"Dragonball AS: Deadly Sin's Saga"

Chapter 33- "Party Time!"

By- Tiny

Goku and crew arrived at Capsule Corp. a little later than everyone else, mostly because Pan and Yuno had ran into trouble with Goshin and his diaper. Still it had all been cleared up after only about a half hour and the Son family went as fast as they could to Capsule Corp., via Instant Transmission. Goku felt almost nostalgic in front of the domed, yellow building as he looked it over, recalling many fond memories of the place.

"Are you ready to go inside, honey?" Chi-Chi smiled, "After all, we wouldn't even be having this party if it weren't for you!"

"It's just been so long," Goku sighed, "So much has changed since I left!"

"Not all that much, if you think about it," Gohan shrugged, "A few new grandkids and what not, but nothing that wouldn't have happened had you not come back."

"Hey, that reminds me!" Goku grinned, "How does it feel to be a grandpa, Gohan? I know Videl enjoys being a grandma..."

"Please, don't remind me!" Gohan growled, "It feels nice, though..."

The entire Son clan shared a good laugh at their family member's embarrassment, even shedding tears because they were laughing so hard. All the commotion stirred the people inside up rather quickly and they all rushed out the front doors rather quickly to see what all the ruckus was.

"Chi-Chi, what's everyone being so loud about?" Bulma coughed, "Why haven't you come inside yet either!?!"

"Oh Bulma, just the woman we wanted to see!" Chi-Chi beamed, "We have a surprise visitor for you. Someone we've all known for years..."

Bulma looked confused at the raven-haired woman as she pointed down into the crowd of family members. The blue-haired woman followed Chi-Chi's direction until she spotted exactly who the younger woman was referring to, decked out in black and red dress clothes. Bulma felt as though tears would come out of her eyes when she saw him, but they actually did when her visitor spoke up.

"Hey there, Bulma!" Goku smiled, "You haven't changed much in six years!"

"GOKU!" the blue-haired woman screeched, tackling the man, "Oh, we've all missed you so much!"

"I understand that, but you don't have to kill me to prove it!" Goku gulped, "I can't...breathe..."

"Oh...sorry, Goku," Bulma giggled, rising to her feet, "It's just so good to see you again. Piccolo and Vegeta said that they had a surprise in store for me, but I didn't think it would be you! We have so much to catch up on!!!"

"Well, there'll be plenty of time to catch up later," Goku smiled, "But for now...can we eat? I'm famished!"

After leading the Son clan into Capsule Corp. and directing them to the food, Bulma began to pester Goku for information about what it was like while he was away with Shenlong. The Saiya-jin had trouble answering most of the questions, since Goku usually had his mouth full, but he did his best to give information.

"Did you ever have to fight with the other Dragons while you were waiting to come home?" Bulma inquired, "I mean, it couldn't have been that easy to purify Shenlong..."

"Believe me, it wasn't!" Goku laughed, swallowing his last bowl, "But it didn't take me too terribly long to surpass him!"

"You mean to tell us that you surpassed Ii-Shenlong in only six years?" Vegeta huffed, "How could you possibly do that if he had all seven balls in his own body!?"

"He didn't have them in there anymore," Goku grinned, "I had to defeat all seven Shenlong's individually, so it took me six years to beat them all. I even learned a few new attacks from them!"

"Sounds like you had quite a time up there Kakarot," Brolly chuckled, rubbing Kathy's back, "Care to show us all some of your new moves?"

"Maybe some other time, but not today guys," Goku laughed, "I don't think the girls could handle it!"

Every female eye in the room fell on Goku's amused face, glaring daggers at the Saiya-jin warrior. All the other Saiya-jin, human, and otherwise men in the room backed away slowly, leaving only Goku to face the women's wrath alone. Goku looked up just in time to see a horde of angry women, minus only a few, charge right at him, either armed with heavy objects or their bare hands.

By the time the women had finished their tirade against the Saiya-jin warrior, Goku's nice clothes had been thoroughly trashed and torn and the man himself wasn't in much better shape. Chi-Chi ran over to her husband's side and used her handkerchief to try and clean the man's face up, which made Goku smile a little bit. Chi-Chi returned her husband's smile fondly, leading him upstairs to one of the many changing rooms Bulma had to offer.

"It's absolutely pitiful," Vegeta grumbled, "The great Kakarot, scared by a bunch of women!"

"I would be too if they were coming after me!" Diive chuckled, "Kakarot just didn't see it 'til it was too late!"

"So true," Vegeta nodded, "So very, very true..."

The sun was setting outside of West City, but inside Capsule Corp. the party was still going strong, even after the incident with Goku. The Saiya-jin man had since changed into an orange t-shirt and blue jeans, which he had borrowed from Diive, and was busily chatting away with his father and mother. Everyone else was keeping busy with their own discussions as well, so nobody noticed as Sanil and Ice snuck into the DJ's booth, sorting through the music.

"Do you really think this is a good idea, Ice?" Sanil gulped, "They'll be sure to get us if we mess up, worse than Goku even!"

"You worry to much," Ice waved, "Here we go, now this song is perfect!"

"Creed?" the Nameksei-jin chuckled as the music started up, "You sure of that?"

"Trust me," The Kurudo-jin laughed, "They'll love this."

As the opening music began to play through the ceiling speakers, the room silenced for a short while as everyone listened up. Sanil began to sweat bullets as there was no response to their little stunt, but was shocked by everyone's reaction to the music...

"Hello my friend we meet again," the song started, "It's been a while, where should we begin? It feels like forever..."

"Oh, I love this song!" Pan squealed, "C'mon Yuno, let's dance!"

Many of the younger women followed Pan's example and dragged their significant others out onto the dance floor with them. As the younger people danced away, the older generation watched with smiles on their faces as they young ones relaxed and enjoyed themselves out on the dance floor.

"When you are with me, I'm free! I'm careless, I believe...Above all the others we'll fly...this brings tears to my eyes....My Sacrifice..."

"What's say we go out for a dance, Goku," Chi-Chi smiled as the song played, "It's been so long since we danced together..."

"Anything you want, Chi-Chi," Goku smiled back, "Tonight, I'm all yours!"

"We've seen our share of ups and downs, how quickly life can turn around...in an instant...It feels so good to reunite, within yourself..."

It wasn't five minutes after Goku and Chi-Chi left for the dance floor that all the other couples joined them on the floor, even Vegeta and Bulma shared a dance! The many couples were dancing slowly as close to each other as they could, not wanting to ever let go of one another. It was a tender moment amongst all the chaos that they had dealt with in their lives, and a great escape from the uncertain future ahead.

"When you are with me....I'm free....I'm careless, I believe....Above all the others....we'll fly....this brings tears....to my eyes..."

"I told you this was a great idea!" Ice smiled, looking out at the crowd, "Didn't I?"

"You sure did, Ice," Sanil agreed, "You sure did..."

".....I just want to say it once again........My sacrifice....."

The couples continued to dance for the remainder of the song and for a few songs afterwards, as though nothing else mattered in the whole world except for that one moment. Those who weren't dancing looked on fondly as the Z warriors relaxed for the first time in six years, allowing them to relax a bit themselves as their friends had a good time. Piccolo couldn't help but smile as he watched from the sidelines, enjoying every minute of the night.

"This is how life should be," the Nameksei-jin mused, "And will be...I hope..."

.....End of Deadly Sin's Saga.....

NEXT TIME: The Z fighters have had their celebration and there hasn't been any fighting, save for training, in five years. But there's a tournament coming up and it's a safe bet that the newly revived Goku and his comrades aren't going to miss it! Who will fight in this tournament and will the older fighters finally get to see the strength that the younger generation possesses? Find out in the next installment of Dragonball AS!!!!!!

"My Sacrifice" is by the band Creed. I do NOT own it!!!