Chapter 5

"Mom, when do I get to go back to school?" Rose asked a few days later. She liekd taking some time off from schoo, but enough was enough. She was getting bored of all the walks she took. Besides, studying kept her mind busy.

"Well, me and grandma Chi chi had been talking about that, and we secided to we would honeschool you." Claudia answered.

"Homeschool?"

"Yes."

"But what about the school I was going to?"

"I've pulled you out of that school. From now on, grandma Chi chi is going to teach you. She taught me, aunt Pan, grandpa Gohan, and uncle Goten. We turned out fine."

"Oh, I see. You want it to be a family thing."

"Yep."

"What about when grandma Chi chi passes away? Will grandma Videl take over?" Rose asked.

"I guess so. Well, grandma Chi chi is waiting for you to go tell her you're ready to learn. Go on."

As Rose left the room, she turned to her mother and said, "I love you, mommy."

"I love you, too, Rose." Claudia answered. She still couldn't believe that her little girl was growing up so fast.

A few weeks later, John was out of the hospital, but still on crutches. He was at the post office, getting Claudia's address. He thought he had an idea where she would have gone.

"Here you are, sir." the recpetionist said. He looked at the address and smiled. Now all I have to do, he thought to himself, is figure out how long to wait and how to kill her.

Rose had done her homework and was watching her grandpas and uncle out the window. They were doing what they called 'training'. She wanted to do that, too. It looked like fun.

She got up and went into the kitchen, where gradnma Chi chi was cooking supper.

"Grandma?"

"Yes, Rose?" Chi chi replied, chopping an onion.

"I'm done with my homework. Can I go outside?"

"Yes, you may."

"Thank you." Rose said as she went out the door.

Outside, Rose sat by the house and watched her family. After a few minutes, Goku glanced over and saw her. Goten thought he was going to catch him off guard and sent a punch toward his face. Rose sucked in her breath, thinking that he was going to be hit, but Goku caught his son's hand and looked at him. He smiled and said,

"Hey, you're getting better at catching people off guard. Keep up the good work. I'll be right back." He let go of Goten's hand and walked over to Rose.

"Been sitting there long?"

"No."

"Oh. Get your homework done?"

"Yep."

"Good."

"Grandpa?"

"Yes?"

"Can I play, too? I wanna learn to do what you can do."

"We're not playing, Rose. This is how we stay strong. It's a lot of hard work." Goku explained.

"Oh." Rose said, sounding defeated. "Ok."

"But, I think I know someone that will do this with you. He's not as strong as us, but he'll teach you just fine. How about that?" Rose's eyes lit up.

"Ok!" She answered.

"We better talk to mom and grandma Chi chi first, ok?"

"Ok." Rose said, getting up. "Can I go ask now?"

"Go ask mom. I better talk to grandma."

"Ok."