Big Disclaimer: Sarcastically speaking, it's a big surprise that I don't own DBZ.
Big Disappointment: Bush is the president of the United States. Sigh, I guess I can stand four more years of him. I hope Hillary Clinton runs next election...
Big Thing: The wonderful writer Android 22 gave me permission to use the androids he created in this chapter. These androids first appear in his fic, The Seiku Saga. So I have permission! He gave it to me!
Areiko: Your review made me laugh! This doesn't end with a cliffhanger so don't worry or go E GAD! I like that word. Thanks for your review!
Now on to Blame!
Blame
Chapter 11
"The androids? Very funny Meg." Goten laughed sarcastically.
"Not Androids 17 and 18, Androids 22 and 23." Meg replied sharply.
"22 and 23?" Goku inquired.
"Yes." ChiChi replied.
"Ummm! Mrs. Son...I'm telling the story!" Meg reminded.
"Good ol' Meg." Marron whispered.
"Okay, So Androids 22 and 23 were originally created by Android 17 to destroy Goku by killing Tai but then Android 17 realized that Tai is actually the strongest person on Earth so they created a hologram of Goku, Gohan, and Goten wishing Tai was never born. Tai, Pan, Bra, and Uub overheard it and Tai was planning to run away. But she never got the chance to because Android 23 transported them to the past to get her out of the way and still kill all of you. Thus making Tai devastated because she will blame it all on herself, like she always does when people she cares about die, and either commit suicide or be too sad to defend herself and will overall die." Meg explained.
Everybody stared at Meg for awhile. Silence invaded the room. Meg hated silence.
"OKAY! PEOPLE TALK!" Meg yelled.
"Tai actually cares about us?" Goten asked.
"To a certain degree." Meg replied.
"Hmmm. Better than I thought." Goten mumbled.
"What time are they in?" Vegeta asked.
"Just over eighteen years." ChiChi replied.
"Do we even have a time machine or are they going to be stuck in the past forever?" Marron asked.
"YES! WE DO!" Trunks cheered. "But it is broken at the moment."
"Fix it." Goku replied.
"It'll take about a week." Trunks replied.
"Fix it." Goku ordered in a you-listen-to-me-or-I-will-kill-you tone.
ChiChi looked at her husband sadly. He had changed so much in the past eighteen years that he scared her. He was angry and he seemed depressed. Maybe it was because of Tai missing but something told her it was something else.
Back in the Past
"Is there an evil threat taking over Earth?" Gohan asked.
"Yes and no." Baba replied.
"This is hopeless" Vegeta replied.
"Yeah. We won't get anything." Gohan sighed.
"She hates you in your time." Baba said.
"What?" Gohan asked.
"There is only one reason she is staying with your family is your mother." Baba furthered.
"My mom?" Gohan asked skeptically.
"She died while giving birth to your sister. The dragonballs couldn't bring her back so Tai never knew her. Goten had blamed Tai on it. She thought Goku and you, Gohan, blamed her to. She was going to run away but somehow she got transported to this time. End of story. Oh yeah, and Goku's a lawyer." Baba explained.
"Mom's dead..." Gohan gasped.
"Kakarott's a lawyer?" Vegeta gasped.
"Yes. But talk to Tai about it not me. Shge knows more information." Baba explained.
"She's shopping this can take hours." Gohan sighed.
-Meanwhile-
Tai sifted through rack after rack of clothes. Nothing was there she liked. She thought this time would have some awesome retro clothes, not this drab. She sighed heavily and turned around to ChiChi and Pan and a pile of bags called Uub.
"If you can't find clothes then what am I carrying? Uub asked.
"Shoes." Tai replied simply.
"What? You have like fifty pairs of shoes already!" Uub gasped.
"And your point is?" Tai replied.
"You have too many shoe!" Uub shouted.
"You mean I don't have enough!" Tai replied.
Pan looked at Tai and Uub and smiled. They were bickering about clothes. Pan wondered what they'd be like when they marry. They'll probably be the same, only more in love.
"Do they do this often?" ChiChi asked.
"Not usually." Pan replied. "They usually make out on the couch often."
"So what's your time like?" ChiChi asked.
"No evil. That's good. And you fix the greatest Christmas dinners! Tai gets her cooking skills from you. And you support Tai when she's on stage." Pan lied.
Pan gulped. She was lying to her dead Grandmother. Was that right? She knew lying was bad, but was it bad to save some people grief and not tell them of the true future? This confused Pan greatly. She looked over to Tai who was in a lip lock with Uub at the moment. Pan shook her head and looked over at ChiChi.
"How can he hold bags and kiss at the same moment? It's like, near impossible!" Pan exclaimed.
ChiChi shook her head. She was with her daughter, granddaughter, and future son-in-law. This was interesting enough as is. They looked over to the lovebirds and they had stopped kissing for the time being.
"Let's go home." Tai smiled. "It's four o'clock and I'm fixing dinner."
"Yum!" Pan smiled.
"Low-carb." Uub sighed.
Tai walked away and and headed back toward the car.
The end of chapter 11. How was it? I needed without a cliffhanger.
