Chapter three – Married Life?
This had to be the work of that old Babba woman. It had to be, he remembered Goku calling her old hag and old witch when he had first met the woman. She must have used her magic against him… it couldn't be any other way.
But why though? Why would that crazy woman put him in some weird illusion world in which he had a wife and two children?
It had been years since he had last seen Marron, why would Babba place her as his wife?!
"Ah, there you are!" a very familiar hoarse voice appeared behind him. Uub narrowed his eyes, "Babba…" he slowly turned around and saw the old woman floating a few feet away from him. A mean smirk covered her face.
"What have you done?"
"By all, what do you mean Uub?"
He gritted his teeth, "What do you mean, what do I mean?! I see you for the first time since years yesterday, some how managed to make you angry and the very next morning I wake up to find myself in a home with a wife and two children!" he exclaimed.
The smirk never left the old woman's face, "Ah –that-."
"You cursed me didn't you?!"
The woman raised an eyebrow, "You find being married to a beautiful young wife and having two young children would be a curse?" she asked ridiculously.
"I have you know that there are many men around on this planet who would gladly trade with you. To have a woman that loves you and have two children who adore you."
Uub's fists started to shake by his sides, "You know what I mean!" he spat at her. Manners be damned, he didn't liked to be fooled, didn't like it when people used magic on him and played with his mind like that.
"You have no right to interfere in my life! I have led a peaceful and honest life; I did nothing to deserve this kind of treatment!"
"You'd think that a young man of your age, who has grown up in a tribe surrounded with family would love to have a family again. You act as if it's the worst thing in the world to have a family, to have a home." The woman spoke back in a surprisingly calm voice. Not at least affected by Uub's out burst.
"I didn't say that those children were curses and I don't think you heard me say that M-.. Marron was a bad person or couldn't be a good wife!"
"Oh but you wouldn't want to be married with her either." The witch said knowingly.
"What?!" he shook his head, "I broke up with Marron years ago, what ever I have felt for her at that time is long gone now! So no, I do not wish to be married with a woman who I no longer love!"
Babba laughed at this and shook her head, "Are you certain that you do not love her any more? Or are those dreams you have of her nearly every night just… about another blonde haired young woman?"
Uub's eyes grew wide, "What do you know about my dreams?!" he spat, "You have no right!"
She let out another laugh, "I make it my right to wander inside your mind Uub."
"Why?! Why are you doing this to me?!"
Shaking her head, "Tsk, tsk, tsk Uub. This little illusion is not going to last forever; I am merely showing you a glimpse of how your life would have turned out to be. You told me yesterday that all the choices you have made in your life were the right ones and you had no regrets what so ever."
She bared her teeth grinning at him, "I am just showing you what would have happened if you had made one choice differently. That is all Uub that is all."
Uub blinked, "So what do you want me to do? Can't you just turn everything back?"
Babba shook her head, "Not until you know and understand why I was so angry with you yesterday."
"No sorry-" she quickly added the moment Uub made signs of protest, "The spell was formed that way and even I can't change the rules. You'll just have to lead this life the way you always did in this illusion. Be the husband, be the father and do what you were good at."
With that said she disappeared with a loud pop, leaving a very angry and confused Uub behind.
So… he had to go back? Go back to Marron and be her husband?
Be the father of those two young children?
He rubbed his temples and sat back down again, a splitting headache was cracking up his skull. The old w- no wait, old –hag- said that he had to lead the life of a husband and father, the sooner the spell would be broken and he could go back to his old life again.
No wonder Goku called her an old hag; she was mean to the core!
Just great, just absolutely great… how was he supposed to start living that life? From the looks of it he had been married to Marron for quite some time now. He didn't remember a thing of it, didn't remember getting back together, didn't remember marrying her or remembered how they got their house.
For crying out loud, he didn't even know the names of their children!
This was definitely not going to be easy.
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He decided to walk back to that house instead of flying; the longer it took him to get there the more he could post pone the next encounter with his… family.
It also gave him a little bit more time to try and figure out how he was going to pull through with all of this. How he would be able to look at Marron lovingly. He supposed he had to since she was his wife after all and a married couple had to be in love.
How was he going to be the father of his two children, he didn't even know how old they were or their names…
He sighed as he kept on walking, jumping over the streaming lake and keeping track of the low ki's that belonged to his new family.
Uub did notice the strong ki's that belonged to his two 'sons'. Both apparently had inherited part of his strength, he knew this for sure. He did wonder a couple of times if he'd ever train them, one of them sure did seem old enough to learn some martial arts.
That was what must have excited him the most since he had woken up that morning, or better yet, since he had realized that he had to lead this new life as good as possible till the spell would be worn out.
He heaved another sigh his eyes constantly on the forest ground below his feet; he didn't stop to look around him as he often did when ever he decided to walk through the forest. His mind was too cluttered with the new situation and he didn't even realize that while he was walking he walked straight up to a with trees covered hill.
It wasn't until the shadows of the trees had disappeared all around him that he found himself in a clearing. Looking up his eyes grew wide landing on the simple wooden house that was built right in the edge of the hill side. Behind the house the hill kept on going up. After turning around he realized with a jolt that this was the very same hill he had paid million of visits to ever since he was a child.
Now years later, in this new life it seemed that he decided to make this hill side his new home.
"Ah there he is Marron! You see? He probably went out to train before we would leave!" he heard the familiar voice of Krillen Kuri, Marron's father appear from behind him.
Uub abruptly turned around and saw the tiny aged man standing in the door opening, his face still turned through the door talking to who ever was inside. "No Marron, he is just fine, yes Juu I'll tell him that." The man spoke reassuringly and finally walked out of the house after shutting the door behind him.
They locked eyes for a short while, Uub blinked in surprise as he watched Krillen tip toeing towards him every now and then casting a glance over his shoulder to make sure no one in the house was watching him.
Standing up on his toes Krillen whispered, "I don't know why you ran of like that this morning, but you managed to freak Marron out. And you know how much Juu hates to see Marron like that, so..." he whispered in an even lower tune, "be careful."
With that said Krillen gently pushed Uub towards the house. Uub swallowed hard as he carefully walked up to the house, from the little time he had spent with Marron's mother Uub remembered all to well that she was a force to reckon with. And he didn't even want to begin to think what Marron would do the moment he came back…
He was in trouble…
Damnit, he should have flown over here instead.
Casting one glance of his shoulder he saw Krillen for at least a long few feet behind him holding his thumbs up and giving him a smile of encouragement. Uub knew that smile all to well, the 'You'll-do-fine-but-truly-you-are-toast smile'.
Taking in one deep breath he walked up on to the wooden porch, reached out to the door knob and opened the door. Jumping straight back the moment he was face to face with a very pissed off woman.
"And where have you been?" the woman known as Juuhachi, the mother of Marron, glared at him with her arms crossed.
"Ehrm… out, you know, fighting... I mean, training andstuff." He stuttered nervously and gave an unsure smile.
The woman was about to open her mouth until, to Uub's utter relief, "Mom! Let him through, we're late enough as it is!" Marron yelled from the back of the house. "Is daddy back?!" one of the children squealed and ran through the corridor towards his father. Forcing the grandmother to step back, "Don't think I'll let you of the hook that easily." The woman mumbled and walked back in to the house.
"So where'd you go?!" one of the children asked as he walked in to the house, "Well-" "That is something I would love to hear, Uub." Marron's voice popped up, Uub briefly wondered what it was with people lately, popping up out of nowhere scarring the living daylights out of him.
"I was just out training… didn't feel, you know, right and all…"
"Rice, go back and help your brother with his shoes." Marron had her arms crossed across her chest in the same way her mother had done before. Uub briefly noted that the eldest child's name was Rice; Uub blinked watching the child's retrieving form.
'Weird name…'
"Are you even listening to me Uub?!" Marron nearly shrieked and walked up closer to him, Uub looked down. Well one thing hadn't changed since he had last seen Marron she was still as short, taller then her father but shorter then her mother. Her head ended just around the height of his nose and-
Her finger poked in to his chest, he blinked as he realized he once again paid little to no attention to what she was saying. "I am sorry, what?"
"Ulgh! Unbelievable!" Marron spat, "You're acting like a ten year old child! Listen Uub, you'd better not ever do –that- to me again ever!" she raised her voice with each word that came out.
"Especially not on a day like today, you got that?!"
Uub gulped, her blue eyes were close to firing off whatever fire that was burning in them. He nodded and smiled uneasy, "Will never do that again." He said truthfully. Her face softened only by a little as she relaxed, "Good, now go upstairs and get dressed we're late enough as we are."
Nodded he headed up the stairs, though stopped halfway, "Uhm, Marron?" he smiled sheepishly, "I must have knocked my head during the training or something, but erhm, where are we going again?" he asked hoping she would believe he was just clueless for this morning and not for one moment considered that he might have no memory of their lives together what so ever….
Marron sighed and placed her hands on her hips, "You really forgot?" she asked him, raising an eyebrow.
"Well… yeah…" he gave of what he hoped an easy going smile.
Another sigh left her lips, "We're going to the Capsule Corporation, you know the annual picnic the Briefs always throw?"
Uub paused, "Oh right…" at least that stayed the same.
"Now hurry up!" Marron yelled. And he quickly rushed over the stairs, walked in to the wrong rooms a couple of times before ending up in his and Marron's bedroom. Found some clothes of which he assumed were his and got dressed.
To Be Continued…
A/N : Poor Uub, he has to get used to this life for now… how will he survive?! Thank you for your review ShinigamiRem, I hope this chapter was worth the wait! =D
Even though I am very much aware of the fact that I didn't tell Alex about this, just yet.
Dedicated to my dearest of all friends, Alex, this for you!