the bars of the crib. He couldn't walk yet, but he could pull himself up using objects around the house. Goku mostly has been working on helping Gohan walk, but as soon as Goku released Gohan's hand, Gohan would stand a few seconds and fall on his bottom.
"Momma. Daddy," Gohan called. He waited but there was no answer.
Gohan noticed his juice bottle was empty and he wanted something to drink and his diaper needed to be changed. "Mommy. Daddy." There was still no answer. What could they be doing? They never took this long to come to him.
Gohan wanted to see his parents and he wanted something to eat, but he was stuck there. Guess he might as well entertain himself. He played with a ball in his crib by rolling it, but got bored with it. Gohan grabbed two of the bars of his crib and move back and forth. He laughed. This was fun. It was almost like he was on a swing until two of the bars broke and Gohan rolled back and bumped his head on the bars on the other side of the crib. Gohan whimpered and a few tears shed his eyes as he rubbed the back of his head. When Gohan saw what he did, his mouth dropped. He sat aside the bars in his hands and crawled to the other side of the crib where it was opened wide enough for him to get out.
Gohan saw there in wonder. It was pretty high and scary from the crib bed to the floor and Gohan wasn't sure he could get out. He looked at his tail, which was full grown now and has been since Gohan was four months old. He grabbed his bottle, wrapped his tail around one of the crib bars and lowered himself to the floor. Gohan smiled with triumph as he reached the floor. Gohan looked at his tail. It was very resourceful he realized. He used it times before by wrapping it around his mother's arm when she fed him milk and squeezing it to let her know he was full, latching on to anything with it such as a ball Goku would throw at him or Gohan's teddy bear. This time, Gohan used his tail to wrap his bottle in and crawled out the room.
Not knowing his sense of direction, Gohan was going right. He continued to crawl on the clean wooden floor without a care in the world. Everything was big to the baby from the table that held vases full of fresh flowers, a family photo on a wall. Gohan could never do this alone. When he crawled, his Mom or Dad would be nearby, watching him. To have them not around was sort of liberating and fun. He passed two doors that were closed but he saw one that was partially opened. He decided to go in there.
The nine month old heard sounds that he wasn't aware of, but it meant someone was in there. Gohan crawled in. Mom and Dad may be in here. Or grandpa. He sometimes stayed over a night. Gohan looked up as he crawled in and saw something black, wild and spiky. It reminded him of his Daddy. Gohan smiled. It must be his Daddy. He could give Gohan something to drink.
"Daddy!" Gohan called.
Gohan saw his father's body stop moving. He slowly turned to look at Gohan a little out of breath. Gohan smiled, his young, innocent mind unaware of his father's appearance or look of surprise on his Daddy's face. "Daddy!" Gohan called happily. Then he saw his mother appear from under his father. "Momma!" Gohan called happily as he crawled to their bed.
Gohan looked on confused as his Mom pushed Dad off her. His Mom was yelling at his father and blaming him for something his young mind couldn't pick up. His mom reached for the shirt she slept in and tossed it on quickly. Gohan then saw his mother throw something at his Dad which was a pair of boxers but Gohan didn't know that.
After she dressed herself and did her best to fix her hair, Chi-Chi picked up Gohan. "Good morning, sweetie," she cooed with a big smile pasted on her face. "What are you doing in here? How did you get out of your crib?"
Gohan just waved his empty bottle with his tail. "You're hungry?" Chi-Chi guessed. "All right. Let's give you some milk while you explain how you got of your crib." She stood on her feet and walked out of room. "Goku, you figure out how Gohan got out of his crib."
After putting on his boxers, which was easy since Gohan crawled in on them, all sexual desires went out the window; Goku went into Gohan's room to see how Gohan got out of his crib. He couldn't walk and certainly couldn't climb out and didn't know how to fly so how did Goku get out. Goku was surprised to see two of the bars broken on the crib. "Gohan broke through the crib? That's how he got out?" Goku scratched his head. "Wow. He really is strong."
Goku walked downstairs where Chi-Chi handed Gohan a bottle of warm milk. He sat in a chair and happily took the milk which he promptly drank. Goku showed Chi-Chi the two bars in his hand. "Chi-Chi, Gohan broke through the crib."
Chi-Chi crossed her arms at her husband with a doubtful look across her face. "That's impossible," she said and stopped in her words when she saw the two bars in Goku's hands. She couldn't deny that. "Well, maybe it was because it's old. It was my crib when I was a baby."
"I don't know, Chi-Chi. I think he broke it because he's strong," Goku said. "I am strong and so are you. Maybe he can't control his strength like you couldn't when you were a kid."
"What do you mean by that?" Chi-Chi sounded insulted.
"Remember when we were kids and I met you by that apple tree and you slapped me into it?"
"Oh," Chi-Chi said feeling an embarrassing shade filled her cheeks. "Oh, well, maybe you have a point."
"I could train him so he can control it," Goku offered and he readied himself for the attack from Chi-Chi.
"Goku, we discussed this already. Gohan will not be a fighter."
"I'm not making him a fighter," Goku tried to reason with Chi-Chi. "I just want to train him so he can control his power. He has it in him. It wouldn't be right if we let it go to waste."
Chi-Chi glared at her husband. She was not going to let him win this. "He's nine months old."
"All right. How about when he gets older?"
"NO!" Chi-Chi argued. "That's where it all starts! If I give in now, then you would want more and more and more! Oh, sure it starts with a few lessons so he can control his power, but the next thing I know Gohan will be flying, performing Kamehameha Waves and completely forgetting about his education! No, Goku! I won't have it!"
"But, Chi-Chi--"
"I said Gohan won't be training, Goku! This is just one little accident. Gohan will be fine." At that point, Chi-Chi wasn't sure if she was trying to assure herself or her husband. "Gohan can control his power. He probably broke through the bars because he was trying to get out of the crib. If I left the bed like I should've, then this wouldn't have happened!"
"Well, you're really weren't complaining," Goku said.
During his parents' argument, Gohan ears became irritated by all the yelling from his mother. He maneuvered his body with the help of his tail to crawl out of the chair. His tail grabbed Gohan's bottle and Gohan held onto the back of the chair as he moved to the other chair and the next. Gohan looked ahead and saw the sofa a few feet away. There, he could drink his milk in peace. Gohan held onto the back of the last chair as he looked at the four feet distance to the sofa. His parents have been helping him with how to walk. Now was the time for Gohan to do it on his own. The task was a little scary, but he took one step forward. Gohan stumbled a little but he kept his balance. He took another step and another.
Chi-Chi flustered at Goku's words. He was right. She really wasn't against after he got her in the mood. Chi-Chi tried to think of something to counter argue that, but she caught of Gohan taking his first steps to the sofa. "Gohan."
Goku looked back, stunned as well to see Gohan walking. "He's…walking."
Goku and Chi-Chi stood in awe as they watch Gohan walk. His bottle was still wrapped in his tail as Gohan waddled to the sofa. When he reached it, Goku and Chi-Chi let out the breath of air, they didn't know they were holding.
"Gohan, you walked!" Chi-Chi exclaimed as she went to her son with Goku close behind.
Gohan wasn't caring about that now as he was trying to climb on the sofa. Chi-Chi picked him up and sat him on her lap. "Oh, I'm so proud of you!"
Goku sat on the other side of them, proud of Gohan as well. He saw Chi-Chi gushed happily over Gohan as he walked for the first time while Goku couldn't help but feel a bit of remorse for Gohan. Goku knew Gohan had the power in him and he strongly felt Chi-Chi was holding their son back by not letting him study and master the power he had in him.
'Maybe I can convince Chi-Chi to change her mind about that.'
Goku walked with his family in the woods to a very memorable spot. It was such a nice day, they decided to walk. That and they would have trouble driving their car in the woods with all the trees around this certain spot. The tall forest trees were the backdrop to the lush, green spot with an open space. Goku carried two large boxes while Chi-Chi carried the two small ones and Gohan walked along with them hands free. When they reach their spot, Goku and Chi-Chi placed the boxes on the ground. Chi-Chi opened the smaller one and pulled out a blanket, which she laid it on the ground. She opened the other boxes and began setting up the food on the blanket. While this went on, Goku walked with Gohan not far away from Chi-Chi. He held his son's hand as they walked around the forest.
"This is where I was found, Gohan."
Gohan looked up at his father. "Here?" Gohan repeated.
"Your great-grandpa found me and took care of me."
"Grape-grandpa," Gohan mispronounced.
Goku laughed. "Close enough." He tapped Gohan's nose. "You're named after him, you know. His name was Gohan."
"Gohan," Gohan repeated with a smile. "That's my name."
"Goku. Gohan. Everything's ready," Chi-Chi called.
Goku and Gohan returned to the blanket. Chi-Chi was lighting a few candles on a cake, which said Happy Birthday Goku. Goku held Gohan in his lap as he sat down. Chi-Chi presented the cake and sang the birthday song to Goku.
"Okay, Goku, make a wish and blow out the candles," Chi-Chi said after she finished singing.
"But I don't want anything," Goku said.
"Just think of something."
Goku thought and made a wish. He then blew out the candles. He never celebrated birthdays before. When he was a kid, Grandpa Gohan would tell him it's his birthday and tell him his age. There was no celebration of cake and gifts, but it became that ever since Chi-Chi learned of his birthday and Gohan's first one months ago. It was fun.
Goku released Gohan so he can eat his food. Gohan walked over to his mother as she had a plate ready for him. Goku placed many plates before him and ate to his heart's content while Chi-Chi helped Gohan eat his food and then she ate hers. The food was delicious as always.
"How has your training been going?" Chi-Chi asked after the main course as she cut Goku's birthday cake.
"Great," Goku said taking the sliced cake and swallowing whole.
"Goku, slow down. You don't want to set a bad example for Gohan," she gently scolded her husband. "Honestly, you can choke yourself like that."
"You worry too much, Chi-Chi. I'll be fine."
"I want to see how you've improve so far." Chi-Chi shook her head at the thought. "I still don't know what you have to improve on. You're the strongest fighter on the planet, but I guess it is best to keep ahead of Piccolo."
Chi-Chi helped Gohan eat his cake. "Gohan, your Daddy's the strongest fighter in the world and yet he thinks he's not good enough. Isn't that the silliest thing?"
"Daddy silly?" Gohan giggled and took a bite of his cake.
Goku waited until after she fed Gohan to show off his power. He stood and stretched. "What do you want to see?"
"How about a Kamehameha?" Chi-Chi asked placing Gohan in her lap.
"Okay. This is something you've never seen." He stood a few feet in front of Gohan and Chi-Chi with his hands out. "Ka…me…ha… me…ha!"
Chi-Chi and Gohan watched in awe as two Kamehamehas form out of each hand. They floated in the air like bubbles. Goku moved his right hand around and one Kamehameha shot in the sky fast. Goku made the same gesture with his left hand and other wave flew in the sky. Goku moved his hands around and both waves crashed into each other creating an impressive lightshow. Sparks fell from the sky like tiny stars and surrounded Gohan and Chi-Chi as the remains fell to the ground. Gohan reached out to touch a falling light. It was warm in his hand for a few seconds before it withered to nothing.
Chi-Chi applauded Goku and Gohan moved his hands together in a clap, imitating his mother as best he could. Goku landed. "If you thought that was great, watch this."
Goku removed his heavy boots, heavy shirt and wrist bands. He began to move around throwing kicks and punches, faster than Gohan and Chi-Chi could see. It reminded Chi-Chi of the time he showed off his speed at the last tournament. He ran here and there around Chi-Chi and Gohan with his super speed, occasionally jumping in the sky higher than they could see only to land with one hand and flipping back moving his feet and hands around with great dexterity. He landed on one foot to spin around, turning himself into a human tornado of red and black. Chi-Chi was in awe of her husband and what he can do. She had seen it before but it was still amazing. Gohan clapped his hand excited. Goku moved around them whipping Chi-Chi's hair across of her face, ruffling the blanket; Gohan held on to his hat so it wouldn't fly away in the wind his father was creating. Goku moved away from Gohan and Chi-Chi to another part of the grass where the ground began picking up and form a hole.
"Goku, you're digging up the earth!" Chi-Chi called out for Goku to stop.
Goku slowed his speed down, thus breaking up the tornado. He landed and looks down at the large hole he created. "Whoops. I think I went too far. Huh?" He said as he noticed something deep in the ground. "There's something down here, Chi-Chi."
Chi-Chi walked with Gohan to the edge of the hole and looked in. She saw a giant round pod. "What is that?"
"I don't know, but I'm going to see. You and Gohan stay here." He jumped down in the crater.
"Be careful," Chi-Chi warned.
Goku landed and got a better look at the giant pod. It resembled a giant baseball. He pushed opened at what seemed to be a door gently and looked inside. He saw a brown seat and some weird buttons on a panel. Goku picked up the pod and flew to the surface with it. He placed it on the ground and touched the rough material of the ship.
"Goku, what is that?" Chi-Chi asked as she and Gohan approached Goku.
"I don't know. I've never seen it before in my life."
"Neither have I," Chi-Chi said. She looked inside the round pod and noticed the chair and computer. "There's a seat. Could someone have been here?"
"I guess," Goku thought.
"Oh, no," Chi-Chi said worried. "You think this may be an alien's spaceship?"
Goku shrugged. "Could be. They do exist. Kami is an alien." He noticed the dirt and light damage to the ship. "It looked like it was buried here for years."
"Who buried it? Your grandpa?" Chi-Chi guessed. "You told me that he lived in these mountains for a long time alone for a very long time before you arrived."
"Grandpa could've. He did live here a long time, but he never told me about this. Of course he died when I was young, too. Nobody else live in these parts for miles and miles. I wonder who left it." He patted the heavy material. "Let's keep it, Chi-Chi."
"Keep it?" Chi-Chi questioned. "We don't know what it is. It looks like junk." She stared at the round pod and noticed all the dirt and rust. 'And I would have to clean it?'
"Roshi told me once that another man's junk is another man's treasure. At least that's why he told me he collected all those books. He said someone threw them out so Roshi kept it."
Chi-Chi rolled her eyes, knowing that wasn't the truth about Roshi. Too bad, Goku hadn't noticed. "Goku, you know that's not true."
"What's not true?"
"About Roshi taking those magazines. He bought it because he like what he saw inside."
Goku thought about what Chi-Chi had said. He never was interested in those magazines. He remembered seeing naked women but not finding any interest in them. Now that he was looking at Chi-Chi, he thought about her naked. He recalled the times they were intimate and how they touch each other sometimes in the day when Gohan isn't around. Sometimes he would fondle her bottom or allow her to sit on his lap and let her touch him.
He smiled at Chi-Chi, getting it. "Now, I understand why Roshi bought those magazines."
Chi-Chi saw the way Goku was looking at her and blushed. She cleared her throat to change the subject. "So, you want to keep this?" She saw Gohan reaching out to touch the ship but she kept him back. Who knows what kind of germs could be on it.
"Yeah," Goku said as he ran a hand over the ship. "It may come in handy."
"Handy for what and where will you put it?" Chi-Chi asked.
"We don't have room in the house, so why don't we leave it here. We can always unbury it when we need it," Goku suggested.
"If you really want to do that, then fine," Chi-Chi said.
Goku buried the ship again and cleaned his hands in the water. After helping Chi-Chi packed, the family headed back home. Gohan walked ahead of his parents.
"Don't walk too far ahead Gohan," Chi-Chi called out.
Gohan walked on happily. He tested his young legs to run. He went around a corner of the trail, screamed and came running back, crying in fear.
"Gohan?" Chi-Chi dropped her boxes and embraced her son. "What's the matter?"
"I saw monster!" Gohan cried.
Goku and Chi-Chi looked up at the sounds of something approaching. Goku got in front of his wife and son on guard. He waited calmly to attack as the 'monster' appeared.
It was a deer, doe and a smaller deer.
Goku relaxed. "Oh, it's just a deer's family, Gohan. Not a monster."
The deer recognized Goku and the family approached. "I remember," Chi-Chi stood holding Gohan's hand. "It's that deer we helped delivered, Goku. It's okay, Gohan. They are on a walk like us."
Gohan held onto his mother's skirt of dress, hiding behind her. Chi-Chi brought him in front of her. "There's nothing to be shy about, Gohan."
The young deer stepped forward and leaned his head down toward Gohan's. Gohan stepped a little closer and touched the deer's head. He smiled as he saw there was nothing for him to worry about.
After Gohan petted the little deer, the deer family moved on down the trail to their home and continued on with their lives just as Goku and his family did.
Chi-Chi placed the last of the meal on the table. Dinner was almost ready and Goku was late. Still out training she mused. She looked over to Gohan on the sofa. He was playing with an educational toy with buttons on it that pronounced all the letters on the alphabets with examples such as 'a' for apple, 'b' for ball and so on.
"C as in cat," the game announced.
"C. C-cat," Gohan repeated.
Gohan was nearly two but it wasn't too early for Chi-Chi to get him started on his education.
"D as in dog."
"D. Dog."
"E as in elephant."
"E. Ele-ele," Gohan was having trouble pronouncing this word. "Elfphant.
"Elephant," Chi-Chi helped Gohan as she sat beside him.
"Mommy, what's an elfphant…elephant," Gohan corrected himself.
"It's a big, gray animal with a long nose and makes a loud noise. I saw one in a book." An idea went in her head. "Hey, I know. How about we ask Daddy to show you one? He has been all around world and has seen lots of animals."
Gohan nodded agreeing. "Okay." He looked around. "Where is Daddy? I wanna ask him."
"Daddy went off to train as he usually does sometimes, but he'll be back," Chi-Chi assured Gohan. Chi-Chi wished Goku was around all the time with her son but she was beginning to understand and accept his love for fighting. Besides, it only took Goku away for a day. It wasn't as if it was weeks, months and years and it was something Goku loved and was fun for him. As long as it didn't nearly kill him like fighting with Piccolo almost did, Chi-Chi was fine with Goku wanting to be stronger and pushing his body to the limits.
Goku opened the door to his home. His light shirt was torn and his pants were torn off from the right calf. He looked beaten badly but he had that cheerful smile on that face, letting Chi-Chi know he had a good time. How one has a good time beating up his own body Chi-Chi would never know.
"Hi, Daddy!" Gohan greeted his father with a smile.
"Hey, Gohan." Goku saw the food on the table and knew Chi-Chi wouldn't let him eat unless he change and had a shower so headed upstairs.
When he came out of the bathroom after his shower, Chi-Chi was ready with the bandages and antiseptic. Goku hated this part after his day of training.
"Chi-Chi, I really don't need that. I'll be fine."
"You don't let me treat you, you don't eat," Chi-Chi argued.
Goku sulked and sat on the bed. He mentally counted the cuts he made on his body. Was it five? Ten? He wasn't sure and he hated that. He yelped feeling some antiseptic being rubbed on his open skin. "Ow! Chi-Chi, that stings!"
"Sorry, but it happens." She covered the wound with a bandage and worked on the next one, making Goku wince as she patch his wounds. "Maybe you'll learn to be more careful in your training." She smiled. "Besides, I like taking care of you. You're so invincible. It's nice to know you're vulnerable and you need."
"Grandpa!" Gohan's voice was heard downstairs. "Grandpa!"
Goku and Chi-Chi looked at each other confused. "I didn't know my father was coming over." Chi-Chi got off the bed and left the room.
When Goku and Chi-Chi met downstairs, they didn't see Ox King. "Gohan, why did you call for your grandpa?"
"There he is on the TV," Goku said.
Chi-Chi looked at the TV and saw her old home covered in snow and many of the villagers and their children playing in the snow. "Oh, wow. It's snowing there. Ten inches," she repeated hearing the weatherman announced how much know has fallen. "That's the most the snow that fallen there." She looked back at Goku. "Has it ever snowed here?"
Goku shook his head. "No. The first time I saw snow was when I went to Suno's village when I was kid. Why don't we take Gohan there? He's never seen snow."
"I don't know." Chi-Chi seemed reluctant. "What if it's too cold for him?"
"Chi-Chi, we have jackets."
Chi-Chi thought about it for a moment and agreed. "All right. I'll call my Dad after dinner to let him know we'll be coming tomorrow."
Goku and family drove to Ox King's house in the car. Ox King welcomed his family. He lifted Gohan high in the sky and placed him on his shoulder. Gohan held tightly to his grandpa since he was really high in the sky due to his grandpa enormous height. "How's my grandson?"
"Good."
After going inside to talk about what was going on in their lives over hot cocoa, Goku, Chi-Chi and Gohan head outside to play in the snow.
Gohan stepped out of his grandpa's home first. Chi-Chi dressed Gohan warmly in a skull cap, jacket, mittens, scarf and snow boots. Goku thought it was too much for Gohan but Chi-Chi wasn't going to change her mind on how she dressed Gohan. He reached down and touched the snow through his mitten. "Oooh, it's cold," Gohan said and dropped the snow. He started walking in the snow, raising his feet as high as he could and fell in a deep patch of snow.
Chi-Chi was quick to pick up Gohan. "Are you all right?" she asked concern.
"Snow is cold," Gohan said as Chi-Chi wiped the snow off his face.
"It's just snow, Chi-Chi," Goku said.
"I don't want him to catch cold," Chi-Chi said. "Maybe this wasn't a good idea. Gohan's not tall enough to be walking in this snow."
"I can take care of that," Goku said taking Gohan out of Chi-Chi's arms and placed Gohan on his shoulders. "Let's go."
They walked along the enormous yard and passed the servants children and other villager's children who played in the snow. Some of the children were skiing over Ox King's manmade lake. Many villagers stopped to say hello to the Son Family.
"What did you used to do in the snow?" Chi-Chi asked.
"I fought the Red Ribbon Army in Suno's village, and when I traveled the world alone, I trained in the snow."
"Is that all you did when you were alone--train?" Chi-Chi asked. "Even in the snow?"
"Yeah. What else was there for me to do?"
Chi-Chi picked up a handful of snow and threw it in Goku's face. "Play with the snow," she laughed. Goku spat the snow out of his mouth while Chi-Chi picked some off his face.
"Why'd you do that?" Goku asked.
"I was just playing." She then latched her arm around his as they continued their walk. "I remember playing in the snow when it snowed here. It was a rare event so we all took advantage of it when we could. The children and I would go out and build a snowman, make angels and have snow fights." Chi-Chi smiled as an idea occurred to her. "I know. Let's make a snowman."
"How'd you do that?"
Chi-Chi sat in the snow. "Come on. I'll show you."
Goku and Chi-Chi sat in the snow together making a snowman. Gohan assisted as best he could by putting snow on the lower half of the snowman and tossing some at his parents in play. When it was over, Chi-Chi smiled in accomplishment at the task of the snowman they created. "Look at that--" she shrieked as cold snow fell across her face. She saw Goku smirking at her.
"Payback."
Chi-Chi grabbed a handful of snow. "Oh, you're going to pay for that." She threw her snow at Goku and he ducked.
"Miss me!"
Chi-Chi growled in playful frustration. She gathered a handful of snow. "You won't miss--" she shrieked again as Goku tackled Chi-Chi to the ground on the cold snow covering them both in it. "Goku, let me go," Chi-Chi laughed.
Goku only laughed wickedly at Chi-Chi as he moved closer to kiss Chi-Chi until cold snow splashed on Goku and Chi-Chi's faces. Goku shook the snow off his face and wild hair. He saw Gohan, the culprit laughing at them.
Goku rose off Chi-Chi and began chasing Gohan which was easy since Gohan had trouble walking in the snow. Gohan stumbled in the snow and Goku grabbed him, wiggling and tickling Gohan, erupting laughter from Gohan's mouth.
Soon the laughter died and Goku held Gohan warming him up since his nose was turning blue. Gohan pointed to the children sliding down the hill on their slides. "I want that, Daddy."
Goku looked at what Gohan was pointing at. "You want to slide, Gohan." Gohan nodded his head. "Okay, let's get one. It looks like fun. I never tried it before."
After borrowing a silver slide from the Ox King, Goku placed the slide on top a high hill. He took Gohan out of Chi-Chi's arms and placed him on the slide. He kept his foot on the back of the slide so it wouldn't let go and give Gohan a ride he wasn't waiting for. "Stay here, Gohan. Come on, Chi-Chi. You're next."
"I don't know, Goku. I think this hill is too high for us to be on with Gohan. He could get hurt if we go to fast."
"Don't worry so much, Chi-Chi," Goku said cheerfully. He removed his foot from the back of the slide absently and took hold of Chi-Chi shoulders with his hands. "Nothing will happen."
Without his knowledge, Gohan began sliding down the hill.
"Maybe you're--" Chi-Chi screamed seeing Gohan raced down the hill. "Gohan!" In her attempt to break out from Goku's arms, Chi-Chi's legs got tangled with Goku's, causing them to trip and tumble to the snow, rolling down the hill in tremendous speed turning into a large ball of snow.
Gohan meanwhile was screaming wildly in fear. Tears sprang from his eyes as he was scared at flying down the hill so fast. "Daddy! Mommy!" He bounced over small bumps down the hill which enticed his fear.
Meanwhile Mom and Dad were still tangled in the snow and zoomed past Gohan. A large oak tree was able to break Goku and Chi-Chi's fall as their bodies in a giant snowball crashed into the tree and broke it in half. Gohan landed at the bottom of the hill crying and came to an abrupt stop when the slide reached the smooth flat surface at the bottom of the hill.
Gohan stopped crying and looked around confused. "Huh?" He couldn't believe it. He was alive. He wasn't hurt.
Goku rose from the heavy mass of snow first covered in it from head to toe. He shook his head to toss away the cold snow off his hair and face. Goku's first concern was Gohan. They were trying to stop him so where was he. Goku breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Gohan sitting on the slide at the bottom of the hill quiet with a confused expression of innocence on his face.
"See, Chi-Chi, Gohan's fine."
Chi-Chi didn't respond.
"Chi-Chi?" Goku said and looked over at Chi-Chi. She was lying in the snow unconscious. Her body laid too still for someone coming out a ball of snow. Chi-Chi was lying closer to the tree than Goku which made Goku realize it was Chi-Chi who broke their fall. In all the confusion of rolling in the snow, Goku thought it was him that broke the tree and didn't feel it because of his strength.
"Chi-Chi," Goku whispered and cupped the side of Chi-Chi's face. "Wake up."
Chi-Chi's eyes opened for a second and then it rolled in the back of her head, closing once more. "No, don't!" Goku called for his wife to come back. Goku's eyes widened when he picked up something else--blood in the snow. His eyes wonder on Chi-Chi and he noticed the blood was coming from Chi-Chi through her back. Goku gently rolled Chi-Chi on her side and his eyes widen in horror seeing a sharp wooden limb deeply wedged in her back.
"No! Chi-Chi!"
To Be Continued
AN: I just thought I should mention about Goku finding his spaceship. In DBZ when Goku is in the hospital and Yajirobe gives Goku a senzu bean, Roshi asked Goku how he will get to Namek to help Gohan and the others. Goku explained when Dr. Brief visited him, Goku wanted a spaceship made in case he had to go to Namek so he told Dr. Briefs about Raditz and his own spaceship he could fix and have ready for Goku. Raditz ship exploded but Goku's ship was useable and Dr. Brief used the parts of Goku's ship to build the ship Goku used to get to Namek. I doubt if Gohan Sr. told Goku about the ship so I assume Goku must've found it.
Lady Athena: I remember that Simpson's ep. LOL! The reason why Pilaf's gang wasn't in DBZ was because every time they tried to take over the world, something would always get in their way such as the Saiyans, the Androids and Majin Buu. So they always had to put their plans on hold and GT doesn't count. ChiChi is a lot like a pacifist for both her husband and children, but the EV makes it as if ChiChi only cares for her children. She doesn't want anyone in her family fighting where they could get hurt or worst die. ChiChi knows that she couldn't change Goku's love for fighting and the world was at peace after Goku's fight with Piccolo so ChiChi didn't see anything to worry about and felt no need for Gohan to fight. ChiChi grew to understand they will need Gohan and understood that if they are fighting to save the world, then Gohan can fight. Like Goku, ChiChi's naive. I think it was the episode "What is the Tournament?" when Mirai Trunks explains to the others that Cell wants a tournament like the one in DB. ChiChi goes on to say that she is very relieved making Puar wonder what ChiChi means by that. ChiChi explains that since Cell is creating a tournament that no one will die since that will be breaking the rules of the old tournament. She's naïve to how strong Cell is and how evil he is and said Cell won't break the rules (strange enough, everyone thinks Cell will be following the rules and won't kill anyone) and when Trunks mentions about Goku and Gohan fighting, ChiChi starts yelling at him, asking even if she can't stop Goku from fighting why bring in Gohan. She rather her family to live peacefully but if they have to fight, she understood that. She doesn't hate fighting. She just hates what it can lead to.
You're right that Gohan's strength comes from both his parents. The physical aspects of it, Gohan gets from Goku. He gets his mother's emotional strength and wild tantrums, though he holds his father's innocence and gentleness. All in all Gohan is really a lot like ChiChi more than Goku as a kid while Goten is more like his Daddy. Gohan was shy as a child and cried a lot. ChiChi was the same way. Goku was never shy or cried.
I feel GT is a complete insult to the great work Akira Toriyama created in DB and DBZ. I feel DBZ gave closure to the series. Sometimes things have to be left hanging and it leaves you wondering and your mind opened wide to the things to come in a good way. At DBZs end, Goku and Vegeta's feud were over. They both respected and held no hate for each other. Gohan and Videl married and had a child. Bulma and Vegeta had one more. Goten and Trunks were normal teenagers with the world ahead of them for anything. Everyone's lives were pretty happy and though many people are upset Goku left at the end, I'm fine with it. Goku is always looking for adventure so it shouldn't come as a surprise that he left at the end. He did the same for DB when his new adventure was starting a new life with ChiChi. I agree that the ending was rushed but I understand the personal reasons that were going on in Toriyama's life.
I think DBZ would've went in another direction from the Buu Saga if Toriyama focused it more on Gohan like he wanted it, but his fans wanted Goku back so he had to drop Gohan's Saiyaman business and bring Goku back. Your brother's right about Gohan finally stepping into his father's shoes and that would've been a great ending, but I have to disagree on when the butchering of DBZ began. That started a little bit in the Cell Saga, even though I think that was the best Saga. We know now that DBZ was suppose to end in the Frieza Saga but his fans wanted Toriyama to continue which he did and that meant he had to backtrack on some of the things he wrote in the Frieza Saga. For example, after Guru raised Gohan's hidden powers, Gohan was supposed to have reached his limits, which was Goku's strength after he came back from the dead. Goku was suppose to be the only one to become a Super Saiyan since the chances of one being a SS are 1 in a 1,000 and for Goku, Gohan and Vegeta to be a SS were really slim. Frieza was supposed to be the ultimate warrior. No one in the universe was suppose to be stronger than him and if you compare the fights between Frieza and Cell I think Frieza was the tougher adversary since the fight took so long and Goku had to go into a transformation of his own to defeat Frieza. Congratulations on finishing school. ::Hums Pomp and Circumstance:: Don't invite Goku to the graduation. He may embarrass you with his screaming, "Yeah! Lady Athena!! Whoo-hoo!! All right!!" Lord only knows how he was at Gohan's graduation unless ChiChi restrained him. Hee. Hee.
Mic Mic: So, what was it that you didn't like about this chapter and made it your least favorite? I would like to know why. I won't get mad. I'm just curious. Oh, yeah. I know about babies wanting to eat everything or just like sticking something in their mouths.
Chuquita: FF.net has been busy for some reason. I think Gohan was adorable as a baby and had many cute stories. Yeah, you and Carrie are the only ones to comment on the Superman reference. Oddly enough, there are some eerie similarities between Goku and Superman.
Noname: Wow. That's a long journey you're undertaking. The story should be near completion by the time you leave. You should be out now. Party time on being out of school.
Gogirl: I thought that was really quick and it took me by surprise because I literally just updated and I didn't expected reviews until later that night. Hee. Hee. I had to bring Pilaf and his gang in one more time. I thought they were great comic relief. I know some people didn't like them at the end of DB. I don't understand. They were funny and it was meant to be taken in funny way and not serious. I never thought about the Troy connection until you mentioned it. It sounds a little like it.
Carrie: Yep. That's Goku. He just needs things explained to him and he'll get it. Oh, I know you liked the diaper scene. LOL! I often wondered if Goku thought about his parent now that he was one himself. Yep, you got the Superman reference. Free Nimbus ride for you! Have fun!
Jessica C: He's still got a few things to learn but he's getting there. Most of it comes from my own observations that are greatly supported by information I learn from the manga, JV and interviews from the creator that gives hints about the person he is because I'm pretty good at reading characters and people. That way, you can see I'm not making stuff up or saying things because I wanted it to be that way instead of what it actually is. You have to be careful by what information you take in about DBZ from some people because a lot of it is BS and lies since many kids watching are seeing what they want to see instead of what it actually is and only seeing the English Version, which did a horrible job with the show compare to the JV and I think it's sad because they will never understand the show that way. I wish I could speak Japanese. That would be cool. I know a few Japanese words but nothing much. I try to update frequently but I don't hold grudges against people who don't because anything could be happening in their lives to prevent them to update so it's unfair to make judgments on people or be petty if they don't update on a regular basis when you don't know what's going on.
Marshmallow: That's twice without words. Hee. Hee. I'm good! LOL!! Goku is maturing into the husband and father we know in DBZ.
Mujitsu: Yep!! Bonus points for you! That's where I got inspired from it. The picture is so cute and funny!