All right guys this is my attempt to get Chapter Five out as quickly as
possible!
Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ blah blah blah.
A/N: I apologize for some of the mistakes in the last chapter. I realize at one point I mistakenly wrote Zimri instead of Ziven. That was actually because Zimri was the originally chosen name but I didn't like it and forgot to change that one part. Secondly, at the end of the chapter I'm aware that it became mucho squished. I did not write it like that, it was the way ff.net formatted it. Thirdly, at the very end of the chapter, it was supposed to be GOHAN who asked Aggie if he was invisible. Sorry for all the mess-ups. I'm still new to this place and learning all the tricks of the trade. Thanks for your patience and understanding!
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"Who are you talking to, Aggie? There's no one there. Don't tell me you're losing it!" ChiChi teased. Aggie quickly straightened up.
Ignoring the question, she exclaimed. "Girls! It's so good to see you! Come here and give me a hug. I haven't seen you in so long!" At once ChiChi and Bulma rushed forward and enveloped Aggie in a three-way hug. When they pulled away, Aggie motioned to the women to sit. "Here girls, sit down. I'll fix you a nice cup of tea." As they sat down, there was a great rush among the now invisible Z Warriors to move out of the way without getting caught.
Bulma inhaled and a smile crossed her face. "Can we have some of that stew I smell as well? The aroma smells absolutely delicious! It's making my mouth water!" An apologetic smile crossed Aggie's features.
"I'm sorry, Bulma dear, that stew contains some ingredients I was experimenting with for a spell. I don't know what it would do to you."
Bulma's face lit up. "Well, then, let's try it out for you! We don't mind being guinea pigs!" Aggie became confused.
"What does that mean?"
Bulma giggled. "Sorry, I forgot that we're in a different world. I just meant that we'd be willing to be the first to try your experimental stew."
"NO! I mean, that's not necessary," Aggie started to stutter. She backed up a little bit, then "accidentally" swung out her arm (the one holding the spoon) and knocked over the pot of stew, spilling it everywhere. There was another mass movement among the invisible warriors as they all dodged out of the way to avoid getting burnt.
"Whoops! Clumsy me. Hehe," Aggie chuckled, putting her hand behind her head in a very Goku-like manner. ChiChi frowned. That small movement really hit home for her. Aggie noticed ChiChi's upside down smile.
"What's wrong, child?" she gently asked. ChiChi looked up, startled, and quickly plastered a smile on her face. "Nothing's wrong, Aggie! You just reminded me so much of my husband when you did that!" She gave a little false laugh and then took a long sip of her tea. It was at this moment that Goku noticed ChiChi's outfit. Her dress was in shreds! Had she been hurt?, he thought, or suffered some terrible fall? Or even worse, been in a fight? He clenched his fist and shut his eyes tightly, suppressing a growl. Aggie looked over and noticed the movement, then guessed the cause. She cleared her throat and grinned. Obviously, Goku was not used to seeing this side of his wife!
"Well ChiChi," she began, "it looks like you're getting back into your 'element', excuse the pun." She winked. ChiChi and Bulma simultaneously groaned at her words.
"Good one," Bulma admitted.
"But actually Chi, I was commenting on your dress, or lack thereof."
ChiChi grinned. "What can I say? We paid a visit to Abira. She was at the forge. It was hot. So I improvised. Besides, this dress is so much more comfortable now that I fixed it." To prove her point, she did a long stretch upwards with her arms and leaned backwards. This elongation of her torso caused the ripped; err, fixed dress to ride up to her hips, giving a nice view of long, slim, toned legs that ended at her dainty bare feet. It also caused her breasts to be pushed up, giving Goku and the others more than a glimpse at the curvature of her breasts. Seeing his wife like this did things to Goku. He glanced around and noticed the rest of the guys staring at his wife, and it wasn't good staring. He especially disliked the drool that started coming out of Master Roshi's mouth. This time the growl that had threatened to come out earlier escaped now, low and menacing. The Z Warriors quickly broke out of their trance and turned in surprise at Goku's growling. Vegeta just smirked, knowing full well what Goku was feeling. Bulma wore revealing outfits quite frequently and was even more frequently stared at by horny men. Vegeta had done his fair share of growling.
ChiChi stopped stretching and sat straight up. "Did you hear that?" she asked. Goku abruptly stopped growling, realizing he might've given himself away.
"Hear what?" Bulma murmured, distracted by the soothing taste of her tea. Aggie suddenly found the design of her ceiling very interesting.
"I thought I heard a growl. It must've just been a woodland creature or something. Hey, Aggie?"
Aggie's gaze focused on ChiChi. "Yes dear?"
"It just occurred to me. How'd you get that spoon down from the beam? If I recall correctly the last time I was here (so many years ago), I put it up there for you."
Aggie's face paled for a second, then she relaxed. "Haven't you heard of those wonderful things called chairs, m'girl?" ChiChi blushed.
"Oops, guess I forgot about."
Bulma snorted. "Nice one, Chi." ChiChi shot her a glare.
"Shut up."
"You."
"You first."
"Can't do that."
"How about I make you?"
"Bitch."
"Whore."
"Prude."
"Slut."
"GIRLS!"
"Sorry, Aggie," they said simultaneously. Aggie crossed her arms and put a stern look on her face. "Such language!" ChiChi and Bulma both tried to look abashed. Gohan was shocked. He'd never heard his mother say such things before, at least not in front of him!
"Now," Aggie snorted, "ChiChi is going to return my spoon where it belongs, seeing as I have no use for it now."
"Yeah Chi, maybe you should use a CHAIR. Y'know, those things you sit on, or stand on when you can't reach a high place." ChiChi glared at Bulma, who merely stuck out her tongue in return. Everyone in the room watched this exchange in fascination and amusement, it being a side to the women they'd never seen before.
ChiChi grabbed a chair and pulled it underneath the beam. She stood up and reached on tiptoe. Goku suddenly found himself with an eyeful of ivory skin, also known as ChiChi's thigh. He gulped and backed away slowly, trying not to trip over anything.
After ChiChi put the spoon up, she hopped down brushed her hands off on her thighs. Bulma took this as an opportunity to speak up.
"I'm sorry, Aggie. I wish we could stay longer, but we have to go. The Queen wants us to train some tonight, I think more to prove to her that we're still in top shape than to actually accomplish anything. By the way, she sends her regards."
Vegeta frowned when he heard this. Since when did Bulma train? And at what? She didn't know any martial arts, or so he thought . . .
Aggie inclined her head. "Tell Ledell I thank her and send my own regards." Her seriousness vanished. "Now when you girls come back, you MUST tell me all about your husbands, especially in the bedroom area!"
ChiChi promptly blushed at this while Bulma gave a cheery wave and a "Sure thing!" then dragged ChiChi out the door.
Aggie's mischievous smile vanished after the girls left. She turned to the men. "If you want to find out more, I'd suggest you follow them. Stay out of the way; they can take care of themselves. If you have any questions, I'll be here. And remember, DON'T GET CAUGHT. Now go!" With that final word she slapped the nearest person on the rear, which happened to be Goku. With a painful "YEEOW!" he jumped into the air.
"C'mon guys, let's get outta here!"
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ChiChi and Bulma once again entered the tribal compound. A crowd had gathered upon their entrance. Queen Ledell, her daughter Deverell, and Nezumi were at the forefront of it. The queen raised her hand and at once the excited chatter of the women turned into complete silence. While ChiChi and Bulma stretched, the queen addressed her people.
"My Daughters, I know you are very excited to see our own guardians return to us. It will be interesting to see how much their skills have grown. However, please keep in mind that this is simply training. This is more for my benefit and theirs than for yours. This is not for your entertainment, therefore silence will be observed during this sparring match. Is that understood?"
At once there was a resounding "Yes, Our Mother" throughout the entire compound.
Goku, Vegeta, and the others had just landed inside the walls when they heard the last part of the Queen's royal command.
Bulma and ChiChi squared off, arms raised in a defensive position. For a moment, there was complete silence as they were content to stare at each other. Then with a yell, Bulma ran forward and kicked a leg out at ChiChi, who ducked and countered with a sweep of her leg. But Bulma was anticipating this and flipped backward, then raised her arms once more. She motioned for ChiChi to come forward. With a grin, ChiChi came barreling at her. Bulma saw a punch coming and prepared for it, but too late realized it was a fake and the real punch was coming in from the left. She cursed herself for forgetting that ChiChi was ambidextrous. Her head snapped back and she fell backwards, but quickly rolled and sprang back up again. Again the punches came, but this time Bulma was prepared for it. She sidestepped a right hook and grabbed ChiChi's outstretched arm before she could recoil. She twisted the arm and then used her leg to trip ChiChi to the ground. ChiChi fell and cursed, then hopped back on her feet. The two prepared to fight again. At this point, the queen stepped in.
"My Daughters, we all know quite well what accomplished fighters you are. If you would please up it a little. . . ?" Her voice trailed off and she looked at the two women meaningfully.
Goku and Vegeta, who had been watching their wives with a great deal of interest, the latter with astonishment written across his face as well, both turned their heads sharply towards the queen. Just what did she mean by that?
Bulma and ChiChi nodded. "We were just warming up a little." Bulma grinned. "Let's do this." ChiChi at once returned the grin with one just as feral. "You're going to be nothing but a puddle when I'm through with you."
"Ha! And you're going to be nothing but a little smoke!"
During this exchange of insults, a change began to occur in the two women. Bulma was sweating profusely, though she looked not the least bit tired.
"Does Bulma have a gland problem we didn't know about?" Krillen muttered to Yamcha, who was standing next to him with his arms crossed. The latter just shrugged in response, not taking his eyes off the match.
Water was now pouring down Bulma's face. In fact, it was pouring down her whole body! Just what was going on?!? And why wasn't anyone rushing to help her? They were just standing there. Not only standing, they were cheering!
When Krillen looked back at Bulma, he started in surprise, then rubbed his eyes and looked again. Where Bulma had been standing but a moment before, there was now a figure composed entirely of water. It had the same shape of a human female body, Bulma's body, but it was entirely made of water!
Krillen now looked to ChiChi, who had been watching Bulma, or what had been Bulma change into the water being. Suddenly, smoke started to seep from under the soles of ChiChi's feet. The smoke erupted into a flame. Krillen bit back a yelp of surprise. ChiChi's feet were on fire! He looked over to Goku, who was clenching his fists, but he didn't make a move towards her. This was mostly in part to Vegeta's hand on his shoulder, restraining him from interfering. Returning his gaze to ChiChi, he noticed that the fire had spread up her calves and to her thighs, and was going even higher. There was no look of pain on ChiChi's face. In fact, she looked as if she was enjoying herself immensely. She lifted her arms upward and reached to the sky as the fire raced up her body. It encircled her torso in a ring of flame, engulfed her head, and then snaked its way up her arms to her outstretched fingertips. Now, as Bulma had become a being of water, ChiChi had become a being of fire. The pair stood there, as the Z Warriors gaped at the change in the women and the on looking crowd cheered for their guardians.
Without warning, the two sprang at each other. Water met fire and vice versa, the result being a mixture of steam and smoke that floated upwards as the two fought. Suddenly their opposing forces knocked the both of them to the ground. They both stood up at the same time. ChiChi extended a fiery arm and two fireballs formed out of her hand; she hurled them at Bulma. Immediately a wall of water rose up and engulfed the hot orbs. But while the flowing shield was up, ChiChi had shifted into a column of fire and soared upwards and to the back of Bulma, reforming into the fiery being behind her. When the wall of water disappeared, ChiChi sent two blasts of fire at her legs, causing her to topple over. On the ground, Bulma looked up to see ChiChi standing over her, a fireball in each hand. Bulma merely waved up at her. ChiChi stopped, and wondered what she had up her sleeve. Little did she know that Bulma had spotted the well behind her, and a big column of water had arisen from it. ChiChi saw the shadow too late and a shrill shriek came from her being as the water poured down on her. A bubbly laugh erupted from Bulma as she rose. She reformed her legs and waited. Where ChiChi had been inundated there was now something but a puddle and a little bit of smoke and steam.
Bulma crossed her arms of water and tapped her foot impatiently, although the tapping sounded more like sloshing. Just where the hell was she? A little water couldn't take her out. Growing up together, the girls had developed and immunity towards each other when it came to their elements. But the younger women of the tribe didn't know this and began to murmur amongst themselves. Maybe this match had been too much for ChiChi and she wasn't as strong as they had believed! What if she was dead? One small girl began to cry, while another hushed her. But Queen Ledell, her daughter, and Nezumi merely stood there and watched, and waited.
Now not only was Vegeta restraining Goku, but Krillen, Yamcha, and Tien as well while Chao-zu and Master Roshi held on desperately to Gohan. Suddenly, Agatha appeared and patted Gohan on the head. None of the tribe was watching her at the moment, so they didn't notice the old woman patting the air. Gohan stopped fighting and looked up at Aggie. Wordlessly, she pointed behind the crowd of women. At this point, Ledell had noticed the old woman's appearance and looked to where she pointed: the forge. Ledell hid a smile. Bulma, who had begun to search around her, had not noticed Agatha's presence. Suddenly a great rumbling was heard from the forge. Bulma turned.
"Shit!" yelled Abira. "My forge! She's going to ruin my forge!" The rumbling continued, and then through the roof of Abira's forge a great fire erupted and flew through the air, and straight at Bulma. There was no time for Bulma to put up a shield. The great fire collided with her, carrying her and it, causing them to fly back into the wall of a nearby hut. When the dust, smoke, and steam had cleared, a great laughter was heard through the gigantic hole in the wall. Looking in, amidst the rubble there lay Bulma and ChiChi, completely back to normal. Bulma was back in her tank top and shorts and ChiChi in her ripped dress. The two were on their backs and laughing heartily. Bulma wiped tears from her eyes.
"Abira's gonna kill you for sure now! You shoulda seen the look on her face when she realized you were in her forge! I could've died!"
"Yeah, well, you almost had me with the well water!" They both laughed some more. The surrounding women, noticing the light-heartedness of the occasion, began to laugh as well, until it rang out throughout the entire compound.
After it had died down, the queen spoke. "You have proven to me that you are just as strong as before, if not stronger. Now let us all retire to our quarters to eat and rest. Tomorrow begins the start of a long journey."
There were murmurs of agreement among the tribe and the crowd soon began to dissipate. At length, only ChiChi, Bulma, Nezumi, and a little girl remained. ChiChi and Bulma had stood up and were now brushing themselves off. Nezumi cleared her throat. "Erm, I'd like to introduce you guys to someone very special." She gave the little girl gentle shove forward. "This is my daughter, Keb." The little girl bowed in respect to ChiChi and Bulma. She was the spitting image of her mother, with little dirty blonde curls to her shoulder and warm brown eyes. Bulma giggled.
"It's nice to meet you, Keb."
"Likewise, ma'am."
Bulma groaned. "Oh please just plain Bulma is fine! Ma'am makes me feel so old!"
ChiChi giggled. "And just call me ChiChi." She bent down so she was eye level with Keb. "You know, you're the same age as my Gohan." Keb's face brightened.
"Is that your daughter?"
ChiChi's face turned red. "Erm, no, he's my son." Little Keb's jaw dropped.
"You have a son . . . and he's still alive???"
"Umm, yeah."
"Why?"
"Well, as you know Bulma and I had to leave to a different world. And in that world, the male you choose as a mate stays with you forever, no matter what the circumstances, and all children born to you are kept alive."
Keb looked flabbergasted. "Why?"
Bulma was growing impatient. "Because that's the way it is!"
"Oh."
ChiChi gave her a gentle pat on the shoulder. "It's ok. When I first went to the other world, it all confused me too."
Nezumi smiled. "Well, I just wanted to introduce you to Keb, and now she'll be turning in. She's staying with another family tonight so we can hang out and catch up."
ChiChi nodded. "Ok. It was nice meeting you Keb! Goodnight!" Keb bid farewell and kissed her mother on the cheek before running off to another cabin. Nezumi chuckled.
"She's really in awe of you two. I mean, you're the legendary Guardians! I think it kind of floored her with your whole "mate and son" bit though."
ChiChi shrugged. "We may be Guardians, but we're not perfect."
Bulma laughed. "I second that."
The three were silent for a minute. Nezumi let out a sigh, then turned to ChiChi and Bulma and said cheerfully, "Well, let's get a move on! I want to hear all about your lives in the other world!" The three women linked arms and walked off.
Above, Vegeta turned to Goku, who (along with the rest of the Z Warriors), had taken to the air. "Kakarot," he said, "I too would like to hear all about their lives in the "other world". Wouldn't you?"
Goku, who had discovered many new and startling facts about his wife that day, silently nodded in agreement and followed Vegeta as they slowly flew through the twilight.
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Ok there's chapter 5 for you! I'm sorry it's so late. I tried writing it all as soon as chapter four was out but I got stuck! Please review!
Ciao! ~ Spitfire Maguire
Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ blah blah blah.
A/N: I apologize for some of the mistakes in the last chapter. I realize at one point I mistakenly wrote Zimri instead of Ziven. That was actually because Zimri was the originally chosen name but I didn't like it and forgot to change that one part. Secondly, at the end of the chapter I'm aware that it became mucho squished. I did not write it like that, it was the way ff.net formatted it. Thirdly, at the very end of the chapter, it was supposed to be GOHAN who asked Aggie if he was invisible. Sorry for all the mess-ups. I'm still new to this place and learning all the tricks of the trade. Thanks for your patience and understanding!
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"Who are you talking to, Aggie? There's no one there. Don't tell me you're losing it!" ChiChi teased. Aggie quickly straightened up.
Ignoring the question, she exclaimed. "Girls! It's so good to see you! Come here and give me a hug. I haven't seen you in so long!" At once ChiChi and Bulma rushed forward and enveloped Aggie in a three-way hug. When they pulled away, Aggie motioned to the women to sit. "Here girls, sit down. I'll fix you a nice cup of tea." As they sat down, there was a great rush among the now invisible Z Warriors to move out of the way without getting caught.
Bulma inhaled and a smile crossed her face. "Can we have some of that stew I smell as well? The aroma smells absolutely delicious! It's making my mouth water!" An apologetic smile crossed Aggie's features.
"I'm sorry, Bulma dear, that stew contains some ingredients I was experimenting with for a spell. I don't know what it would do to you."
Bulma's face lit up. "Well, then, let's try it out for you! We don't mind being guinea pigs!" Aggie became confused.
"What does that mean?"
Bulma giggled. "Sorry, I forgot that we're in a different world. I just meant that we'd be willing to be the first to try your experimental stew."
"NO! I mean, that's not necessary," Aggie started to stutter. She backed up a little bit, then "accidentally" swung out her arm (the one holding the spoon) and knocked over the pot of stew, spilling it everywhere. There was another mass movement among the invisible warriors as they all dodged out of the way to avoid getting burnt.
"Whoops! Clumsy me. Hehe," Aggie chuckled, putting her hand behind her head in a very Goku-like manner. ChiChi frowned. That small movement really hit home for her. Aggie noticed ChiChi's upside down smile.
"What's wrong, child?" she gently asked. ChiChi looked up, startled, and quickly plastered a smile on her face. "Nothing's wrong, Aggie! You just reminded me so much of my husband when you did that!" She gave a little false laugh and then took a long sip of her tea. It was at this moment that Goku noticed ChiChi's outfit. Her dress was in shreds! Had she been hurt?, he thought, or suffered some terrible fall? Or even worse, been in a fight? He clenched his fist and shut his eyes tightly, suppressing a growl. Aggie looked over and noticed the movement, then guessed the cause. She cleared her throat and grinned. Obviously, Goku was not used to seeing this side of his wife!
"Well ChiChi," she began, "it looks like you're getting back into your 'element', excuse the pun." She winked. ChiChi and Bulma simultaneously groaned at her words.
"Good one," Bulma admitted.
"But actually Chi, I was commenting on your dress, or lack thereof."
ChiChi grinned. "What can I say? We paid a visit to Abira. She was at the forge. It was hot. So I improvised. Besides, this dress is so much more comfortable now that I fixed it." To prove her point, she did a long stretch upwards with her arms and leaned backwards. This elongation of her torso caused the ripped; err, fixed dress to ride up to her hips, giving a nice view of long, slim, toned legs that ended at her dainty bare feet. It also caused her breasts to be pushed up, giving Goku and the others more than a glimpse at the curvature of her breasts. Seeing his wife like this did things to Goku. He glanced around and noticed the rest of the guys staring at his wife, and it wasn't good staring. He especially disliked the drool that started coming out of Master Roshi's mouth. This time the growl that had threatened to come out earlier escaped now, low and menacing. The Z Warriors quickly broke out of their trance and turned in surprise at Goku's growling. Vegeta just smirked, knowing full well what Goku was feeling. Bulma wore revealing outfits quite frequently and was even more frequently stared at by horny men. Vegeta had done his fair share of growling.
ChiChi stopped stretching and sat straight up. "Did you hear that?" she asked. Goku abruptly stopped growling, realizing he might've given himself away.
"Hear what?" Bulma murmured, distracted by the soothing taste of her tea. Aggie suddenly found the design of her ceiling very interesting.
"I thought I heard a growl. It must've just been a woodland creature or something. Hey, Aggie?"
Aggie's gaze focused on ChiChi. "Yes dear?"
"It just occurred to me. How'd you get that spoon down from the beam? If I recall correctly the last time I was here (so many years ago), I put it up there for you."
Aggie's face paled for a second, then she relaxed. "Haven't you heard of those wonderful things called chairs, m'girl?" ChiChi blushed.
"Oops, guess I forgot about."
Bulma snorted. "Nice one, Chi." ChiChi shot her a glare.
"Shut up."
"You."
"You first."
"Can't do that."
"How about I make you?"
"Bitch."
"Whore."
"Prude."
"Slut."
"GIRLS!"
"Sorry, Aggie," they said simultaneously. Aggie crossed her arms and put a stern look on her face. "Such language!" ChiChi and Bulma both tried to look abashed. Gohan was shocked. He'd never heard his mother say such things before, at least not in front of him!
"Now," Aggie snorted, "ChiChi is going to return my spoon where it belongs, seeing as I have no use for it now."
"Yeah Chi, maybe you should use a CHAIR. Y'know, those things you sit on, or stand on when you can't reach a high place." ChiChi glared at Bulma, who merely stuck out her tongue in return. Everyone in the room watched this exchange in fascination and amusement, it being a side to the women they'd never seen before.
ChiChi grabbed a chair and pulled it underneath the beam. She stood up and reached on tiptoe. Goku suddenly found himself with an eyeful of ivory skin, also known as ChiChi's thigh. He gulped and backed away slowly, trying not to trip over anything.
After ChiChi put the spoon up, she hopped down brushed her hands off on her thighs. Bulma took this as an opportunity to speak up.
"I'm sorry, Aggie. I wish we could stay longer, but we have to go. The Queen wants us to train some tonight, I think more to prove to her that we're still in top shape than to actually accomplish anything. By the way, she sends her regards."
Vegeta frowned when he heard this. Since when did Bulma train? And at what? She didn't know any martial arts, or so he thought . . .
Aggie inclined her head. "Tell Ledell I thank her and send my own regards." Her seriousness vanished. "Now when you girls come back, you MUST tell me all about your husbands, especially in the bedroom area!"
ChiChi promptly blushed at this while Bulma gave a cheery wave and a "Sure thing!" then dragged ChiChi out the door.
Aggie's mischievous smile vanished after the girls left. She turned to the men. "If you want to find out more, I'd suggest you follow them. Stay out of the way; they can take care of themselves. If you have any questions, I'll be here. And remember, DON'T GET CAUGHT. Now go!" With that final word she slapped the nearest person on the rear, which happened to be Goku. With a painful "YEEOW!" he jumped into the air.
"C'mon guys, let's get outta here!"
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ChiChi and Bulma once again entered the tribal compound. A crowd had gathered upon their entrance. Queen Ledell, her daughter Deverell, and Nezumi were at the forefront of it. The queen raised her hand and at once the excited chatter of the women turned into complete silence. While ChiChi and Bulma stretched, the queen addressed her people.
"My Daughters, I know you are very excited to see our own guardians return to us. It will be interesting to see how much their skills have grown. However, please keep in mind that this is simply training. This is more for my benefit and theirs than for yours. This is not for your entertainment, therefore silence will be observed during this sparring match. Is that understood?"
At once there was a resounding "Yes, Our Mother" throughout the entire compound.
Goku, Vegeta, and the others had just landed inside the walls when they heard the last part of the Queen's royal command.
Bulma and ChiChi squared off, arms raised in a defensive position. For a moment, there was complete silence as they were content to stare at each other. Then with a yell, Bulma ran forward and kicked a leg out at ChiChi, who ducked and countered with a sweep of her leg. But Bulma was anticipating this and flipped backward, then raised her arms once more. She motioned for ChiChi to come forward. With a grin, ChiChi came barreling at her. Bulma saw a punch coming and prepared for it, but too late realized it was a fake and the real punch was coming in from the left. She cursed herself for forgetting that ChiChi was ambidextrous. Her head snapped back and she fell backwards, but quickly rolled and sprang back up again. Again the punches came, but this time Bulma was prepared for it. She sidestepped a right hook and grabbed ChiChi's outstretched arm before she could recoil. She twisted the arm and then used her leg to trip ChiChi to the ground. ChiChi fell and cursed, then hopped back on her feet. The two prepared to fight again. At this point, the queen stepped in.
"My Daughters, we all know quite well what accomplished fighters you are. If you would please up it a little. . . ?" Her voice trailed off and she looked at the two women meaningfully.
Goku and Vegeta, who had been watching their wives with a great deal of interest, the latter with astonishment written across his face as well, both turned their heads sharply towards the queen. Just what did she mean by that?
Bulma and ChiChi nodded. "We were just warming up a little." Bulma grinned. "Let's do this." ChiChi at once returned the grin with one just as feral. "You're going to be nothing but a puddle when I'm through with you."
"Ha! And you're going to be nothing but a little smoke!"
During this exchange of insults, a change began to occur in the two women. Bulma was sweating profusely, though she looked not the least bit tired.
"Does Bulma have a gland problem we didn't know about?" Krillen muttered to Yamcha, who was standing next to him with his arms crossed. The latter just shrugged in response, not taking his eyes off the match.
Water was now pouring down Bulma's face. In fact, it was pouring down her whole body! Just what was going on?!? And why wasn't anyone rushing to help her? They were just standing there. Not only standing, they were cheering!
When Krillen looked back at Bulma, he started in surprise, then rubbed his eyes and looked again. Where Bulma had been standing but a moment before, there was now a figure composed entirely of water. It had the same shape of a human female body, Bulma's body, but it was entirely made of water!
Krillen now looked to ChiChi, who had been watching Bulma, or what had been Bulma change into the water being. Suddenly, smoke started to seep from under the soles of ChiChi's feet. The smoke erupted into a flame. Krillen bit back a yelp of surprise. ChiChi's feet were on fire! He looked over to Goku, who was clenching his fists, but he didn't make a move towards her. This was mostly in part to Vegeta's hand on his shoulder, restraining him from interfering. Returning his gaze to ChiChi, he noticed that the fire had spread up her calves and to her thighs, and was going even higher. There was no look of pain on ChiChi's face. In fact, she looked as if she was enjoying herself immensely. She lifted her arms upward and reached to the sky as the fire raced up her body. It encircled her torso in a ring of flame, engulfed her head, and then snaked its way up her arms to her outstretched fingertips. Now, as Bulma had become a being of water, ChiChi had become a being of fire. The pair stood there, as the Z Warriors gaped at the change in the women and the on looking crowd cheered for their guardians.
Without warning, the two sprang at each other. Water met fire and vice versa, the result being a mixture of steam and smoke that floated upwards as the two fought. Suddenly their opposing forces knocked the both of them to the ground. They both stood up at the same time. ChiChi extended a fiery arm and two fireballs formed out of her hand; she hurled them at Bulma. Immediately a wall of water rose up and engulfed the hot orbs. But while the flowing shield was up, ChiChi had shifted into a column of fire and soared upwards and to the back of Bulma, reforming into the fiery being behind her. When the wall of water disappeared, ChiChi sent two blasts of fire at her legs, causing her to topple over. On the ground, Bulma looked up to see ChiChi standing over her, a fireball in each hand. Bulma merely waved up at her. ChiChi stopped, and wondered what she had up her sleeve. Little did she know that Bulma had spotted the well behind her, and a big column of water had arisen from it. ChiChi saw the shadow too late and a shrill shriek came from her being as the water poured down on her. A bubbly laugh erupted from Bulma as she rose. She reformed her legs and waited. Where ChiChi had been inundated there was now something but a puddle and a little bit of smoke and steam.
Bulma crossed her arms of water and tapped her foot impatiently, although the tapping sounded more like sloshing. Just where the hell was she? A little water couldn't take her out. Growing up together, the girls had developed and immunity towards each other when it came to their elements. But the younger women of the tribe didn't know this and began to murmur amongst themselves. Maybe this match had been too much for ChiChi and she wasn't as strong as they had believed! What if she was dead? One small girl began to cry, while another hushed her. But Queen Ledell, her daughter, and Nezumi merely stood there and watched, and waited.
Now not only was Vegeta restraining Goku, but Krillen, Yamcha, and Tien as well while Chao-zu and Master Roshi held on desperately to Gohan. Suddenly, Agatha appeared and patted Gohan on the head. None of the tribe was watching her at the moment, so they didn't notice the old woman patting the air. Gohan stopped fighting and looked up at Aggie. Wordlessly, she pointed behind the crowd of women. At this point, Ledell had noticed the old woman's appearance and looked to where she pointed: the forge. Ledell hid a smile. Bulma, who had begun to search around her, had not noticed Agatha's presence. Suddenly a great rumbling was heard from the forge. Bulma turned.
"Shit!" yelled Abira. "My forge! She's going to ruin my forge!" The rumbling continued, and then through the roof of Abira's forge a great fire erupted and flew through the air, and straight at Bulma. There was no time for Bulma to put up a shield. The great fire collided with her, carrying her and it, causing them to fly back into the wall of a nearby hut. When the dust, smoke, and steam had cleared, a great laughter was heard through the gigantic hole in the wall. Looking in, amidst the rubble there lay Bulma and ChiChi, completely back to normal. Bulma was back in her tank top and shorts and ChiChi in her ripped dress. The two were on their backs and laughing heartily. Bulma wiped tears from her eyes.
"Abira's gonna kill you for sure now! You shoulda seen the look on her face when she realized you were in her forge! I could've died!"
"Yeah, well, you almost had me with the well water!" They both laughed some more. The surrounding women, noticing the light-heartedness of the occasion, began to laugh as well, until it rang out throughout the entire compound.
After it had died down, the queen spoke. "You have proven to me that you are just as strong as before, if not stronger. Now let us all retire to our quarters to eat and rest. Tomorrow begins the start of a long journey."
There were murmurs of agreement among the tribe and the crowd soon began to dissipate. At length, only ChiChi, Bulma, Nezumi, and a little girl remained. ChiChi and Bulma had stood up and were now brushing themselves off. Nezumi cleared her throat. "Erm, I'd like to introduce you guys to someone very special." She gave the little girl gentle shove forward. "This is my daughter, Keb." The little girl bowed in respect to ChiChi and Bulma. She was the spitting image of her mother, with little dirty blonde curls to her shoulder and warm brown eyes. Bulma giggled.
"It's nice to meet you, Keb."
"Likewise, ma'am."
Bulma groaned. "Oh please just plain Bulma is fine! Ma'am makes me feel so old!"
ChiChi giggled. "And just call me ChiChi." She bent down so she was eye level with Keb. "You know, you're the same age as my Gohan." Keb's face brightened.
"Is that your daughter?"
ChiChi's face turned red. "Erm, no, he's my son." Little Keb's jaw dropped.
"You have a son . . . and he's still alive???"
"Umm, yeah."
"Why?"
"Well, as you know Bulma and I had to leave to a different world. And in that world, the male you choose as a mate stays with you forever, no matter what the circumstances, and all children born to you are kept alive."
Keb looked flabbergasted. "Why?"
Bulma was growing impatient. "Because that's the way it is!"
"Oh."
ChiChi gave her a gentle pat on the shoulder. "It's ok. When I first went to the other world, it all confused me too."
Nezumi smiled. "Well, I just wanted to introduce you to Keb, and now she'll be turning in. She's staying with another family tonight so we can hang out and catch up."
ChiChi nodded. "Ok. It was nice meeting you Keb! Goodnight!" Keb bid farewell and kissed her mother on the cheek before running off to another cabin. Nezumi chuckled.
"She's really in awe of you two. I mean, you're the legendary Guardians! I think it kind of floored her with your whole "mate and son" bit though."
ChiChi shrugged. "We may be Guardians, but we're not perfect."
Bulma laughed. "I second that."
The three were silent for a minute. Nezumi let out a sigh, then turned to ChiChi and Bulma and said cheerfully, "Well, let's get a move on! I want to hear all about your lives in the other world!" The three women linked arms and walked off.
Above, Vegeta turned to Goku, who (along with the rest of the Z Warriors), had taken to the air. "Kakarot," he said, "I too would like to hear all about their lives in the "other world". Wouldn't you?"
Goku, who had discovered many new and startling facts about his wife that day, silently nodded in agreement and followed Vegeta as they slowly flew through the twilight.
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Ok there's chapter 5 for you! I'm sorry it's so late. I tried writing it all as soon as chapter four was out but I got stuck! Please review!
Ciao! ~ Spitfire Maguire