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Chapter 9: Intrusions and Reconciliation's
Chi-Chi lay in bed stewing over what Videl had said about Hercule. Videl had said that she didn't care what her father thought but Chi-Chi knew better. Videl was stubborn and strong willed and was known for putting up a strong front. She's probably really upset, Chi-Chi thought.
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Chi-Chi rose the next day ready to set her plan into action. She was going to go out and set that man straight and she wouldn't stop till he'd apologized to Videl. Goku and Goten had gone off to spar and she knew they wouldn't be home till lunchtime so she had 3 hours in which to do her work. At 8:00 she set off to Hercule's house. She knew Videl was out with her friend Erasa, so that cleared her up. Chi-Chi had decided that she didn't want Videl to find out what she was doing. This was going to be a surprise.
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"You can't just shove her away, she's your daughter," Chi-Chi said.
"I'll do whatever I want, I'm the World Champion," Hercule boomed. Chi-Chi rolled her eyes.
"Hello, you're talking to the mother of the real world champion, remember." Hercule sweat dropped.
"Leave my house at once."
"Oh, I will, but don't you worry, I'll be back," Chi-Chi threatened, and she marched out of the house. Hercule sunk into the nearest chair, the moment the door slammed. That woman is even more stubborn than Videl, he thought. Why me?
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Chi-Chi sat in her kitchen table, fuming over that man. His daughter was nearly 4 months pregnant and he didn't even care. And she wasn't going to give in to him. I'll make that man change his mind, if it's the last thing I do. And so she did. Every spare chance she got she was over at the Satan mansion. Hercule had resorted to locking her out of the house but that hadn't stopped her. She simply stood outside the door yelling. Nearly two weeks after she had began her tirade on the so-called world champion, she reached a turning point in her mission. It had been any normal day involving Goku and Goten going off to spar and Chi-Chi heading towards Satan City on her ongoing mission. She had managed to get in to the house for the first time in ages because Tyne, the housekeeper, had answered the door. And that was day she confronted Hercule for the last time.
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"Your daughter is four months pregnant and I bet she would really like her father's support and you're not even granting her that much," Chi-Chi starring intently at the man who was trying her very best to ignore her. However, the raging women's words were getting to him. Maybe she was right. Chi-Chi stormed out, obviously believing that her words weren't sinking into Hercule's thick skull. However, Hercule was thinking intently about what she has said. He supposed it wouldn't be that bad having an alien grandchild. After what he'd seen of the other aliens in the fights with Cell and Buu maybe it would be an advantage to have someone super strong to protect him.
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Videl picked up the phone as it rang.
"Moshi Moshi, Son residence, Videl speaking," Videl answered.
"Videl, its your father."
"Dad?" Videl gasped down the phone, immediately dropping to the chair near the phone, her spare hand falling to her stomach.
"I want you to come over, I have something for you," Hercule said.
"What?" Videl questioned. She wasn't entirely trustful of her father after the last episode.
"Just come over, please," Hercule pleaded.
"Fine, but this better not be about the baby," Videl warned
"Not exactly. Bye," Hercule quickly said and hung up the phone before Videl could query him.
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Videl knocked on the door of her former home, curious as to what her father meant by 'not exactly'.
"Videl, come in. Your father is expecting you. He's in the living room," Tyne said opening the door and taking Videl's coat. Videl nodded and headed towards the large living room. She knocked on the door. Her father was sitting on the sofa, surprisingly not watching his fighting videos. Hercule turned around at the sound of her knocking.
"So what's up?" Videl asked her father.
"I wanted to apologize," Hercule said. It looked quite painful considering Hercule was not the sort of person to apologize very often. Videl looked positively gob-smacked. The last time her father had apologized to her was when her mother had died. Not that it had been his fault, he had just said it. Videl remained quite, so Hercule continued.
"I also have something for you, well really its for the baby but anyway just follow me," Hercule said. Videl followed him silently, still shocked.
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"Oh, Chi-Chi, could I have a word with you?" Videl sang sweetly as she entered the Son house. Chi-Chi appeared at the doorway of the hallway.
"What is it dear?" Chi-Chi asked.
"I just paid a visit to my father," Videl said, smiling slyly.
"Oh yes," Chi-Chi said raising her eyebrows, "And what did he have to say?" Suddenly, Videl's mouth spread into a wide grin and she threw her arms around Chi-Chi's neck.
"You're the best, Chi-Chi," Videl said. She pulled away, smiling happily.
"So he apologized," Chi-Chi said.
"Thanks to you," Videl said, "Oh, and guess what he gave me? Quick, come have a look!" Videl said almost pulling Chi-Chi off her feet as she dragged her out of one Son house and into the other. She headed up the stairs towards the barely furnished nursery. In the middle of the room stood a beautiful wooden crib.
"Oh my kami! It's beautiful," Chi-Chi gasped, "He gave you this?"
"Yep," Videl said simply, grinning as Chi-Chi dashed up to inspect the crib.
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A big thanks to the movie 'Legally Blonde' which got me re-going on this chapter. I suffered a bit of writer's block and though I was able to come up with idea for future chapters, chapter 9 just seemed to fail me. Anyway it's finally out, so that's great.
So what a softy Hercule really is? Wonder what will happen next chapter. Something to do with the nursery and a lot of beautiful memories, wait for Chapter 10: Nursery Blues.
Disclaimer: You know the deal, I don't own anything, all belongs to Akira Toriyama and a whole bunch of other people I don't know.
Chapter 9: Intrusions and Reconciliation's
Chi-Chi lay in bed stewing over what Videl had said about Hercule. Videl had said that she didn't care what her father thought but Chi-Chi knew better. Videl was stubborn and strong willed and was known for putting up a strong front. She's probably really upset, Chi-Chi thought.
*********
Chi-Chi rose the next day ready to set her plan into action. She was going to go out and set that man straight and she wouldn't stop till he'd apologized to Videl. Goku and Goten had gone off to spar and she knew they wouldn't be home till lunchtime so she had 3 hours in which to do her work. At 8:00 she set off to Hercule's house. She knew Videl was out with her friend Erasa, so that cleared her up. Chi-Chi had decided that she didn't want Videl to find out what she was doing. This was going to be a surprise.
*********
"You can't just shove her away, she's your daughter," Chi-Chi said.
"I'll do whatever I want, I'm the World Champion," Hercule boomed. Chi-Chi rolled her eyes.
"Hello, you're talking to the mother of the real world champion, remember." Hercule sweat dropped.
"Leave my house at once."
"Oh, I will, but don't you worry, I'll be back," Chi-Chi threatened, and she marched out of the house. Hercule sunk into the nearest chair, the moment the door slammed. That woman is even more stubborn than Videl, he thought. Why me?
**********
Chi-Chi sat in her kitchen table, fuming over that man. His daughter was nearly 4 months pregnant and he didn't even care. And she wasn't going to give in to him. I'll make that man change his mind, if it's the last thing I do. And so she did. Every spare chance she got she was over at the Satan mansion. Hercule had resorted to locking her out of the house but that hadn't stopped her. She simply stood outside the door yelling. Nearly two weeks after she had began her tirade on the so-called world champion, she reached a turning point in her mission. It had been any normal day involving Goku and Goten going off to spar and Chi-Chi heading towards Satan City on her ongoing mission. She had managed to get in to the house for the first time in ages because Tyne, the housekeeper, had answered the door. And that was day she confronted Hercule for the last time.
************
"Your daughter is four months pregnant and I bet she would really like her father's support and you're not even granting her that much," Chi-Chi starring intently at the man who was trying her very best to ignore her. However, the raging women's words were getting to him. Maybe she was right. Chi-Chi stormed out, obviously believing that her words weren't sinking into Hercule's thick skull. However, Hercule was thinking intently about what she has said. He supposed it wouldn't be that bad having an alien grandchild. After what he'd seen of the other aliens in the fights with Cell and Buu maybe it would be an advantage to have someone super strong to protect him.
**********
Videl picked up the phone as it rang.
"Moshi Moshi, Son residence, Videl speaking," Videl answered.
"Videl, its your father."
"Dad?" Videl gasped down the phone, immediately dropping to the chair near the phone, her spare hand falling to her stomach.
"I want you to come over, I have something for you," Hercule said.
"What?" Videl questioned. She wasn't entirely trustful of her father after the last episode.
"Just come over, please," Hercule pleaded.
"Fine, but this better not be about the baby," Videl warned
"Not exactly. Bye," Hercule quickly said and hung up the phone before Videl could query him.
************
Videl knocked on the door of her former home, curious as to what her father meant by 'not exactly'.
"Videl, come in. Your father is expecting you. He's in the living room," Tyne said opening the door and taking Videl's coat. Videl nodded and headed towards the large living room. She knocked on the door. Her father was sitting on the sofa, surprisingly not watching his fighting videos. Hercule turned around at the sound of her knocking.
"So what's up?" Videl asked her father.
"I wanted to apologize," Hercule said. It looked quite painful considering Hercule was not the sort of person to apologize very often. Videl looked positively gob-smacked. The last time her father had apologized to her was when her mother had died. Not that it had been his fault, he had just said it. Videl remained quite, so Hercule continued.
"I also have something for you, well really its for the baby but anyway just follow me," Hercule said. Videl followed him silently, still shocked.
***********
"Oh, Chi-Chi, could I have a word with you?" Videl sang sweetly as she entered the Son house. Chi-Chi appeared at the doorway of the hallway.
"What is it dear?" Chi-Chi asked.
"I just paid a visit to my father," Videl said, smiling slyly.
"Oh yes," Chi-Chi said raising her eyebrows, "And what did he have to say?" Suddenly, Videl's mouth spread into a wide grin and she threw her arms around Chi-Chi's neck.
"You're the best, Chi-Chi," Videl said. She pulled away, smiling happily.
"So he apologized," Chi-Chi said.
"Thanks to you," Videl said, "Oh, and guess what he gave me? Quick, come have a look!" Videl said almost pulling Chi-Chi off her feet as she dragged her out of one Son house and into the other. She headed up the stairs towards the barely furnished nursery. In the middle of the room stood a beautiful wooden crib.
"Oh my kami! It's beautiful," Chi-Chi gasped, "He gave you this?"
"Yep," Videl said simply, grinning as Chi-Chi dashed up to inspect the crib.
**********
A big thanks to the movie 'Legally Blonde' which got me re-going on this chapter. I suffered a bit of writer's block and though I was able to come up with idea for future chapters, chapter 9 just seemed to fail me. Anyway it's finally out, so that's great.
So what a softy Hercule really is? Wonder what will happen next chapter. Something to do with the nursery and a lot of beautiful memories, wait for Chapter 10: Nursery Blues.