Chapter 7
Videl
Videl actually woke up before Gohan could wake her up and immediately started stretching out. Gohan came in and started blushing to the sight of her bent over and touching her forehead to her shins, her butt right there for him to see. "Enjoying the view?" she asked her flustered husband. His even redder face was all the answer she needed as she got up and continued stretching out. "D-didn't expect you to get up so soon," Gohan told her. "I don't want to waste any time today. I'm going to show you just how good I really am," Videl said as she started stretching her upper body. "You already stretch?" Videl asked. "Yeah," Gohan told her. "Okay," Videl said as she stretched for fifteen more minutes before getting dressed in her gi. She would definitely need to wash it after today, it was starting to smell.
Videl headed downstairs and saw Gohan already made a quick breakfast of some eggs and toast for them, with coffee. They quickly ate, and Piccolo arrived. Videl smiled up at him when he came inside and said, "Piccolo, I really appreciate you doing this for us. This will take a while before I'm up to snuff." Piccolo gave his usual small smile and said, "It's no problem, Pan's been taking this opportunity to train with me. She's really hoping to spar with you when you're stronger, you know. If you really want to thank me, then train hard so you don't disappoint her." "I will," Videl promised, and went outside with Gohan. She climbed on Gohan's back, and he flew her to the island.
She got off him and jumped back, bouncing in place with her hands on-guard and ready to fight. Gohan took his own fighting stance, and Videl immediately went on the offensive. Gohan easily caught her fists and spread her arms, but Videl caught him by surprise by kicking his wide-open stomach. Gohan let go of her then landed a punch to her stomach before she could continue her assault. Videl backed up, fighting the pain, Gohan was pulling his punches, sure, but he was making sure that each blow he landed would hurt. Videl blocked Gohan's follow-up kick then deflected a punch to try to land one of her own, but Gohan caught her arm again and pulled her around, tossing her. Videl went with it and managed to do a front flip to land on her feet, then quickly did a back kick just as Gohan approached, hitting his chest and buying her some distance. Videl spun around and let her ki flow through her, before rocketing forward.
Gohan barely avoided her elbow, then kicked her in the back, making her lose her footing. Videl barely managed to avoid falling before Gohan was in front of her and landed a backfist to her chin. Gohan then appeared in front of her again, but she barely blocked his kick, but the strength in it still sent her backward, leaving divots in the ground. "Am I going too hard for you?" Gohan asked her, concerned. "No! I can take it," Videl said as her ki aura swirled around her, "Keep coming at me like this!" Gohan nodded and they continued their sparring match. For hours, until the sun rose, they fought, Gohan landing many more strikes on Videl than she did on him, however, she refused to give up. In the end, her arms and legs were turning purple from all the bruises, her knuckles and feet were sore, and she had a large bruise on her face, but Videl was still satisfied, she was that much closer, that much stronger. Gohan reached into his gi and pulled out a small brown leather bag. He reached in and pulled out a senzu bean, tossing it to her.
Videl caught it and ate the senzu bean, healing her injuries, "Thanks babe. How many of those do we have?" "Hundreds," Gohan said with a smile, "I visited Korin yesterday, and he said that he's been saving them up for eight years since the Tournament of Power, and he had some bumper crops. He gave me a whole jar full of senzu beans when I told him what I needed them for." "Good idea," Videl said, looking at her healed reflection in the ocean. Videl went to Gohan and smiled up at him before wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him into a kiss. "I really appreciate all this training you're helping me with. I can already feel that it's working," she told him. Gohan smiled back at her, "Videl, you and Pan make my life complete. I'll do whatever I can to make you happy." Videl kissed him again, then let him pick her up so he could fly them back home.
Krillin
Krillin got up early like always and checked his calendar, it was a training day, he had rested yesterday. He got out of bed quietly and got to work stretching out. He sensed as Eighteen watched him, she didn't need to sleep, but she'd do it anyway for his sake. "Come on, you can do better than that," she encouraged him to stretch further, "You're going to let our daughter get ahead of you that easily?" Krillin pushed himself and stretched just that little bit more before stopping. He got up and changed into a sleeveless wifebeater shirt and exercise shorts and headed for their gym. Marron was already there, finishing up her own stretches and wearing her orange gi with her normal pink armbands and shoes. Father and daughter used the various equipment in the gym to work themselves harder than any normal person could, every weight machine was set to maximum weight and their treadmill was set to a mountain trail at its top speed of seventy miles an hour.
Krillin and Marron went through every workout machine they had in their home gym and did various free weight workouts while Eighteen watched with a smirk from the doorway. About thirty minutes before dawn, they stopped and stretched again, together. When they were done, Marron gave a contented sigh, "Man, I think I like it better when we train together, Dad. It always pushes me to do better." "Same here, Sweetie. I guess we got time for a fifteen-minute spar," Krillin said, checking the clock. "Let me get my weighted clothes and I'll meet you outback," Marron said, and quickly ran to her room. Eighteen chuckled as Marron ran at a speed comparable to a racecar, and Krillin headed to their backyard. Marron was there a minute later, ready to go.
Krillin made the first move, charging in with a kick to her head. Marron leaned back to avoid it and tried to kick him while he was in the air, but Krillin flew up just enough to dodge her kick before falling to the ground. Marron went for punches next, but Krillin blocked all of them, before she managed to sweep his feet out from under him. Whoa! Training with Vegeta over the weekend really made her faster! Krillin thought as he caught himself and blasted a ki ball at Marron to distract her. Marron blocked the ki ball but Krillin kicked her stomach. Marron took the kick and went with it's force to jump back before summoning a Destructo-Disc and tossing it at Krillin. "WHOA!" Krillin yelled before countering the Destructo-Disc with his own. The two attacks met in mid-air, making noises like screeching metal as Marron tested her Father's power. "MARRON! THAT'S TOO DANGEROUS!" Krillin scolded before pouring his power into his own Destructo-Disc, tearing through Marron's. Marron was too shocked to move, and Krillin quickly made his Destructo-Disc fly into the sky above her before dissipating it.
Krillin walked over to her, angry in ways only a Father who had been disobeyed could be. "Don't. Do that. Again. Not here. Do you understand me!?" "But I-" "Do you understand me!?" Krillin scolded her. "Yes, Dad," Marron said. "Tell me why that was dangerous," Krillin said, crossing his arms. "I could have killed you," Marron admitted. "And?" Krillin said. "Uh…" Marron didn't know what else he wanted to hear. "You could have killed our neighbors too!" Krillin said, pointing at the houses behind him, "That attack would go through their houses, and everything in them, like a hot knife through butter. That's why I told you to only use it when your life is in danger, and you're ready to kill to protect it. You can control it, but you need to train more with it before you're at my level." Marron turned pale and swallowed, "I'm sorry Dad. I forgot about everything, I was so focused on the fight…" Krillin took a deep breath and let it out, "I know. This is partially my fault for not doing a better job of teaching you to be mindful of your surroundings. From now on, when you spar, we'll need to go fly someplace where there are no innocent people around, alright?"
"Okay," Marron said. Krillin hugged her close and told her, "Marron, I am proud of you for how far you've come. But you need to be more careful. Especially now." "I know Dad. But, it feels like now I can finally shine, to be a hero, like you, Mom, Goku-jii-san, Tien-jii-san, Chiaotzu, Yamcha-jii-san, Vegeta-san, Gohan-nii-san, Uncle Seventeen, Piccolo-san, Trunks, Goten, and Master Roshi were years ago. And yet, I'm still being held back," Marron told him. "It's not all it's cracked up to be, trust me," Krillin told her. After letting her go, Krillin said, "Let's go have some breakfast, I still got my job, and you got school to do." "Right," Marron said, and they went back inside.
After breakfast, a shower, and change into his uniform, Krillin kissed his wife and daughter goodbye and headed to the Station. He arrived to see Videl already at her desk filling out paperwork. "Morning, Sarge," Videl greeted him. "Morning Videl. So, what's the paperwork for?" "The Chief wants to make sure we're ready to lead a new department of ki fighters, if necessary. He's talking with the Mayor about it in our budget," she told him. "How's Yamcha doing?" he asked her. "Already training the volunteers. I saw what they were doing, a little. He's really working them hard right now," Videl told him. "Well, Master Roshi worked me and Goku over pretty good. We had to do stuff like deliver milk through a wild animal filled, mountainous, island, help some construction workers with basic tools, and even farm, with our bare hands to till the soil," Krillin told her, Videl's eyes grew wider with every description. "Wow…I guess Gohan really is going easy on me if all we're doing is basic exercises, meditation, and sparring," she said. Krillin chuckled and got to work on his own paperwork, filling in all his information and making sure to say he was willing to make it a regular position for an extra hundred-fifteen-million Zeni a year; had to pay for Marron's Future College somehow.
They handed in the paperwork with the Chief and Krillin asked, "So, has there been any news?" "None," the Chief told him, "We learned that the kid was a juvenile delinquent, Kiba, with a record of petty burglary and starting fights. The last two years there was no word after he ran away from home, and then the next thing we know, he's robbing an antiques shop and has learned how to use ki. He was trying to steal on old necklace, according to the owner of the antiques store it was at least three-hundred years old, made with electrum, a gold-silver alloy, and worth about two-billion Zeni." Krillin whistled when he heard the value of the necklace, "No wonder he was trying to steal it." "And we have no clues about where he could have learned how to use ki? What about the investigation into Master Flying Stork?" Videl asked.
"Garbanzo and Cashew can't find any records of Master Flying Stork, or his Assistant, Emu, in Satan City or any other major cities. That said, according to them they lived, grew up, and trained in more rural areas or out in the wilderness, and traveled the world. They also found no sign of them committing any crimes according to the International Criminal Database. We would take fingerprints or DNA, but we can't force them to since we have no solid evidence against them. It's all circumstantial, plus there's the tape showing they were nowhere near the area when Kiba was killed. Is teleportation possible for ki users?" the Chief asked Krillin. "Well, yeah," Krillin admitted, "But as far as I know, Goku is the only person on Earth who can do it, and we know he didn't kill the kid." "How does that work?" the Chief asked. Krillin rubbed his head and admitted, "I have no idea. I never thought to ask Goku about the particulars, he didn't learn it on Earth, he learned it from a race of aliens called the Yardrats." "Aliens!?" the Chief said, and nearly fell out of his chair.
"Y-yeah. Look Chief, like I said, I've been in fights that are on a whole other level, the Universe is larger than you can imagine," Krillin explained to the now shaking Chief. "I-I-I see," the Chief said, "So, Cell was…" "Part-alien, mostly, he was a bio-android made from the cells of Earth's greatest warriors," Krillin told him. The Chief stared at Krillin for a minute, then took a deep breath. He closed his eyes and told Krillin and Videl, "You should go out on patrol now." "You alright, Chief?" Videl asked him. "I'll be fine, I just need to go check out the firing range a little," the Chief said, taking out his gun, "You two just focu on your jobs." "Yes sir!" Krillin and Videl said and headed out.
For the next five hours, it was nothing too special, just the usual handing out tickets and helping tourists. They returned to the Station to eat their lunch, then headed back out on patrol. Another three hous passed without incident for them, until Krillin suddenly sensed a strong ki signature power up, two, three! "Oh man! That's Marron's ki!" Krillin yelled as an explosion went off in the distance. Krillin and Videl got out of their car and Capsulized it, Krillin thanked the higher budget for letting the Police get Capsule Corp Cars, and they flew off to the source of the explosion. They arrived at Satan City Mall, the Jewelry Store was up in flames, and they heard the sound of fighting from outside it. They saw people who were unconscious and Krillin ordered Videl to get them out of danger, while he followed the sounds of fighting and followed a path of destruction that led to the center of the Mall. People were running out the Mall, at least the smart ones were. The dumb ones were recording the fight on their phones.
Two punks, one with a pink mohawk and a sleeveless shirt with torn jeans, and another one with normal brown hair and wearing a sleevless shirt with camo pants and army boots, were fighting with Marron. Krillin saw that she was holding her own despite being outnumbered and saw her kick Mohawk Guy in his chin hard enough to send him flying into a Shoe Store before landing a hard elbow into Camo Guy's stomach, making him back away from her. Marron seized her chance and landed a hard right-hook to Camo Guy's jaw, knocking him clean out. "Marron!" Krillin yelled as he went to her. "I'm alright!" Marron said. "What happened?" Krillin asked. "Mya, Kuki, and me were window shopping, at the Jewelry Store, when those two guys started breaking the display cases and taking the jewelry. I told them to leave, and I started fighting them, when the guy with the pink hair blasted a ki wave and destroyed the store! Then we fought our way here. Did you see how I knocked them out?"
Krillin was more concerned with the broken nose Marron had and the bleeding cut on her forehead, but then sensed Mohawk Guy start to power up again. Krillin quickly turned and blasted a ki wave to counter the guy's own attack. Holy crap! This guy's stronger than Kiba! Like three times as strong almost! Mohawk Guy stopped his assault and Krillin yelled, "Who taught you those techniques?!" Mohawk Guy looked at him and recognized Krillin, "You're the guy that beat Kiba. Don't think you'll take me down that easily!" Mohawk Guy brought his hands together and formed a diamond shape with his hands. Krillin realized what he was about to do and Krillin screamed, "DON'T DO IT! IT'LL KILL YOU!" The guy ignored him and Krillin yelled, "MARRON MOVE!" "TRI-BEAM!" Krillin and Marron barely dodged the attack, but the wall behind them was destroyed as more people started screaming.
"TRI-BEAM!" Mohawk Guy yelled again, aiming for Krillin. Krillin dodged the attack and cupped his hands together, powering up, "KAA-MEE-HAA-MEE…" Krillin flew around as he powered up to make sure Mohawk Guy's attention was on him. Mohawk Guy was breathing heavily but prepared another attack. "TRI-BEAM!" "HHHHHHHAAAAAAAAA!" Krillin yelled, as the two attacks clashed together. Krillin's Kamehameha was stopped for a second, but Krillin poured more power into his attack, tearing through Mohawk Guy's Tri-Beam and slamming into him, knocking him straight into the ground, out cold. "Dad! That was amazing!" Marron yelled, excited. "This isn't the time to be excited!" Krillin told her, seeing the destruction in the Mall. He heard the sound of people screaming and realized that some people were trapped. "Help me get the civilians out of danger! And if you got it, get your Deputy Badge on!" Krillin ordered his daughter.
Marron dug into her denim jacket pocket and clipped on her Deputy Badge, then followed Krillin to the wall that had been destroyed by Mohawk Guy's Tri-Beam. "…help us…" someone yelled from behing the rubble. "DON'T WORRY! THE POLICE ARE HERE! AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ON THE WAY!" Krillin yelled, "Marron, help me get this rubble out of the way, I'm sensing about five, no, six people behind it, they're trapped." "Got it!" Marron yelled as she and Krillin started grabbing large chunks of rubble and tossing it out of the way. After two minutes, they managed to clear it enough for six people, a salesman, two teen boys, a father and his two young kids, to get out. "Thank you!" the Father said to Krillin and Marron as the EMT's arrived. Krillin saw them approach Mohawk Guy and Camo Guy and quickly yelled, "HEY! Those two are the cause of all this! Make sure they're detained! Keep them under armed guard!" Two police officers that arrived with the EMT's heard him and quickly cuffed them both to their stretchers and went with them.
Videl went up to Krillin and Marron, "You guys alright?" "Yeah, we're fine, what about the civilians?" Krillin asked. "Thankfully no one was killed, about a dozen people were hurt by debris, but the only serious injury I heard of was a man with a broken shoulder. Marron, you saved a lot of people today," Videl said, putting her hand on Marron's shoulder. "You sure did," Krillin told her. Marron smiled as EMT's started bandaging her injuries. Though Krillin was smiling with fatherly pride on the outside, inside, he was scared stiff, Who the Hell are these guys!?
Author's Note: The User 'I Before A Except After K' informed me that 1 Zeni is equal to 1 Japanese Yen, so I edited this chapter to reflect that by changing some monetary values. If that raise Krillin's requesting seems a little high for a police officer, that's why, because 1 Japanese Yen is worth 0.0091 U.S. Dollars as of this writing. My brain cracked a little when I wrote it.