6: Report

Goku honestly wasn't surprised that they needed to make more bottles for Gohan. Though this time he was the only one to go downstairs to make them. Chi-Chi hadn't felt ready to be around that many people yet. They'd also likely demand explanations as to why she'd been missing. Goku honestly wanted to know too, but she'd asked to wait for her father to be there so she wouldn't have to explain more than once.

There was also the fact that she had been still feeding him from her breasts and she hadn't wanted anyone to see. It made Goku feel special that she hadn't even thought twice about letting him stay while she fed their son.

On the topic of her body though, Goku could admit he was starting to feel a little bit frustrated that he couldn't really get time alone with his wife. Despite the fact that he had been by her side since her arrival, every instance of intimacy they had together had been interrupted by their son. Not that he was upset with Gohan, their son was only a baby after all, but that didn't stop the frustration from building.

He'd thought it'd be easy enough to wait for another day at least, to give her and Gohan time to settle and to track down and destroy whoever thought to take them away. But he'd honestly been aching for her ever since he let her inside the house. This last half hour only made it worse. Goku could still feel the way her pulse fluttered against his lips, the way her body pressed up against his, how her hands had circled him, pulling him even closer. How the scent of her arousal slowly began wafting up…

Goku shook his head to refocus on the present. Gohan needed food and he had to make it. Luckily his friends and master Roshi were outside for some reason - probably because there was more room out there- so his distraction wasn't noticed by anyone. It also meant he could focus more on making the formula and not be distracted by his friends talking.

However making his son food wasn't all that challenging when he knew how to do it, so despite himself his mind drifted back towards his wife. He really did want to get her naked. Not just because he wanted to be intimate with her. He wanted – needed- to see her body. She still hadn't mentioned anything about her left side and Goku needed to know any other area he had to avoid touching. A darker part of him also wanted to know every scratch and scar she'd gotten since she'd disappeared and who had given it to her.

Quickly enough, the bottles were full and he got to return upstairs to be with his wife and hungry son. As he ascended the stairs, he could feel the familiar ki of Chi-Chi's father approach and the strange ki that'd been hovering just inside his sensing range back off. Goku wasn't too worried about that though; it'd been doing that ever since he opened the door to his wife. It was probably wrong of him, but Goku couldn't help but be a little miffed that the Ox King arrived. It was already impossible to get her alone when it was just Gohan, but with her dad hovering around as well there would be no chance at any sort of intimate moment with Chi-Chi.

He entered the room just as their son was finishing up eating from Chi-Chi, who gratefully took the first bottle from him. Goku sat next to her, burying his face into her shoulder and hair.

"Your dad's here."

She tensed up a little. Had Goku not been touching her, he probably wouldn't have even noticed. His wife sighed, "I guess there's not much point in putting off talking about it anymore."

"If you don't want to-"

"No, it's something I have to do…Something I should have done before, in all honesty. I just…" She bit her lip. "It's hard. And I hate that it's hard for me. Goku I've seen people go through far worse than what I've had to but-"

He kissed her neck and nuzzled into her. He just barely resisted the urge to pull her into his lap again, it would have only distracted him. Goku really wished he knew any and all injuries she had right now because he really wanted to hold her tightly and close. "You were scared. And hurt," she was still scared and hurt. "It's okay if you don't want to talk about it. It's okay if it affects you as badly as worse things affected other people." He kissed along her jawline. The very familiar hunger for more was making itself known. "I won't think less of you." He nipped at her skin and, despite his choice seconds before, pulled her into his lap.

There was something about her that just utterly ruined his self-control. Especially now, after he'd been without her for so long. Wasn't it just a few hours ago he'd decided against having sex with her while their son was awake? Now he'd just settle for Gohan to be out of Chi-Chi's arms, awake or not, in the room or not.

He almost didn't pull away from her neck and jaw when he heard heavy footsteps coming up the stairs. No one else on the island walked that heavily other than the Ox King, and he'd seen them in far more intimate situations before he'd learned to call ahead. However, Chi-Chi did dislike it greatly whenever her dad walked in on them like that so Goku began nuzzling her shoulder instead.

Unfortunately Chi-Chi heard the footsteps too and must have figured it was her dad because before he could object Goku found himself with an arm full of still eating Gohan and Chi-Chi moving towards the door, adjusting her shirt to better cover her chest. Father and son shared a pout at the loss of her presence. Goku quickly got the hang of feeding his son while Chi-Chi greeted her dad.

"Daddy!"

"Princess!" Goku had to swallow a snarl as her remarkably strong father hugged her tightly, squeezing around her waist and, coincidently, her sides. Even her almost constantly guarded, likely injured, left side. Chi-Chi didn't react though so maybe it wasn't as bad as Goku had feared. He still had to remind himself that the Ox King was family and would never want Chi-Chi hurt. It worked, sort of, Goku still very much wanted to punch out his father-in-law and keep him and everyone other than Gohan far away from his currently vulnerable wife.

Goku was too preoccupied with both his instincts telling him to hide Chi-Chi away until she was healthier and feeding Gohan to notice his wife talking to her father. Well he didn't notice the words spoken, at least, he was very aware of both their movements and actions. Therefore he did notice them approaching, but he didn't react until Chi-Chi snuggled against his side and her father settled himself before them.

He grinned at the older man and if his smile had a few too many teeth to be entirely friendly, well, no one ever noticed the silent threat before so Goku doubted anyone would start now. It was honestly surprising how quickly his opinion on some people changed. Before now the Ox King was the only other person who thought there was something wrong with Chi-Chi's disappearance. He was the only one on Goku's side. Now Goku just wanted the man to go away and leave him with his wife and son.

The Ox King's return smile was open, honest and soft as he looked down on Gohan. "And who's this little guy?"

Goku's smile turned much more genuine at that. "This is my son, Gohan!" Yeah, he was never going to get tired of introducing Gohan like that.

Gohan only burped in response to the attention and reached for his mom. Goku easily handed him over and Chi-Chi began rocking him. "When he's asleep," she started, "I'll head down and tell you all everything, alright?"

"There's no rush sweetie. You take all the time you need." Her father gently patted her shoulder with one of his large hands and pulled out a capsule. "I've got everything you asked for and some extras I thought you might need, especially when you said you had a baby with you." Without another word, he clicked the top and tossed it to an empty spot in the room. With a poof of smoke and a sharp smell that reminded Goku of a lightning strike there was a small pile of things there.

It would never cease to amaze Goku how so much stuff can fit into such a small object. He still wasn't sure why Bulma insisted it wasn't magic or witchcraft. Not even Chi-Chi could explain capsules in a way that made sense. Chi-Chi got up to examine the pile, it bothered Goku that she had to use the wall to stand up easily. It also bothered him how slowly and carefully she'd move generally, but he figured in this instance at least some of it was due to not wanting to bother Gohan who was looking rather sleepy now that he'd eaten his fill.

It wasn't long before Chi-Chi had pulled together a small group of clothes and soaps for a shower later. The four of them headed downstairs once Chi-Chi deemed Gohan to be asleep.

They all gathered outside and Chi-Chi, at her father's insistence, handed their son over to him. Goku managed to grab one of the few beach chairs for her, though no one else objected to that, and settled himself at her feet. The rest of his friends made a semi-circle around them.

"Before we begin," Bulma, surprisingly started. "Please, please, don't tell me you payed money for that," she jerked a thumb to the air car sitting at the water's edge, "hunk of absolute junk."

Chi-Chi gave a nervous giggle, "no I, uh, stole it."

Her dad gave her a disapproving look but Bulma just snorted. "You probably did the owner a favor than; could that thing even fly?"

"Barely."

"Chi-Chi, you stole it?" The disapproval covered her father's voice like a blanket on a hot day. Smothering and unnecessary, in Goku's opinion. "You should know better than to do that."

His wife, however was clearly not bothered by it. "I don't want to hear about that from you, dad." Well, not bothered too much.

"I think," master Roshi interrupted, "we're getting a little off topic here. And Bulma, it's hot out, why don't you change into something a little lighter and more comfortable?"

"Yamcha, punch him for me?"

Master Roshi snorted, "he's my student, he wouldn't hit his master-ow!" The former bandit only shrugged at his master's glare.

"Thank you Yamcha."

"No problem babe."

In all honesty, Goku was still a little wary about letting Bulma be around Chi-Chi. There was really no reason to be, Bulma wasn't the type to hurt someone just to be with another person. Besides, even in her weakened state, Goku could tell that Chi-Chi would be able to beat Bulma in a fight. Still, a part of him really wanted to prove to Bulma that he belonged to Chi-Chi and no one else. However now wasn't the time or the place for something like that.

Soon enough, his friends calmed down enough to listen to his wife. She was still nervous about talking, he could tell, but there was honestly nothing she could say that would make him think any less of her.

"Do- do you know what happened, the day I disappeared? That Goku and I had a fight?" The group as a whole nodded. "Well, I went to take a walk to, you know, clear my head and calm down. Just when I was going to head back and get started on dinner I was approached by these men. They were dressed oddly and they kept asking questions about Goku. What kind of things he liked, his thoughts on how the world was… It got strange."

She leaned her leg against his shoulder. "They said they saw him at the World Tournament and wanted to know if he was interested in a job. But considering what we'd just fought about… I told them no." She closed her eyes and sighed, "they didn't like that answer, but I think they'd expected it because the next thing I knew, something hit me.

"I must have been knocked out because I woke up somewhere else. I was in a van, I knew that much. I was tied up and all I could hear was them saying how Goku would have to join them because they had me." She put a hand on Goku's shoulder. "I didn't really understand much else of what they were talking about. They kept mentioning rebuilding their army or something like that. It didn't sound like anything good though, so I knew I had to escape."

Goku covered her hand with his. Despite how it'd turned out and how mad she'd been at the time, he was glad she'd taken his wants into account and refused a job on his behalf.

"It wasn't easy getting out, but somehow I managed. I had no clue where I was or how long I'd been unconscious for though. But it was night and I think I was somewhere north? All I knew was that I wasn't near Mount Paozu or the Diablo Desert. So I just picked a direction and ran," she shrugged. "They found me just after dawn, but I managed to get away again." Chi-Chi rubbed at her face with her free hand. "That kept happening, over and over again, until I was too tired to run or fight back. They got me and I blacked out again.

"This time, when I woke up I was locked up in some sort of lab. There was no one else around and I managed to escape again. I'd been taken somewhere far to the northwest, I wasn't sure how I was going to get back considering I had no money or ID, but I figured if I could get to a police station or even just a phone it'd be fine. It took three days before they found me again."

For some reason Krillin got up and went inside. It was kind of annoying for his friend to do that, but Goku was more focused on Chi-Chi's words. "It was more of a fight this time and I did manage to get away…but it wasn't easy. I managed to find a small town to recover in. But when I tried to call home no one was there."

Goku's shoulders sagged guiltily; he was never very good at sitting around indoors. Even though in the early days of her disappearance her father had told him to wait near the phone in case she called, he'd spend all day flying around on the Nimbus looking for her. He could have found her so much sooner if he'd waited. He thought he heard Bulma say something about a machine but he honestly wasn't paying that much attention to anyone other than Chi-Chi.

A gentle squeeze on his shoulder brought him out of his thoughts. There was nothing he could do to change the past, Chi-Chi was here now and that's what was important. Fortunately, Goku didn't miss much of Chi-Chi's story as Krillin had returned with a glass of water. Chi-Chi smiled gratefully at him as she took the drink. It was really thoughtful of his friend.

His wife continued after taking a drink. "I couldn't get through to dad's home, or even the Pleasant Valley area in general."

"Mmn, we have been having phone issues for a while," her dad mused. It seemed annoying and unlucky but Goku didn't know why it was that important.

Chi-Chi must have known something Goku didn't though since she nodded. "After a while I couldn't even connect to our home either. Anyway, I had only managed to stay for a while before they found me again. After that it was much the same. They'd find me, I'd fight and get away, then recover for a few days before they'd find me again. Then I managed to find a small place with a clinic and I found I was pregnant." Her hand left Goku's shoulder and rested on her stomach, but her gaze was on their son still sleeping in her dad's arms. "Fighting didn't seem like such a good idea after that. There was too much risk of one of them getting lucky and hurting my baby.

"It wasn't long after that they realized I was pregnant as well; they were much less violent about trying to capture me at least. They still chased after me and kept me trapped in the north, even though I did manage to slowly make my way east. It seemed like they let me recover a bit longer between harrying me as well, though I'm not sure how intentional that was.

"They did manage to keep me away from larger cities or towns that had police in them." She shuddered, "I know it's cowardly but… Just seeing their symbol terrified me, and I wasn't about to risk the chance of another confrontation when it could've hurt Gohan. Then he was born and I still couldn't risk fighting them. Only it was even harder, because I couldn't feed Gohan and myself most of the time and-" She cut herself off, taking a deep breath.

"I couldn't stay anywhere long enough to get a job. Some people were kind enough to offer me money, others gave me some things. I had to steel the rest. It wasn't enough, usually. It took some time as well, but I managed to find the coordinates of this island. I figure it wouldn't be as difficult for me to get to as home would be. So I stole the air car…"

"And you planned to leave Gohan here while you lead them away." Master Roshi finished for her. "We found the letter in the box you were carrying Gohan in."

Chi-Chi nodded tiredly, "yeah."

They all lapsed into silence at that conclusion. Goku knew she left a lot out, but he supposed it didn't really matter right now.

It was Yamcha that broke the silence. "How many guys were there?"

"At least five. They only ever came at me in groups of three though, and a lot of them looked the same."

"Why didn't you call us?" Bulma asked. "If they somehow figured you'd call Goku or your dad, you could have called Kame house, or even me."

"I didn't know your phone numbers, and a random woman calling Capsule Corp. saying that they're the wife of a friend of Bulma's is just going to get that number blocked."

The blue haired woman grimaced but nodded, though Goku really didn't understand why. The people at Bulma's dad's workplace seemed pretty nice to him.

"Did you try calling the police?" Bulma continued.

"Several times, that only led to the people chasing me to show up faster."

"Who were the ones chasing you?" Krillin asked.

Chi-Chi shrugged at that question. "I don't know, they never said their name. But they had their symbol everywhere. It looked like two connected triangles with two R's facing each other."

That sounded familiar, but Goku couldn't place it. From the look on his friend's faces, they couldn't quite place it either.

"How good were they at fighting?" He asked. They'd have to be good, right? Chi-Chi was a strong fighter.

"Not very good." He looked up at her in confusion. He honestly had a hard time imagining his wife being defeated in a fight. Granted the first few times he could understand, she was hurt, tired and probably hungry as well. But after? She looked away apologetically and his heart sank, he hadn't meant to make her feel bad or guilty. "They had strange weapons with them. Their team work was also very good, I couldn't focus on one of them long enough to take them down."

Bulma had perked up a bit when she mentioned weapons. "What kind of weapons?"

Chi-Chi grimaced. "They had at least two and they were color coded, thankfully so I can even tell you which one does what. They have a purple one that shoots some sort of sticky substance, it slowed me down a lot but it was also the safest one to get hit with. The other one, the green one shot out acid and that…" Her eyes went distant and her arm went to her left side, not to guard it this time, but to touch it as if remembering something. She snapped out of it quickly though. "Th-thankfully water seems to get it off well enough. They stopped using it on me after I started showing-"

She stopped talking but it sounded like she'd wanted to say more. Goku didn't push her though, none of the others did either. He wasn't sure what she meant by showing but whatever it was, he was glad that they stopped.