A/N: This is the part for which I close my eyes and hit the submit button, hoping for the best. Took me long enough and I hope I haven't let anyone down.

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Disclaimer: Do not own DB/Z/KAI.

Chapter four: All my words are falling short.

Bastard, bastard! Her mind screamed alongside her fury, she said no, didn't she?! Clenching her jaw she tried to pry herself away from his firm grip.

How dare he use his strength against her?! Just to get his point across? This was supposed to be romantic but nooooo, he had to go and turn this all into this childish play session and, and,- ChiChi paused, through the mist of her anger she was greeted by his amused grin.

"Don't you dare laugh at this!" She shrieked.

"But, it's fun!" he said and quickly let go of her to dodge a flying fist aimed at his head, which did little to stop him from grinning.

Exasperated she threw her hands up in the air, letting out a loud "Screw this!" and turned to swim back to the shore. Goku followed her for a few feet, only to stop once he stood knee-deep in the water.

Watching her cussing, fussing and storming off in an angry march. Her words in anger only spicing up the tantrum. His first motive of getting her to this lake momentarily forgotten, tempted by the, albeit quite unexpected, promise of a playful spar.

She spun around one more time, his amused stance in the water fired her anger, "Don't make me come back and wipe that grin of your face!" her shrill voice screamed loud enough Goku knew some animals in the forest were running for their lives by now.

Not the least bit phased or intimidated, Goku laughed whole heartedly, "I'd like to see you try!"

And he truly did. He didn't like her angry, certainly didn't like her yelling.

But boy, he sure did love her fighting whenever she was angry.

"You, ULGH!" she yelled and he felt her energy flaring. And all he had to do was wait. Her body tense only to quickly move into action, charging straight towards him.

He smirked and moved the second ChiChi jumped up with an angry cry and pounded her fist against his awaiting arm. Her punch nearly as fierce as that day at the tournament. Holding back a laugh he quickly moved to dodge her oncoming attacks.

He felt a surge of warmth spreading through his body which had nothing to do with the little fighting exercise or the heat of the sun. But everything with that girl fighting him with all she had. Jumping up she aimed a kick towards his head which he quickly dodged.

"You like this, huh?!" she yelled at him and charged back at him in full force.

He laughed and swiftly backed away from her. She moved to kick him. He caught her and threw her back with ease, her fall splashing water all around them. ChiChi rolled through the water, jumped up and swung her leg at him. He arched his back to dodge the kick and finished his move with a back flip.

"Come on Chi! You can do better than that!" he yelled playfully, moving into a fighting stance.

With an angry growl, she yelled "Just watch me!" and jumped up to swung her fist at his head, Goku turned his head just on time. Took hold of her arm and threw her back in to the water.

A yelp followed up by a watery splutter from the Ox Princess was heard. She quickly stood up and moved to fight the frustrating man that she called husband in front of her. Again she ended up hitting nothing but air, clenching her teeth she yelled, "Hold still damn it!"

And so?

He did.

In a blink he caught her and pulled her body hard against his. Effortlessly trapping her petite fighting form into his embrace. Her feet splashed water around as her tiny hands tried to pry his arms of off her.

"Let go!" she yelled. But he didn't, her struggles only made him hold on a bit stronger.

"Stop playing Goku!" she screeched. Her glare shooting daggers at him, yet he smiled.

"There's it again." he said, "That funny thing you do with ya nose." only a bit confused himself to realize that those famous daggers of hers weren't scary in the least.

She froze, her wide eyes staring up at him confused. "W-what?" she managed to ask through raging breaths.

Nope, Goku noted. Definitely not scary, at least not when they were together like this.

"Ya didn't know?" he asked her innocently. Both soaking wet and standing still, ankle-deep in the shallow parts of the lake. Her sweet smell already reaching his senses as he tightened his embrace. Feeling the warmth of her body, her erratic breathing- Damn, he knew he was liking it all a bit too much.

"I don't do anything funny with my nose." she mumbled.

He grinned at that, noticing the raging anger within her had vanished in a matter of a few seconds.

So this is how he could get her to stop yelling at him?

"What…?" she asked warily from the look on his face.

"Just learned something." he said as his eyes left hers and drifted off towards those delicious looking lips. Holding back a breath he leaned down and very gently pressed his lips against hers. He felt her tense body melting right at the touch.

He smiled against her lips, another way to calm her down. If only he had known sooner…

Slowly his lips took in her bottom lip, gently nibbling in the same manner he had remembered her doing to him the night before. She didn't move, not to push him away or to deepen the kiss he seemed to be stealing from her lips.

Snaking his arms around her waist he continued until he finally felt her open her mouth a little bit further.

Goku took another deep breath once his tongue met up with the familiar sweet taste of her mouth.

He did not even need to think of what he should be doing next. And he still couldn't completely understand why. The previous night had taught him enough to already act purely on instinct. How to kiss, how to coax her in to kissing him back.

All of his senses drawn into her, overwhelmed by her scent, her warmth. His mind's common logic was nothing but a distant voice asking hundreds of questions.

Why does she taste so, so.. so delicious? Hands roaming the wet clothes that still hid her naked flesh from him. He tried to grab the wet fabric and tug on it more than once. But it hung on her like a second skin by now.

His nostrils flared as he took in another deep breath, finding himself close to devouring her mouth.

Couldn't get enough.

He could feel her chest pressing up against him, why, why did he have to resist the urge to rub himself against her… why?! Kami why- why did every part of his body ached to feel her naked skin?

His hands on her waist inched towards the small of her back. Fingers sneakily reaching behind the red sash wrapped tightly around her.

Her breath hitched at his movements. She pulled back from the kiss. "You shouldn't have done that." she whispered in a tone of voice that drew out a delicious shiver from him.

Their foreheads still touching, puffs of breaths melting into each other. "Do what?" he heard himself ask.

But the answer did not come in words. With a strong shove the girl had moved a bit too quickly and within seconds had knocked his feet away from underneath him sending him backwards into the water. Quick to sit up and with wide eyes he looked at the fiery princes standing in front of him.

"Ha!" She laughed triumphantly, "Let your guard down!".

"That was dirty…" he mumbled only to jump up to his feet and lunge towards her. But she was quick to jump back laughing whole heartedly at him. Her dark eyes shining bright as she playfully stuck her tongue out at him.

He smirked at that.

"No it wasn't!" she laughed teasingly, "If you can't beat them with strength or speed, do it with charm- iek!" she shrieked in delight and jumped back when he moved to try and grab her. Now with her own playful grin on her face.

ChiChi ran backwards out of the shallow end of the lake only to stop dead in her tracks, "Oh no…". For he, in a blink of an eye had disappeared.

Eyes wide, she gasped once she felt a gush of wind blow around her body and two hands grabbed her arms from behind, roughly pulling her back against his chest.

She winced, his grip a bit too tight, "G-goku?!" her shaky voice stumbled.

"Since we're playing dirty." he spoke in a low voice and with another rough pull turned her around to face him. The playful grin was replaced by a mean looking smirk which caused her heart to move in an alarming, frantic beat. He pulled her body flush against his. She gasped feeling his groin pressed against her.

The smouldering darkness in his eyes, the bruising grip on her arms all rendered ChiChi speechless. The smirk finished the darkened look and ChiChi gulped heavily at this. His grip was hurting her, yet she could not move to stop it. The look in his eyes, so very unlike her Goku.

It should scare her.

Yet it didn't. The logic part of her brain let out a silent protest yet the rest of her heart, body leaned towards him. Craving for his touch. A warm sensation swept through her body down to her very core. She was breathless and felt her tongue move on it's on accord. Moistening her lips, sending him a silent invitation which he took with a bruising force of lips against lips that knocked her off her feet.

She whimpered but that did not stop him. Allowing him to take full control and enjoying every pleasurable moment in it. This time he didn't wait for a silent invite, his tongue thrust through her lips, greedily sweeping through her mouth.

Oh Kami, she had never dreamed in a million years that a kiss could feel like this. Never,- especially not coming from her sweet and innocent Goku, did she think a kiss of this nature… would feel so…

A groan came deep from within her young husband as their tongues continued their fierce battle. The movements of their hungry mouths were accompanied by frantic rough hands pulling on her clothes. The ghost of the painful grip on her arms lingered as she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him down to her.

Goku reached for the red sash wrapped around her small waist. A strong pull caused her to stumble only to be hold up straight again by his arms. Goku growled, damnit, these clothes have got to go!

A moan escaped his throat and he nearly lost it after she rubbed herself against his groin as she moved to stand on her toes. He roughly grabbed her hips earning a surprised yelp of pain from ChiChi, instantly breaking the kiss.

She forcefully pushed him back and just like that, the heated encounter slipped away, "Goku?!".

Surprised dark eyes looked up at him, "You… you hurt me.".

Goku's wide eyes taking in the startled look on her face. He was still breathless, his body in a state as if he had just finished of a fight.

And he had hurt her.

'Whoops'.

"Why'd you do that?!" she asked, her voice slightly raised.

"Sorry!" he quickly said, eyes still wide. Gulping he backed away from her, his hand behind his head he let out a nervous chuckle. "Got carried away…?"

ChiChi looked at him in disbelief. Her mind reeling back and forth while at the same time her heart was doing somersaults in a frantic manner. She rubbed her sore hips. Knowing she will find bruises not just on her hips, but arms as well tonight.

However, she wasn't a bit bothered about that for she was used to bruises, her years of training had given her enough of those. Though, the burning sensation on her lips told her she'll have to start getting used to bruising them as well.

"That… that…" she swallowed heavily, the taste of his mouth still strong in hers.

"Yeah…" he breathed but still looked nervous. She wasn't the only one surprised of their kiss. His mind still reeling from the sensations, all too many to put down to one coherent thought.

All he did know? He'll never be able to get enough of their kisses now. And, he definitely knew that next time? They had to be naked.

Still, Goku knew their encounter had swept them both of their feet. He truly did not know what to do now-, even ChiChi seemed to be taken back and she should be the one to know what to do now…

They both suddenly had a hard time to look at one and other. That is, until a loud rumble shook them both.

"Hungry." it was a statement coming from her when he grinned sheepishly. She showed a timid smile.

"You want to go home?"

"Nah," he shook his head. "We can go to the river, grab a bite there."

She chuckled, knowing very well he was referring to the river that happened to have the 'biggest and bestest' fishes they had ever seen. Not quite a bite, but to Goku? It was.

"Alright, let's go!" Goku said eagerly.

And like that, the awkward moment was gone. For nothing else in this world can prove to be a greater distraction then the hungry stomach belonging to Son Goku.

After a long run which was, to Goku, frustratingly cut off more than once by ChiChi. Who insisted they should take the time to collect some forestry fruits on the way.

Finally they arrived at the river.

"Woohoo!" Goku yelled and practically jumped out of his clothes. Diving straight in to the water. Reaching back to the surface he scanned the water around him, spotted a fish and dove right under.

Letting out a happy sigh ChiChi leisurely walked around to see if she could find a good spot in the shade. Humming a light tune and holding up the lower front part of her blue Gi. In it she had a pile worth of berries of all varieties.

Once she had found the perfect spot she slid down on her knees and sat back. Waiting patiently for Goku to return.

"This… this is it." she spoke softly in the silence that followed.

Yesterday she was mourning the loss of her childhood dreams, she realized. Yesterday she had felt her patience running thin which brought her close to finally giving up on their marriage. Yesterday it had seemed that her life was spinning vastly out of her control and nothing she did or could do would change that.

But that was yesterday. And here she was, back high in love and it was ten times, no-, she giggled with a blush staining her cheeks. Make that a hundred times better then she had dreamed it would ever be. Their kisses, his touches- it felt like heaven.

Doing things to her body, "Oh my…" she giggled yet again feeling another delicious shiver running it's course through her body that left her all warm and tingly.

She sighed happily- never noticing a rather curious looking Goku was now standing before her. His head tilted to the side, gloriously naked and with a huge fish carelessly slapped over his shoulder.

"Something funny?" he asked, earning a startled jolt from her.

"G-Goku!" she gasped once she noticed he was standing in front of her- butt naked. The sun behind him shielded his front body in a light shadow, her sight travelled down his torso down to-…

She quickly adverted her eyes and tried to look everywhere but at him.

He frowned at this, "What?" with a shove he slapped the dead large fish on the ground earning yet another startled yelp from ChiChi.

"Will you stop scaring me?!" she yelled at him and then quickly adverted her eyes yet again.

"Why won't you look at me?" he asked confused.

Her face now completely red, "Because you're naked! Go and get your clothes back on!"

"But…" he looked down his naked body, "I thought husband and wife-"

"Just get dressed Goku!" she snapped at him.

Of course he didn't understand. So what if he was naked? He was hot! And he was wet and, to top things off, he was really hungry. He didn't have time to go and get dressed.

"ChiChi…" he whined, "why do I-"

"Do it Goku!" she spat, her anger caused her to grip the lower part of her Gi a bit too harshly. Scattering part of her own lunch over the grass.

"Why?"

"Because it's distracting me! And…" she eyed the fish, "Shouldn't you be making a fire?"

He grumbled at this and slumped his shoulders in defeat, "I'll get the wood…" and with that he walked away. Leaving her alone with the ridiculously large dead fish.

Sighing in relief, ChiChi gradually felt the harsh burn of her blush disappear.

Gathering the scattered berries back on her lap she sat back in the grass. Seeing Goku like that, chest bare and up in full glory. Water dripping down his torso, down to his-… she felt a flush go through her body just by thinking of looking at that part of his body. Clenching her teeth, ChiChi forced herself to take deep breaths and calm down.

Although they had reached a new stage in their relationship, one in which there were hardly any barriers when it came to touching one and other. Watching Goku walk around without a care in the world, looking like that?! Kami, it caused not only her heart to flutter but her mind would reel back and forth and… and… she didn't like feeling like that. Or at least, not yet… And they haven't exactly done that yet, so she should be looking at it yet. Right?!

Kami- why does this have to be so confusing? She used her hand to fan her flaming cheeks.

"Man, I'm hungry!" Goku announced, now fully clothed and his arms loaded with dry wood. He quickly made work to get a fire started. It didn't take long before he had everything set and the fish ready to be roasted.

Impatiently he sat by the camp fire, every now and then poking the fish to check if he could eat at least a part of it.

By now ChiChi had managed to calm herself. Noticing the impatience stare of her husband, ChiChi chuckled, "Patience is a virtue…" she said in a singing tone and took one of the berries, placing it against her lips.

Goku looked at her and at the berry against her lips.

Liking his lips, "Whatcha got there?" he asked. He eyed long fully at the black berry, an hungry growl came from his stomach.

Wait, black berry? He sat up straight, looked at the bounty she had in her lap. Hold on… berries… which looked awfully a lot like the same he had eaten a long time ago. The very same that made him sick to the bone and gave him a belly ache that lasted well over a week. The same-

"A berry… of some sort." she answered and then popped one into her mouth.

"Wait!" Goku yelled and jumped on top of her. ChiChi screamed as the weight of her husband's body threw her back, his hands now forcing their way into her mouth scooping the berry straight out of it.

"Goku!" ChiChi spluttered, in rage, "What do you think you're doing!?" Goku held up the berry in relief, his strong legs straddling her. The rest of the berries now stuck between their bodies in a sticky, black and gooey manner.

"Get off of me Goku!" she screamed and struggled to get him off. "I know you're hungry! But this is taking it too far! I have enough to share you idiot!"

He hardly moved an inch and brought the berry close to her eyes. "But ChiChi…" he said, "This is not food."

"What?"

"Don't eat this, or you get sick. Really, really sick." he threw the berry away. A serious look on his face, "Trust me, I know."

She blinked at him, let out an "Oh…" and then laid there. Feeling the wet remains of the other berries reaching her skin.

"Just from eating?" she asked him. Fearful that the juice of the berries could harm her skin.

He nodded at that and then moved off of her.

"Yup, if ya see somethin' that looks too tasty to eat. Too good to be true? Then it probably is." Goku said with a knowing smile.

ChiChi sat up straight, her blue gi now stained most likely forever. "Well… good to know." with a huff she removed as much of the berries as she could. "Thanks…" she mumbled.

How embarrassing.

"You're welcome!" he replied cheerfully and quickly focused his attention back on the fish again. Not the least bit bothered by the black berry stain on his gi. ChiChi frowned, this simply could not do. She made a quick mental note to buy a book or something that told her exactly which kinds of berries and other forest fruits were eatable or poisonous.

Getting up ChiChi walked towards the river to wash her hands. Once she returned she found Goku happily munching on a piece of the fish.

"Tasty?" she asked with a smile, his cheeks puffy from the high amount of meat inside. He nodded and swallowed, holding up a slice at her.

"Ya want some?" he asked.

She nodded, moved around the camp fire and sat down next to him. He handed her the piece with a goofy smile and dived straight back into his meal once she had her share in her hands.

It took a whole lot more to satisfy Goku's hunger, in fact, two whole fishes were added to his meal before he finally sighed in content. Laid back against the grass in the shade. His arms crossed behind his head.

ChiChi followed his actions and laid back next to him. Her own arms crossed on top of her belly.

The afternoon sun had seemingly chased off all the clouds in the sky. From their point of view, right through the tranquil haze of the green leafs above them they were able to catch glimpses of the crystal blue sky.

The sounds of the forest seemed to sing a silent lullaby sending the newlyweds in a peaceful state.

"This is nice." ChiChi said.

"Hmm."

Turning her head she noticed he had closed his eyes and seemed to be falling into a peaceful slumber. She moved on her side and kept her gaze on his face.

They were here, together. In absolute peace. If she wanted she could just reach out and touch him and not feel guilty about it for one second. A small smile covered her lips as she rested her head on her arm.

It was then he moved and looked at her with one eye open. Once up on a time he would have found it odd and close to annoying to find her staring at him like that. Yet now? It felt good. In a way… close to… comforting?

Either way a smile crept onto the corner of his lips. Goku turned to face her and wrapped an arm around her, pulling her closer against him. With his nose in her hair he took a deep breath.

She sighed and snuggled against him, grasping the front of his gi with her eyes closed.

Happy beyond words. For in just a matter of a few hours they had moved from being two awkward stumbling teenagers, too soon to be lovers in a warm and loving embrace.

Everything between them had changed quickly and the newlyweds both could not wait to see what the rest of the day had in store for them.

To Be Continued….

A/N: The chapter title seems to fit me perfectly when it comes to my writing, especially these following words, "Help me out here, all my words are falling short." for it truly happened to me when I started writing this chapter at the end of 2013.

And then personal life crept up behind me and bit me hard in the ass, forced to set writing aside and keep my focus on that. So again, sorry for the long wait. Hope this chapter makes up for it.

I couldn't help but add the last part of chapter three to this chapter, editing it slightly. Seemed to be missing something and it took me ages to come up with what you see before you now.

Please do not hesitate to let me know what you think, constructive criticism? Tips? Flames? Words of… Hell I don't know. Just don't leave this story without a review.

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