Why

Fact of the matter was, Goku was terrified of facing Chichi and the boys. What if nothing had changed and Chichi would give him the cold shoulder and ignore him like she did when she was possessed? What if Gohan was mad at him and Goten hated him? Goku couldn't bear to face all that. They'll probably hate him for not arriving with Pan and Trunks. For hesitating. For changing into someone completely opposite of the man they knew before. But Goku had a fair reason for that. He needed to protect Pan from them when they were possessed. She wasn't as strong as the rest of them were. She wouldn't have been able to hold her own against them even if she trained non-stop for years. He had to hide them in isolation so that his granddaughter would live. He could have fought them off easily but then Pan would be determined to follow him and help out, thus probably getting killed. He couldn't have risked it, even though his every living cell longed for it. After Goku went through all this in his head, he came to a decision. He would go to explain why he hid. Why he quelled his urges to fight. If he knew Chichi, she would be spitting mad that he finally changed his ways now instead of when she needed him to. And hurt that he would do the nearly impossible for their granddaughter instead of her, his wife. But he could deal with her being mad and he would manage to find a way to sooth her hurt. In the end, she would be proud of him. With that in mind, Goku searched for Chichi's aura and when he found it, he instant-transmitted to her side.

Pan was nervous. Trunks was still devastatingly handsome as he was when she was fourteen. But they had been best friends then.
"So how does it feel to be four years away from forty?" Pan teased. Trunks winced at the reminder of his age.
"Frightening. Mom's freaked that I'll never marry or give her grandchildren. I don't know why she should worry about grandchildren when Bra and Goten are about to get hitched soon. How does it feel to be twenty- two?" Trunks answered. Pan smiled.
"Wonderful. I'm a woman now. And I can drink sake to my heart's content. But I have low tolerance so I don't drink." She said with a bit of a frown at the last bit. Trunks laughed. Then she laughed, too. And they both thought it was good to hear each other laugh again. Pan wasn't so nervous anymore.

Chichi nearly had a heart attack. She was washing dishes when she felt another presence in the room. When she turned to see who it was, she was struck dumb by the vision of her husband right by her side. And he was all grown up into the version of himself when he was in his twenties. He looked so handsome and built. But there was no smile or anger in his expression. Just seriousness and anguish. He looked surprised by her appearance. She was well into her late forties now, with gray strands of hair showing up and a couple wrinkles fanned out from the corners of her eyes.
"Is that really you, Goku?" she gasped. He nodded, a tear rolled down his cheek. Chichi threw her arms around his neck and felt his arms around her waist. She cried silently for awhile but stopped when he lifted her head and touched her face.
"You look beautiful, Chichi. And don't start into the fact that you're almost fifty. You'll always be beautiful to me. I've missed you so much, Chichi!" he exclaimed. Chichi was struck dumb again. He then surprised them both by kissing her fervently on the lips. Chichi immediately responded to his kiss and leaned into him. She was all too disappointed when he lifted his head and told they had to talk.
"But first, we need to leave a note so no one freaks out when they can't find you anywhere." Goku said. Chichi quickly went in search of paper and a pen.
"Where are we going?" she asked as she wrote the note. He didn't say anything, just took hold of her waist when she signed her name and instant- transmitted them to the house he and Pan shared for the past eight years.

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