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Hey all~! I am back with another chapter! I am really getting into this story so, I hope you guys enjoy reading this! ^_^ This chapter is going to be just like chapter 1, but based on Goku instead of Chichi. Oh- and I am including that scene from the first chapter as well but with little adjustments since I want to show a little bit on how Goku's life is before I went to that scene. I didn't want to leave poor Goku in the dust! Anyways, if you guys have any questions about this, don't hesitate to ask!

And now I bring you the next chapter! :D

When Chemicals React

Chapter 2

By: LifeAwakens

Goku was sitting on a sofa, surrounded by some people that were chatting up a storm. He just paid attention to his own business until one short man called his name.

"Hey Goku, want to go do something in the city? You know, just a simple night out or something like that," the bald man offered as he took a seat beside Goku.

Goku shrugged his shoulders. "Sure, I don't see why not. I am sorta dying to get out of here Krillin, if you know what I mean," Goku said and nudged his head in the aqua-hair woman's direction, who was currently ranting on the phone about some vehicle dealership or something of the sort.

"Yeah I know what you mean; days like these can get a bit boring. Along with Bulma being a little over the top here and there, and with her taking over the Capsule Corporation soon it's gotta be stressful," he put his hands inside his khaki pants and smiled, "And I know you Goku; The one who can't just sit around and do nothing. The one that can't stick around in one place for long. Though, you always like to do things in a calm way. You sure don't like it when things get too complicated!" Krillin said with a laugh as he threw his arms behind his head and hoisted his feet onto the mini table that sat in front of the sofa.

Goku leaned forward and set his sights on the open window at the other side of the room. "Yeah I guess so, but can we continue this conversation somewhere else?" Goku requested and pointed to the front door.

"No problem buddy, let's go out for a while. Seems like you got something serious to talk about don't ya'?" Krillin suggested with a half grin.

"Uh-huh-let's just go Krillin!" Goku said in a rushed voice, and got up from the couch to leave with Krillin speeding up to catch up from behind.

A young Goku roamed the streets, tummy rumbling and legs aching, eager to find a place to rest. He wandered downwards an abandoned dimmed road with various lit street lights until he found a narrow dark alley to settle in for the night. Goku sat down with a sad frown on his face, and wrapped his arms around his legs as he brought them to his chest. His head rested on top of his slightly tinted brown kneecaps and let out a sickly sneeze as he tightened his grip around his legs.

"I really need to find some food or I'll be a goner," Goku whined as he laid himself on the cold dirty ground below him, "But I need some sleep first before I…do…anything…" he said softly as he fell into a deep slumber.

"So Goku, what's up? What's going on inside that head of yours?" Krillin asked as his arms found their way to behind his head.

Goku focused on the concrete path beneath him and slightly frowned as he thought. He replied, "Well, you know how I've always been roaming across the land-with no official home-or anyone to look after me?" he threw out, which caused Krillin to furrow his eyebrows a bit in concern.

"Yeah, I remember you telling me stories about that, ages ago, but why are you bringing this up now?"

Goku sadly smiled. "I may look like I've been alright all of my life, but when I have gotten older, I have been beginning to have this empty feeling inside me. It's not because of my past but, I guess this feeling has been kept hidden from me until now. I have no idea why, but I need find out what I'm missing. I love my life, though I need to figure out what's been troubling me for a while," he explained calmly.

Krillin unexpectedly stopped, making Goku glance back at his friend with confusion. "What is it Krillin?" he asked as he was puzzled.

"Come on, we seriously need to get you something to eat, because you really seem a little down today," Krillin stated as he lead Goku over to a place to take in some food.

Goku scratched his head uneasily and said, "Um…OK…but-," Goku's tummy rumbled as he licked his lips in hunger and then smiled, "I guess some food will do me some good!" Goku blinked then realized his friend was making a big gap between them, leaving poor Goku in the dust, "H-Hey! Wait up Krillin!" Goku exclaimed frantically as he rushed over to his buddy's side.

"Hey wait!" an angry man yelled as Goku speed past and through a crowd of people, trying to escape the person's view.

Though as soon as he thought he was safe from any suspicion he came in contact with something small, and fell onto the ground from the impact. Goku clenched his teeth and rubbed his bottom as it was sore, and grumbled, "Ouch, that doesn't feel good."

"Hey, what's the big idea!" a childish voice exclaimed in annoyance.

"Huh?" Goku glanced up to see a small bald-kid look down upon him with a smug look on his face.

"You in a big hurry or something? And what's made you not pay attention to just run into someone?" he asked as he dusted his yellow shirt and orange shorts off, "You really need to keep aware of your surroundings."

Young Goku smiled goofily as he pointed to him and laughed, "You look funny mister!"

The bald-kid blushed as a frown grew upon his face. "Well you don't look any better! And by the way, the name's Krillin." he slightly spat.

Goku opened his outreached hand as his smile widened. "Hi! My name's Goku, it's nice to meet ya'!" he chimed.

Krillin scoffed. "You must be joking, why aren't you taking anything seriously? But," Krillin turned his head to the side to look away as he shook Goku's hand, "hey Goku, it was nice running into you," he mumbled.

"Goku? Buddy? Is there something bothering you?"

"Huh?" Goku blinked while shaking his head, finding himself in reality. He smiled sheepishly, "Oh, just thinking."

Krillin grabbed ahold of the glass of water on the table before him as he leaned back on the steel chair. "Is it something for me to know?" he asked.

Goku lightly shook his glass as he hoisted it up to his mouth to take a drink. "Just thinking about how we first met," he said simply through puckered lips.

Krillin raised his eyebrows in concern. "So you now know how rude I was as a kid, and I treated you poorly, but yet you still considered me as a friend. Though we had our changes as we became adults, but now here we are, sitting in a buffet chatting as if we've never had any problems at all," Krillin smiled and chuckled as he said, "Well, you sure haven't changed much; you're still your goofy care-free self."

Goku leaned back in his chair and stared up at the ceiling. "Yeah…," and then he suddenly stood up out of his seat and told his friend, "Hey Krillin, I'll see you later; I'm going to stroll around the city for a bit if you don't mind."

Krillin nodded as he waved his hand back and forth towards the door, shooing as well as reassuring him. "Just go ahead Goku, don't you worry about me," he let out a soft laugh, "I'll be fine. You go do what you wanna do,"

Goku smiled at Krillin. "Thanks buddy," he said as he walked out the door to fulfill his plan, "See ya' Krillin," he called out as the door closed.

Krillin closed his eyes and sighed as he took another sip out of his cup. "See you later,"

Goku walked a steady pace down the street with an uneasy expression on his face.

I really need to figure out what this feeling means! Krillin doesn't really understand what I mean, and just thinks I'm just depressed or something. But I know, I'm missing something, and the only other person I can talk to about my problem is Bulma but- I don't think she'd understand either.

Goku sighed as he came to a halt.

I just wonder what I'm missing and if I can ever-

Goku fell out of his thoughts as his sights focused on the black-haired woman that just ran into him.

What the-?

"Uh, can I help you?" Goku asked, as he watched the woman freeze and glance up at him.

He raised an eyebrow in wonder as he watched her fix up her posture, clear her throat, and then answered, "No, I do not want your assistance, but thank you. I just accidentally ran into you as an effect from being pushed by other people during rush hour," she said with a nod.

Goku tilted his head to the side and asked, "So what's with the clothes? Are you trying to be some kind of classy woman or something?" he pointed to her black and grey office uniform.

The woman fell over in shock, causing Goku to bend over and stare at her in alarm. He watched her hoist herself up with a huff, giving him a glare as she got back up on her two feet in front of him.

She put her hands on her hips. "I don't know what kind of game you're playing but, these are the clothes I wear when I go to work, unlike you, who looks like he's unemployed and living in the woods!" she huffed as she was irritated.

"I am both unemployed and live in the woods..." Goku answered sheepishly while rubbing the back of his head.

She stared at him wide-eyed, dumbfounded at the words she just heard. "Are you serious?! Who are you anyway?! And what do you live in, and where?! How do you provide yourself with food, water, and so forth?!" she screeched, demanding answers from Goku.

He puckered his lips as he pondered, searching for an answer. "Well, the name's Son Goku, and I live in a small home up in Mt. Paozu, but I haven't been living up there since my grandpa died. So, I have just lived on my own from then on, and I travel around every once in a while when I want to do something new I guess, but I don't really like to stay put for a while," he said with a shrug then quickly added with a slight sad smile, "I do have friends though, and I also have some clothes to change in that I received as gifts and such."

Well, I have to admit, none of these things are filling back up this empty void inside of me. But I don't know what can make me whole again…

She twitched an eye in annoyance. "I can't believe that you can provide yourself without a job! You're out of your mind Goku!" she exclaimed.

Goku chuckled. "Well I am providing myself without a job, but I don't see how that's a problem, and I'm getting along fine if you haven't noticed," he said with a stern look, and his face brightened when he thought up something quick to add to support himself, "Though it's very nice being able to sit back and enjoy what life is really about other than being employed."

"I don't understand how people can live like that," she groaned softly, and then she said, "It just doesn't make sense! How do you support yourself with hardly any cash? And how can you just sit around and just do whatever you please?!"

"I actually don't mind living like I do, and believe me; I don't just sit around and do whatever," Goku said in defense as he frowned, "Like I said, I don't like to stay in place for a long time."

"What? Then what do you do on a daily basis? How can someone enjoy living in the wilderness away from resources, places to check your health and to get better, along with having a job to pay for the most important things to keep you alive? I mean, is what you do better than what I do every day?" she asked.

Goku crossed his arms over his chest and puckered his lips once again. "Well from what I see based on your sweaty face, out of place hair and stressed expression, I can see that my life is clearly better than yours." he explained thoroughly.

She grumbled in frustration, and then answered with a huff, "Well excuse me for having such a rough day! And I happen to enjoy my life!" she lied.

Goku scoffed, and then sneered at her. "Okay then, whatever you say "Miss Workaholic", but you're missing out on what life really is, just letting you know. And are you sure you like to stay in the same area for a long amount of time? I think it can get a bit boring," he said while averting his eyes.

She then growled while scrunching up her nose as her anger rose. "W-workaholic?! I am not!" she ranted back in defense.

Goku smirked in amusement as he began to chuckle, "Suuuurrre you aren't," he said sarcastically as he rolled his eyes teasingly, and then added with a widened smirk, "But you know, even if you don't believe it, it's true you know." he stated, trying to make a point.

"Whatever you think is fine with me, but if you'll excuse me, I have some things to do!" she said as she excused herself from her conversation with Goku by starting to walk away.

Goku sighed, "She doesn't know what she's thinking," and with a slight frown he said, "Though, I do hope I can meet her again," he told himself with a smile as he thought of her while uncrossing his arms, "She seems very interesting, and I bet she has another side to her other than working all the time," he said as his excitement rose, "Though, I think I would enjoy getting to know her, and I don't even know her name!" he finished with a sulk as he continued his walk through the city, in hopes of that the raven-haired woman would appear before him another time- and he yearned for it to happen soon.

He headed back to the Capsule Corp. building where his friend Bulma lived,and in hope his friend Krillin came back to wait for his return.

He opened the door and smiled seeing his bald-friend kicked back on the couch. "Hey Krillin," Goku called as he entered the living room area of Bulma's house.

Krillin grinned as he watched Goku take a seat next to him. "Hi Goku, you sure took your time. Did something interesting happen?"

Goku laughed softly as he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "If you put it that way, yes, something interesting did happen."

"What? Did you run into a woman or something?" Krillin laughed in disbelief.

"Uh, yes…I did…" Goku answered softly.

Krillin mentally slapped himself as he stared up at his friend wide-eyed. "Are you serious Goku?! You've got to be kidding!" Krillin exclaimed and then quickly added softly and more calmly, "Was she pretty?"

Goku brightened. "Well yeah she was, though it looked like she was heading home from work or something."

"Or was she heading to work?"

"What are you talking about Krillin?" Goku asked confused with a concerned look on his face.

"Nothing! It's nothing, don't worry about it!" Krillin laughed frantically.

"Uh, OK, but- I never got her name!" Goku whined.

Krillin shrugged his shoulders. "Well it's not like you'll never see her again, she works in the city right?"

Goku tilted his head to the side and shrugged. "Yeah I guess, but I really wish I could have gotten her name," he mumbled.

"Hey, how about we go out tomorrow and do something and you can look out for her if you want. I could help too if you let me know what she looks like and all. Or you can point her out and I could jump in and help as well." Krillin explained.

Goku raised his eyebrows, and then smiled. "Oh really? You'd do that? Thanks Krillin!" he said happily.

"Oh it's no problem Goku, just helping a friend in need I guess." Krillin replied with a grin.

I hope I can meet her again! I want to see her again!

And that was chapter 2! Please leave me any feedback on what you thought about my story so far! I'd really appreciate it. And I hope you enjoyed Goku's side to the story as well. I am sorta gonna switch the two around until later on in the story so, if you could, please let leave me a review to let me know what you thought! Oh-and again, don't flee just yet! ;)

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