Hiya! So here's the second chapter of "When the Elements Are Called"! Not
much more to say about it, enjoy!
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Back at the Briefs' residence…
An enraged yell came from the kitchen, followed by the wail of a baby, as he was jolted from his nap. A few moments later the crying had gone down considerably as Vegeta stepped out of the house and blasted off into the air. He headed straight to the house of Goku, known to him as Kakkerott. He touched down in front of the tiny cabin and walked in, not even bothering to knock on the door. He found Goku and Gohan sitting mutely at the empty kitchen table with shocked looks on their faces. In Goku's right hand was what looked like a note; Vegeta pulled a similar-looking scrap of paper out and demanded to know what was going on.
"Kakkerott, I demand and explanation, NOW." Goku looked up at him.
"Well I don't know Vegeta, Gohan and I just got back and found this note from ChiChi… It looks like you got one too, from Bulma?"
Vegeta snatched at Goku's hand got the note. It read,
Goku and Gohan,
I had to leave urgently. Very important. Don't know when I'll be back.
Don't worry,
ChiChi
Vegeta held up Bulma's to compare. That one read,
Vegeta,
Had to leave. Urgent. Don't know when I'll be back.
I'll be fine. Don't kill Trunks.
Bulma
Vegeta growled. "Something's not right." Goku looked at him quizzically.
"Why would you say that?"
"Because baka, in both of these notes our women say that it's urgent and they don't know when they'll be back!"
Goku blinked. "Well what's wrong with that?" Gohan piped in.
"Yeah maybe they went emergency shopping or something!"
Vegeta growled again. "No, something is not right." He started pacing and clenched his fists. "I can just feel it. Don't you feel it Kakkerott?"
Goku frowned. "Well now that I think about it, it is kinda fishy that ChiChi didn't leave us lunch. It's just lying there cold on the stove, like she left in a big hurry."
"KAKKEROTT! CAN YOU THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE BESIDES YOUR STOMACH AT TIME LIKE THIS?" Goku blinked again.
"I was just saying…" he leaned back. "Never mind." He put his hands behind his head. "Wow Vegeta, I didn't know you cared!" Vegeta stiffened up at those words.
"Who said anything about caring??? I need the woman back to fix my gravity machine so I can kick your pathetic ass, and to shut up the brat. Get those idiots you call friends together… NOW!" he snapped. Goku shrugged.
"Alright... but why would you want to see them anyway? You act like you hate them."
"I DO! But did it every cross your pathetic mind that maybe, just MAYBE, they might know where the women went???"
"Ok Vegeta whatever you say."
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Two pairs of feet landed with a soft thud on a thick mat of leaves. Bulma flipped back her blue mane and stood up from her crouch, taking in her surroundings. ChiChi stood up as well and joined Bulma. All around them was a tall forest, full of wild vegetation. Vines and branches were everywhere, in all directions. The scene was dim, with small rays of light where the sun was able to lance through the thick foliage.
ChiChi closed her eyes and inhaled deeply. "Still looks the same, smells the same, but... it doesn't feel the same. Do you feel it too Bulma?" Bulma nodded stiffly.
"Something's different. The air's crackling with tension. Something just feels... off." She shuddered. "If the visions were correct, then it's bad. I can't believe he's back... after all these years. The only memory I have of him is from when we were all small, and so innocent." She gave a small smile. "Before it happened. Oh Kami, in that vision he was such a monster. What have we missed?" ChiChi took her hand.
"It's alright. We'll get home and we'll find out." She nodded resolutely, then gave small laugh. "Home... it's been a long while since I called it that." Her eyes twinkled. "Well do you wanna just hoof it back or go the other way?" Bulma laughed.
"As much as I'd like to, let's just hoof it. Get a feel for the homeland again." ChiChi gave a wistful sigh.
"I don't think we ever lost it. It's always been with us. Let's go." They walked off, their retreating figures enveloped in the undergrowth.
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Inside the little house on Master Roshi's island...
Goku was leaning back in a chair, with his hands behind his head, his eyes following Vegeta as he paced back and forth. The eyes of Yamcha, Krillen, Tien, and Chao-zu followed him as well. Master Roshi had his head in a magazine. Goku sighed.
"I don't know that's the big deal. They said they'd be back." Vegeta's stopped and his head shot up.
"KAKKEROTT!" he snapped. "HAVE YOU EVEN TRIED TO LOCATE YOUR MATE'S KI?" Goku blinked.
"Well now that you mention it... I haven't." He closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them and started to frown. "Hey! I can't feel ChiChi anywhere. When did she learn to lower her ki? Master Roshi, did you teach her?" Roshi glanced up from his magazine and shook his head before quickly returning to his umm... "quality" reading material. Vegeta glared at Goku.
"SHE DID NOT LOWER HER KI YOU THIRD CLASS MORON! SHE'S NOT ON THIS PLANET AND NEITHER IS BULMA! I've been trying to tell you this the entire time!" Goku jumped up from his seat, his face deadly serious.
"WHAT? How can they not be on the planet?"
"Bulma's a scientist! They probably took one of her spaceships, you baka!" Goku scratched his head.
"Oh yeah! I forgot! Well what are they doing in space!" Vegeta sighed.
"I don't know they didn't exactly write details in their notes!" Everyone watched the two in amazement. Suddenly Yamcha piped up.
"Hey if you guys really wanna know what's going on, why don't you just use the Dragon Balls to wish that you knew where they were and were with them?" Everyone stared at Yamcha in amazement.
"The pathetic excuse for a human actually has a decent idea!" Vegeta exclaimed. "The rest of you get your puny asses up and get the Dragon Balls... NOW!" Vegeta powered up and blasted off, calling back, "Meet back here in two hours! MOVE!" Everyone else scattered and blasted off in their respected directions.
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Will the Z Warriors find out where ChiChi and Bulma are? Will they follow them? Who are ChiChi and Bulma so worried about? Who are they?
Find out more in the next chapter!
Ciao! ~ Spitfire Maguire
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Back at the Briefs' residence…
An enraged yell came from the kitchen, followed by the wail of a baby, as he was jolted from his nap. A few moments later the crying had gone down considerably as Vegeta stepped out of the house and blasted off into the air. He headed straight to the house of Goku, known to him as Kakkerott. He touched down in front of the tiny cabin and walked in, not even bothering to knock on the door. He found Goku and Gohan sitting mutely at the empty kitchen table with shocked looks on their faces. In Goku's right hand was what looked like a note; Vegeta pulled a similar-looking scrap of paper out and demanded to know what was going on.
"Kakkerott, I demand and explanation, NOW." Goku looked up at him.
"Well I don't know Vegeta, Gohan and I just got back and found this note from ChiChi… It looks like you got one too, from Bulma?"
Vegeta snatched at Goku's hand got the note. It read,
Goku and Gohan,
I had to leave urgently. Very important. Don't know when I'll be back.
Don't worry,
ChiChi
Vegeta held up Bulma's to compare. That one read,
Vegeta,
Had to leave. Urgent. Don't know when I'll be back.
I'll be fine. Don't kill Trunks.
Bulma
Vegeta growled. "Something's not right." Goku looked at him quizzically.
"Why would you say that?"
"Because baka, in both of these notes our women say that it's urgent and they don't know when they'll be back!"
Goku blinked. "Well what's wrong with that?" Gohan piped in.
"Yeah maybe they went emergency shopping or something!"
Vegeta growled again. "No, something is not right." He started pacing and clenched his fists. "I can just feel it. Don't you feel it Kakkerott?"
Goku frowned. "Well now that I think about it, it is kinda fishy that ChiChi didn't leave us lunch. It's just lying there cold on the stove, like she left in a big hurry."
"KAKKEROTT! CAN YOU THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE BESIDES YOUR STOMACH AT TIME LIKE THIS?" Goku blinked again.
"I was just saying…" he leaned back. "Never mind." He put his hands behind his head. "Wow Vegeta, I didn't know you cared!" Vegeta stiffened up at those words.
"Who said anything about caring??? I need the woman back to fix my gravity machine so I can kick your pathetic ass, and to shut up the brat. Get those idiots you call friends together… NOW!" he snapped. Goku shrugged.
"Alright... but why would you want to see them anyway? You act like you hate them."
"I DO! But did it every cross your pathetic mind that maybe, just MAYBE, they might know where the women went???"
"Ok Vegeta whatever you say."
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Two pairs of feet landed with a soft thud on a thick mat of leaves. Bulma flipped back her blue mane and stood up from her crouch, taking in her surroundings. ChiChi stood up as well and joined Bulma. All around them was a tall forest, full of wild vegetation. Vines and branches were everywhere, in all directions. The scene was dim, with small rays of light where the sun was able to lance through the thick foliage.
ChiChi closed her eyes and inhaled deeply. "Still looks the same, smells the same, but... it doesn't feel the same. Do you feel it too Bulma?" Bulma nodded stiffly.
"Something's different. The air's crackling with tension. Something just feels... off." She shuddered. "If the visions were correct, then it's bad. I can't believe he's back... after all these years. The only memory I have of him is from when we were all small, and so innocent." She gave a small smile. "Before it happened. Oh Kami, in that vision he was such a monster. What have we missed?" ChiChi took her hand.
"It's alright. We'll get home and we'll find out." She nodded resolutely, then gave small laugh. "Home... it's been a long while since I called it that." Her eyes twinkled. "Well do you wanna just hoof it back or go the other way?" Bulma laughed.
"As much as I'd like to, let's just hoof it. Get a feel for the homeland again." ChiChi gave a wistful sigh.
"I don't think we ever lost it. It's always been with us. Let's go." They walked off, their retreating figures enveloped in the undergrowth.
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Inside the little house on Master Roshi's island...
Goku was leaning back in a chair, with his hands behind his head, his eyes following Vegeta as he paced back and forth. The eyes of Yamcha, Krillen, Tien, and Chao-zu followed him as well. Master Roshi had his head in a magazine. Goku sighed.
"I don't know that's the big deal. They said they'd be back." Vegeta's stopped and his head shot up.
"KAKKEROTT!" he snapped. "HAVE YOU EVEN TRIED TO LOCATE YOUR MATE'S KI?" Goku blinked.
"Well now that you mention it... I haven't." He closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them and started to frown. "Hey! I can't feel ChiChi anywhere. When did she learn to lower her ki? Master Roshi, did you teach her?" Roshi glanced up from his magazine and shook his head before quickly returning to his umm... "quality" reading material. Vegeta glared at Goku.
"SHE DID NOT LOWER HER KI YOU THIRD CLASS MORON! SHE'S NOT ON THIS PLANET AND NEITHER IS BULMA! I've been trying to tell you this the entire time!" Goku jumped up from his seat, his face deadly serious.
"WHAT? How can they not be on the planet?"
"Bulma's a scientist! They probably took one of her spaceships, you baka!" Goku scratched his head.
"Oh yeah! I forgot! Well what are they doing in space!" Vegeta sighed.
"I don't know they didn't exactly write details in their notes!" Everyone watched the two in amazement. Suddenly Yamcha piped up.
"Hey if you guys really wanna know what's going on, why don't you just use the Dragon Balls to wish that you knew where they were and were with them?" Everyone stared at Yamcha in amazement.
"The pathetic excuse for a human actually has a decent idea!" Vegeta exclaimed. "The rest of you get your puny asses up and get the Dragon Balls... NOW!" Vegeta powered up and blasted off, calling back, "Meet back here in two hours! MOVE!" Everyone else scattered and blasted off in their respected directions.
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Will the Z Warriors find out where ChiChi and Bulma are? Will they follow them? Who are ChiChi and Bulma so worried about? Who are they?
Find out more in the next chapter!
Ciao! ~ Spitfire Maguire