Chapter 6: Unease.
Kakarotto gazed at Chichi intently. Slowly he turned the rest of his body to get a better look at her. She was quiet, something he rarely saw from her. With his hand he gently brushed the hair away from her face. Then the change in her scent hit him hard that he took a sharp intake. She liked him…a lot. He gently smiled at her; he liked her a lot too.
Where Kakarot was from being in a warrior race meant that life was short and if you cared for someone, you didn't hang around, you seize the moment. Carpe diem.
As a light breeze picked up he slowly leaned in, watching her carefully. His nose lightly grazed across her cheek before tenderly rubbing his cheek against hers, causing her to close her eyes at the touch.
She nuzzled back, feeling his smile widened, making her feel things she never thought she could feel. It so was warm and fuzzy that the woman in her liked it. But something just didn't quite bode well for the Amazon in her. It was just too foreign for her. Just as he brushed his lips gently against hers she bolted. Speedily backing away from him; that was way too foreign for her.
"Chichi?" he asked confusedly.
"I, err, gotta go" the Amazon said hastily as she got up from the floor.
"Why?" he asked, getting up himself.
"It's late and I-I've been gone for quite some time" she said.
"But you are a warrior, you can take care of yourself" Kakarotto said, wanting her to stay.
"Yes, but my family would mind" Chichi said.
"I'm sure they'd understand" Kakarotto said.
"You are forgetting that I am an Amazon, spending time with a man, let alone a male challenger, is frowned upon" Chichi said.
"Where I'm from spending time with a woman is a time of peace" Kakarotto said, slightly hurt by that.
She looked unsure at him. These weird feelings were starting to make her doubt herself and were getting confusing. She let him touch her and he…kissed her. Was it to do with his eyes? She wasn't quite sure, he was gentle all the way through and still she was unsure by the whole thing. Stepping into this new territory was getting very scary for her.
"I'm still an Amazonian Princess" Chichi said.
She turns and begins to walk away.
"Chichi, did I do something wrong?" Kakarot asked.
She stopped and gazed over her shoulder. He was confused like her but for different reasons. Didn't she like him like he liked her?
"No" Chichi said. "See ya around Kakarot"
And before Kakarotto could do anything, she disappeared in a flash of light.
Leaning against a white pillar Shashu watched her cousin enter the Palace, heading to her room. She had missed a great feast with the T-Rex she had caught. Shashu didn't understand it. Chichi always ate what she hunted. Her cousin was predictable but lately she wasn't. She was changing.
"Where have you been?" Shashu asked.
Her cousin jumped and turned to her. Shashu raised an eyebrow. Since when did her voice, her presence made Chichi jump, she was usually the one that made people jump.
"Shashu! I went back to hunt." Chichi said, sighing.
"You hunted when you already hunted" Shashu said.
"Yes, tracking helps my training" Chichi explained.
Shashu raised her eyebrow even higher.
"I never heard that one before" Shashu said.
"I use my ki to sense out my prey" Chichi said.
Shashu looked mildly impressed but that didn't leave her suspicions alone.
"What have you been tracking?" Shashu asked.
"Another Rex" Chichi answered.
"Is it dead?" Shashu asked.
"Yes" Chichi said.
Shashu looked surprised. Chichi, leaving fresh meat from her kill, what next?
"Why did you kill it and leave it there?" Shashu asked.
"It was already dead by the time I tried to kill it" Chichi said, Kakarotto had seen to that.
"Hmph must have died of a heart-attack" Shashu said thoughtfully, despite being far from the truth. "And yet, why leave it?"
"It looked nauseating to be eaten" Chichi said, half lying, half telling the truth.
"You track a sick one?" Shashu said, bemused.
"Tracking on a small scale of ki is harder, it's too blurred with other ki signatures" Chichi said.
"I think you're losing your touch Chi" Shashu smirked.
"I am not" Chichi growled. "I can still kick your ass, Shashu!"
Shashu sighed, backing down.
"I'm sorry, it's just lately…I can't help but see something different" Shashu said "Like you're…distracted"
Chichi sighed tiredly.
"Why are you worried about me Shu? I can take care of myself" Chichi said.
"I know that but…I keep on getting this bad feeling that something is happening" Shashu said.
"To do with me?" Chichi probed gently.
"Maybe, too tired to think about it more" Shashu said. "But seriously Chichi, you do seem to be troubled."
"Just the up coming fight" Chichi reassured her cousin "I've never fought a man quite like him."
"You already fought him?" Shashu said.
"It was just a spar, no ki power at all" Chichi said.
Shashu took a deep breath, shaking her head in disbelief before becoming serious.
"What did you learn?" Shashu asked.
"He's strong, stronger that anyone I ever faced" Chichi said "And happens to be a genius when it comes to battle smarts."
"Must be very good at reading body language" Shashu said, tapping her chin as she thought.
Chichi mildly blushed, turning so her cousin couldn't see. Was that why he kissed her? Did her body betray her or something? This was getting stranger and stranger.
"Mother was right, you will have to step up your training" Shashu said.
"I know" Chichi said. "I better go to bed, I need rest for a while before I continue"
"Okay, goodnight Chichi" Shashu said.
Chichi nodded and left Shashu to her pondering, she didn't see her cousin look towards the night sky intently. Or shiver involuntarily by the bad thought that came. Something was wrong out there.
Somewhere.
"We can not keep up!"
The King of earth looked at little chef in his white uniform. He was in the royal gardens with Prince Vegeta in the morning, talking over about a few things, when the Head Chef appeared out of nowhere. He looked exhausted and very annoyed by the King's eyes. The head chef had marched all the way from the kitchen to the King with his staff when they were given one pretty much impossible task and had enough.
"We are cooking none stop!" the head chef cried. "It is too much to take!"
"You have been warned prior from their arrival that one alone can eat a meal set for ten in one go" the King said.
"We know that!" the head chef said "But now they continuously wish to eat! We can't keep up, some of us hasn't slept for two days now!"
"I'll employ more staff to the kitchen" the King said kindly.
"Not to be rude your majesty, but each staff member of my chef team happen to have been trained by me personally so the dish they produce is by royalty standard. You bring in new people and I will have to train them and that may take months!" the Head Chef cried out in fear, pulling his chef hat over his ears.
Prince Vegeta rolled his eyes at the little man.
"Earth food is a delicacy on Vegetsai; can you blame my people wishing to feast upon it only?" Vegeta asked.
"But, there are too many of you and not enough people to keep up" a fellow chef whined.
"How about this, we shall stick to the normal three square meals a day and no snacking from our kitchens and you so you can rest at the end of the day" the King said and looked at Vegeta "Will there be any uproar from your party?"
"No, I will see that they'll not force your kitchen staff in overtime all the time" Vegeta said.
Vegeta, who personally liked snacking from the royal kitchens, had to agree. Otherwise how else would he enjoy the food these earthlings made and he was just about tasted the different standards the food had from the beginning till now. It was slightly dropping.
"Good, then it's settled" The King smiled, turning to the kitchen staff "Take the day off, so you may rest."
"Oh majesty so kind but we love cooking" the Head Chef said. "We just don't like being overcooked."
As one, all the chefs turned and scurried back to their sanctuary. The Royale Kitchens.
"Sometimes I think it's a bit too late for their brains" the King muttered about his kitchen staff.
"How is your son by the way" Vegeta asked, suddenly being reminded, hoping the idiot was still unconcious.
"Oh better, sleeping it off though" the King said "I think Princess Chichi, may have given amnesia because he can't remember how he got there, nor does his guards for that matter."
"And yet we still have the fight coming up" Vegeta said.
"Indeed" the King said and smiled as an idea came to him "Prince Vegeta, what would you say if I propose to use this fight as a Fundraiser?"
"A…what?" Vegeta said, puzzled.
"A way of making money from the fight." The King explained.
"You wish to commercialize this fight?" Vegeta said.
"In a way, yes. The money that would be profited would go to charity or to the armed-forces if Princess Chichi still wishes to tell her aunt and fight" the King said.
"You think she would tell her aunt" Vegeta said. "Even when Kakarotto wins? That is dishonourable"
"On the contrary, I said 'if' and so I don't think she will" the King said.
"Win?" Vegeta said.
"Tell either way" the King said.
"You are placing a lot of faith in that" Vegeta said, not feeling too confident about whatever the plan or the thought the King was having.
The King smiled at Vegeta before looking into the distance. Towards the Great Mountains, watching the sun rising slowly growing stronger.
"When you have seen the full wonders of life Prince Vegeta, you will understand" the King said "You're more mature then the men on earth at your age but you've still got a lot to learn about life and women".
Vegeta felt a headache coming along.
Oh this was so painful. Writing this particular chapter was really difficult, so I hoped you enjoyed it. Sorry I was late and not being as fast as I was before, my home has been turned upside-down, then my nan's and my birthday, my laptop decided to kill itself and still a bit fretzy with my friend. But she's fine now and pretty much happier now that she's got this hot physiotherapist looking after her back. Karma has a way of fixing things, just wished it would set me up with some hotties. Grumble
Gigglez 1992: Glad the description wasn't too bad with B/V.
Yari: Yep, lot of heat unfortunately it kinda went haywire with Chichi, since she's kinda new to this stuff. I've got more B/V moments coming, just be patient and you'll have the cookie. ;)
Ruth Aose: Thank you!
Darkangel000: Glad you like it so far and looking forward to your review.
Arcadia81: Lol, yeah Vegeta needed the therapist that badly otherwise a lot dead people and pretty much would start a war if he killed Bulma. Love blossoms in the strangest places, so be glad he has the therapist. Hahaha. Thanks, just want to point out that there will be a flash back, also read carefully at Baba's words. Hint hint. You just can't beat destiny!