Hello everyone. I really appreciate everyone who's reviewing. I do not own Dragonball Z. Please let me know if the story is getting boring or if changes need to be made. Here is chapter 8.

Last time on The One You Love: ChiChi is still trying to snap Goku out of his depression (which she caused, by the way). Elsewhere, the search for Trunks continues. Bulma follows a golden light, which she takes to be SSJ Trunks only to get captured by an unknown adversary.

The One you Love Ch8

Bulma felt the breeze against her skin. There was a tinge of cold but immediately felt enveloped in warmth. She loved it when Vegeta would express his love for her in this way. She felt a closeness to him that he rarely would allow. She embraced his neck and pulled herself closer to him to snuggle. She wanted to feel his muscular chest pressing against her skin…

However, what she felt was harsh, almost metallic in nature. Vegeta's body was rock hard but this felt…different. It felt strong, yet thin and the skin was too smooth to be anything resembling…human?

Bulma quickly opened up her eyes and looked around, feeling the wind hitting her face with a stronger force than before. She looked down and saw that she was speeding above the ocean…without a vehicle?

"AAAAHHHH!"

Then she looked at the face of who she was holding onto but there was none to see. The…thing carrying her did not have a face. This freaked her out even more.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Vegeta! VEGETA! HELLP! Bulma screamed at the top of her lungs, while punching and kicking the thing to no avail. "Let me go, you…you THING! Ooooh, my husband is going to tear you apart! Do you know who I am? DO YOU? I am BULMA BRIEFS! BULMA BRIEFS! Do you hear me? Now PUT ME DOWN!"

Showing no emotion, her captor dropped her. Showing much emotion Bulma screamed.

"WAAAAH! Don't put me down! DON'T PUT ME DOWN! HEEELLLP!"

The golden humanoid swooped down and picked her up again, resuming its course.

"vegeta…"

A sudden flash of insight hit Vegeta as Bulma faded into unconsciousness. "Bulma. BULMAAAA!" He turned Super Saiyan and sped off in the direction he had felt his mate's ki signature. However, after a few seconds he could not notice her anymore. He lowered his gaze and thought "Bulma. Trunks. What's happened to you? Where are you?" Then regaining his composure Vegeta yelled "I will find you, if I have to tear this planet apart to do IT! AAAARRRRGGGHHH!" He then took flight towards the last place he felt her presence.

ChiChi felt like taking flight at this moment, seeing her Goku a broken man. ChiChi bit her lip feeling ashamed of what she had done. "Oh, Goku…" she reached out to him but he did not feel her; He was too distraught to feel his wife's touch. This worried her some and tried again to embrace him.

"Goku, honey, I'm sorry. It's going to be ok, it really is…Goku?" He would not answer.

Getting a little frustrated at her caring going unnoticed, ChiChi stated more sternly "Goku? Goku, get up! Goku, we have to look for Goten. Goku? GOKU?"

He just knelt there, a glazed look on his face (although this could have been any other time and he would still have a glazed look on his face). Goku! Get up! I'm serious Goku, we have to look for Goten. Who knows what trouble he's in! GET UP GOKU…!" Her husband's lack of attention really got her really mad. However, that didn't last long…

"GOOOONNNNGG"

Poor Goku didn't see what hit him. ChiChi did, though. Out of nowhere she pulled out her trusty Saiyan-proof frying pan and smacked Goku in the back of the head. Goku was laying face down into the ground, arms and legs sprawled as if he had just fallen off the roof (which happens more often than not, even though he can fly :P). A few seconds later he got up, rubbing the huge lump in the back of his head.

"AAAAWWWWW. CHICHI! WHAT WAS THAT FOR? THAT REALLY HURT…!"

"DON'T YOU DARE TAKE THAT TONE OF VOICE WITH ME, GOKU!"

"…sorry ma'am…" Goku said, frightened.

"That's better. Now then, have you finally snapped out of your self-pity?"

"…no…?" Goku sat cross-legged, playing with his index fingers and looking like a scolded child.

"WHAT!"

Then Goku got up and struck several poses that would make Saiyaman cringe. "AARRGGHH…I…I mean…yes, yes I have ChiChi!"

"Good. Now, can you try to find Goten with that…sensing thing you do?"

"Sure thing ChiChi." Goku became more serious and concentrated intently on seeking Goten's ki signature. After a few minutes though, he became disappointed.

"What? Goku, why are you stopping? Have you found Goten?"

"ChiChi…I don't know how to tell you this…but I can't find Goten's ki signature anywhere."

ChiChi bit her lip, tears welling up in her eyes. "What…what does that mean Goku? Is he…is he…?"

Knowing what his wife was referring to, Goku said "I can't tell, ChiChi. He could be unconscious, or something could be blocking his ki, or he could be…"

"DON'T SAY IT GOKU! DON'T YOU DARE SAY IT! MY LITTLE BOY IS ALRIGHT…my little boy is…alright…" ChiChi then fell to her knees and started crying, much like Goku had been doing shortly before.

Now it was Goku's turn to comfort his wife. He wrapped his muscular arms around her and reassured her "ChiChi, just because I can't feel him doesn't automatically mean something's happened to him. There are many things that could be hiding his ki, especially if he's not powered up. We'll find him, I know we will…"

Looking up from sobbing, ChiChi looked at Goku with tears in her eyes "do you think so, Goku? Do you think we'll find him?"

His gaze into her beautiful black eyes seemed to calm and reassure her even more. "I promise you, ChiChi. We'll find him." Then, he broke the tense moment with one of his famous Son grins, his arm behind his head. "C'mon ChiChi. Have I ever broken a promise?"

Smiling a bit, she slowly raised herself up. Wiping a tear away she said "No. You've never broken a promise Goku." She then embraced him. Taking a step back and looking into his innocent, beautiful eyes she kissed him, long and hard, like it was the last kiss they would ever share.

Slowly breaking the kiss, she took a step back and put her hand behind her head looking down and said "Ahh…heh heh…sorry Goku…it's just that…"

He took a giant step forward and embraced her again and kissed her even deeper and longer than before. He then hugged her like he would never let her go. In fact, that's exactly how it felt to ChiChi after the first ten seconds

"Oh Goku…"

Twenty seconds

"Goku…hmm"

Thirty seconds

"Humm, Goku…"

Forty seconds

"Goku…hey Goku!"

One minute

"GOKU, get off of me. I can't breathe"

"Huh…oh…heh heh…sorry ChiChi. I guess I got carried away."

Softening her face some, ChiChi said "It's fine Goku. You just surprised me. I wasn't expecting that after…after all I said."

Goku then looked solemn again and turned around, ChiChi thinking that he was mad at her. "No ChiChi. You were right. I have not been a good husband or father…I'm sorry. But…do you…do you thing you can…still love me…?"

Tears welling up in her eyes again, ChiChi ran to her husband and hugged him from behind "Of course I love you, Goku. I always have. You are a great husband and father…I just wish you were around more often."

"I'm sorry ChiChi. I guess I just get too caught up in training and fighting. I didn't mean to neglect Goten, Gohan…or you."

"I know, I know" she said, softly caressing his right cheek. "It's not your fault, you know; you have those pesky Saiyan genes that make you want to fight all the time. I guess fighting is in your blood, whether I like it or not (big sigh), same as Gohan and Goten…" at Goten's name, ChiChi started tearing up again.

"We'll find him ChiChi. We will find Goten. C'mon." Goku started flying, expecting her to follow him. He stopped abruptly when ChiChi yelled at him.

"Hey Goku! Get back here! How am I supposed to go with you if I can't fly?"

Blinking for a few seconds, realization reached Goku's tiny mind. "You…can't fly? I mean, what with the Kamehameha and all…I thought you would have mastered flying already?"

"Wait. How did you…oh, yeah" ChiChi blushed, as she recalled her earlier encounter with Goku "…heh heh…I did kind of let loose back there, didn't I?" Now she had her hand behind her head in a small smile.

"I'll say. If I didn't know better, I'd say you were a Super Saiyan back there…" Then Goku looked behind ChiChi and suddenly smiled weakly "ah…heh heh…ChiChi…you asked the dragon to give you powers, right?"

Looking a little ashamed she said, "huh…yes…bad idea, huh?"

"Huh…how did you…I mean…hmmm…how did you word the wish…exactly…?"

"Well…I didn't…Bulma did…I mean…"

"Hmmm, do you…remember how she worded it?"

ChiChi closed her eyes, thinking back to that moment. "I think she said 'give us the same powers as our respective husbands'. Yeah, that's what she said. Why Goku?"

"Well, Vegeta said that there's no way for a human to reach the level of power a Saiyan can, so the only way for you and Bulma to get the same powers as us is to…"

"To WHAT? What are you saying Goku?"

Goku did not say a word. He merely pointed behind ChiChi. She turned her head slowly and saw a furry appendage standing tall behind her. Her expression went from surprise to terror in a split second.

"I…I…I…have…a…a…a…t…t…t…tail!"

Goku braced himself for what he knew was coming.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"