Chapter 7

"Wait.. So your- noo!" Goku murmured disbelievingly. King Kai had managed to stand up, sniffing as if nothing happened. A glint of light reflected off of Kai's glasses, then he smiled proudly.

"I am who I am. Guess who I am! It rhymes with pie!" Kai then spins, mock-thinking and humming mockingly, before smirking from his crouched position. "Got it? I'm King Kai!"

I smirk, watching as Goku just stares at him blankly, before he turned and looked at Bubbles in confusion.

"Then.. who's that?"

"Oh him? He's my buddy, bubbles." Goku immediately laughs nervously, turning back to Kai as Bubbles tilts his head.

"I.. see. I thought he was a little strange." Goku murmurs, only for King Kai to wipe all emotion from his face.

"Did you just call my friend Bubbles strange? Like your not." King Kai accuses lightly, his glasses glinting in the light. Goku rubs his head a small pout on his face, when I scoff quietly and walk up to them, Bubbles held securely in my arms.

"Now don't take it personally Goku, All Kai's like to joke around, right Sensei?" I ask, stopping next to King Kai. He nods, confirming what I said.

"Yeah, me too." Goku says, causing me to stop, and stare at him, blinking in confusion.

'wait, what?'

"Okay, lets see. I'll try a few jokes on you. Okay, here's a good one." Sensei smiles, and lifts his arms casually. "Its about my Uncle. He's so large that when he sits around the house, he sits around the house." Goku stays silent, while Sensei continues on.

" rring. rring." he 'picks up' an invisible phone-"Ah yes, hello? Oh you don't say.. WHAT? You don't say! Oh my gosh.." Suddenly, he chuckles into his hand, while Goku stands confused. I sigh through my nose and shake my head softly at King Kai.

'Sensei is so weird sometimes..' I think, petting Bubble's head, causing him to hum softly.

Goku awkwardly laughs, causing me to look at him strangely from the corner of my eyes.

"Heh heh, good one." King Kai freezes and stares at Goku in disbelief, while I avert my eyes in embarrassment. Kai sends me this incredulous look, and I shyly smile.

'I regret telling King Kai I know Goku now..' Kai looks back to Goku, a small disappointed frown on his face.

"You were supposed to say 'who was that?' and I would say 'They didn't say'. Get it?"

"Oh, right!" Goku bows semi-apologetically, before straightening into a relaxed stance. "Your very funny, but I came here to train with you sir."

"Train YOU?!" King Kai shrieks, hastily taking a few steps back in horror. "Nuh uh, No way! Why should I?! You wouldn't know a good joke unless it snuck up and kicked you in the head!" King kai yells, blowing him a raspberry before spinning and pouting childishly. "Forget it! I won't train anyone without a good sense of humor." He murmured stubbornly. Suddenly, Goku laughs obnoxiously loud, causing me to squeak and jump in surprise at the unexpected noise.

"HAHAHA- kick in the head! HAHAHA" I frown confused and slightly annoyed at Goku's loud voice, before I see King Kai turn his head victoriously towards Goku.

'Oh, NOW I get it. I bet he was laughing to stroke Sensei's ego.. Good play Goku, you didn't have to be so loud though..' I thought-grumbled. Goku stopped laughing once Sensei turned completely back to him, a victorious smirk on his lips, and I took my chance to rub my ringing ears.

'Geesh, if Sensei didn't notice the obvious suck-up move from Goku, then he's totally oblivious.'

"Weeell, on second thought, I guess I could train you."

"Oh wow, you really mean it?!" Goku yells happily.

"Well of course, but first, you must pass a test."

"Oh sure, anything!" Goku yells happily, a childish smile of excitement on his face.

'Did I just see sparkles..?' I blink, sweat-dropping at Goku's reaction before looking to Sensei curiously. 'I wonder what he'll make him do.' I imagine a bunch of different scenarios that King Kai might put him through and smiled.

"Alright then." Me and Goku immediately stared at King Kai in anticipation. "Make me laugh, then you win." A glint of light reflects off of his glasses as he glared excitedly at Goku.

"EEH?!" Goku yelps confused.

"Come on, SURELY you know a good joke or two. Even Melon here has a few good jokes."
"Hey!" I shout indignantly, glaring at King Kai in frustration. "They made YOU laugh pretty quickly!" I grumble defensively, which caused Kai to chuckle in amusement. I 'humph' and turn away from him in mock offence, scratching behind Bubble's ears. I hear another small chuckle, and glare at Goku, a childish pout on my face and a slight tint of red on my cheeks.

"Shuddup." I grumble. Goku just gives me an amused smirk and I roll my eyes.

"Well, Goku, come on. Tell us your best joke." I say, staring in amusement as Goku perks up, then turns, getting into a squat-like pose and thinking hard. I bite my lip lightly, trying not to laugh at Goku as King Kai chuckles behind me.

"Hey, don't get all tensed up. Staying loose is the key. Trust me, you'll ruin your key to delivery if your all stressed out." Goku hums softly and I smirk, shifting my weight to my left leg and slightly jutting out my hip.

"Were waiting~" I taunt.

"Oh, having trouble are you? Then give up and go home!" King Kai shouts in a taunting manner, though in Goku's situation, I knew this wasn't an option for him.

"Why… did the chicken… CROSS THE ROAD?" Goku bites out, before screaming and turning to us with a fist clenched. King Kai and I both jump in surprise.

"Uhh.. to get to.. the other side.." King Kai says slowly and carefully, though afterwards his lips twitch.

"Heey." Goku says a silly smile on his face at Sensei's expression. Suddenly, his whole face hardens. "No, wait, IT WAS TOO FAR TO FLY!" he shouts. I quietly giggle, and quickly cover my mouth, while Kai's shoulders were slightly shaking.

"What's the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? One sells watches, one watches cells!" Goku says sort of quickly, causing us both to silently shake in laughter more.

"I sold my car.. FOR GAS MONEY!" Goku yells, causing us both to burst out laughing. I managed to stay on my feet, while King Kai actually fell to the floor and started hitting it.

"HA! I did it! You laughed! You laughed King Kai! Somebody stop me!" Goku said victoriously. When King Kai continued laughing though, Goku's wide smile reduced itself to a normal-sized smile. "Hey King Kai! Don't blow a gasket on me, kay?" Goku requests, to which King Kai stands and wipes his eyes.

"Oh my my my my. Kay kid, your in. You have some good jokes, a bit better than Melon's if I say so myself-"

I swiftly cut him off with a kick to the back of the knees, causing him to fall down with a loud thud. When King Kai gathered his bearings, he lifted his head and glared at me. Smirking, I whistled 'innocently' and kept my head turned away, but I watched him from my peripheral. Groaning quietly, Sensei stood up and dusted off his rear, and I turned to Goku, winking triumphantly and secretly flashing him a 'peace' sign. Goku was, of course, watching us in amusement, and I couldn't blame him. Grumbling, King Kai cleared his throat, casting a small glare at me again, before straightening.

"Well, before I was so rudely interrupted, I was going to say that when I'm through with you, you'll be a real prince of comedy- with no equal in the art of delivering a punch line! They'll call you, the prince of puns. How does that sound?" Kai said, his anger dispersing. I inwardly scoffed at his speech, because honestly, nobody would want their title to be 'the prince of puns'.

'I guess that means he didn't listen to me when I mentioned that Goku might come around and train with me.. Or maybe I wasn't specific enough?' I thought frowning slightly.

"But King Kai, I came here for training in the martial arts." Goku murmured confused, and King Kai stiffened with a small blush on his face.

"You did? Shame on you, you should of told me that earlier." He said embarrassed, before loosening into a fighting stance. I couldn't help but chuckle at his reaction, but decided it would be best for me and bubbles to back up. So, I skipped backwards until I was a safe distance away, but could still listen to their conversation.

"Right, show me what you got. Don't hold back, I'm stronger than I look." Goku nods, a determined look crossing his face, before sliding his foot back in a similar stance. When Goku was sliding into his stance, I could see his legs shaking slightly, and I frowned softly.

'His posture isn't stable..'

King Kai, who also noticed his lack of stability, tilted his head slightly to the right.

"What's wrong?" He asked curiously.

"Its this place.. For some reason, I can't get used to the gravity here.." Goku answered. King Kai automatically hums and straightens himself. I immediately perk up as realization hits me.

'Oh yeah, Goku just got here, no wonder he's unused to the gravity. Stupid me.'

"Well that is most unusual. Ah! I know! I bet you came from earth didn't you?" King Kai stated knowingly. I immediately stare harshly at Kai's back.

'He definitely didn't listen to me when I mentioned Goku.'

"Uh huh." Goku nods, also standing up, though he stood a bit hunched.

"Well, that explains it. I'm surprised you can even walk around. You see, this planet may look small, but the gravity here is severe. I'd say your body weighs 10 times more here than it did on earth." King kai raised a hand in my direction and continued on with his explanation. "Melon was bed ridden for four days before she finally could walk around without sagging."

I blushed slightly but walked back towards them anyways, eventually stopping next to King Kai.

"Try and jump as high as you can." King Kai said knowledgeably. Goku simply nodded, squatted, then launched himself into the air. I let out a low whistle as he flew pretty high up, about as high as me, before he started flailing and dropped. Goku landed on his feet, but the gravity still managed to pull him backwards into a sitting position. He let out a groan and rubbed his back, which was facing us.

"Ah bummer. This is really embarrassing, I can barely get off the ground!" My eyes widened a bit more and King Kai's shocked stance slowly relaxed into an impressed one.

"Are you serious?" I murmur quietly to myself. 'I've been here longer than he has, and it took me forever to jump HALF that height..'

Mentally shaking my head, I lower bubbles onto the ground, and walked up to Goku, holding out my hand. He gave me a sheepish smile, before letting me pull him up.

"Alright then, lets begin training. First, though, how long are you planning on staying here?" Kai asks Goku, bringing our attention back to him.

"Oh, well for as long as possible, but I'm not sure how long that is yet." I stifle a laugh at his explanation, but he saw my amused smile and nudged me. I rolled my eyes, and crossed my arms. "See, it's like this.. There are these guys, these really evil guys-"

"The Saiyans I mentioned a while back Sensei." I interrupted, ignoring Goku's look. I glance at him and shrug. 'Neither Sensei nor I want to sit through a monologue that I already explained. Just saved us about 30 seconds.' I thought, turning my attention back to Kai. He nodded and hummed in understanding.

"Ah, so the Saiyans, huh? That's awful, the Saiyans certainly can be a ruthless bunch." He cast a glance at me, and I blush and avert my eyes in embarrassment, remembering a few 'accidents' from training.
"Heh heh, well then." Kai was definitely amused with my reaction, but nonetheless flicked his antennae forward- "We need to find the exact day they'll be arriving on planet earth. Hmm.." Even with his glasses hiding his eyes, I could tell by his movements that he was slightly dozing, searching the universe with his 'third eye'. I've seen this before when he tried to find my Earth, or when he was too bored and decided to talk with his friends.

"Lets see now, where are they? ..Ah yes, there they are!" Kai said, bringing my attention back to him. "Two of 'em! Hm.. I'm afraid they don't come any stronger than those two." 'Except Goku.' "Alright then, according to my calculations, and at their current speed, they'll arrive on earth in exaclty 88 days." Kai announces factually, causing Goku to inhale in disbelief. I look over and smile in amusement.

'Wow, I forgot how many emotions Goku goes through. His expressions are actually quite entertaining..'

"Really?! Are you sure about that? That's amazing!"

"Nope, I'M amazing m'boy!" King kai announces cheekily, causing me to giggle softly.

"Isn't it obvious?" He asks, laughing at his own joke. Just as quickly as he started laughing, he abruptly stops and returns to being serious. "You should forget about training, it's no use." He turns and starts to walk away, only to stop at Goku's obnoxious laughing. I automatically jump a few feet away, holding my ears in slight pain.

'Holy crap, he has got to STOP THAT! My poor ears!' I frown, trying to soothe my ears by rubbing them whilst also keeping them covered.

"That's good!" Goku says between laughs. I merely shake my head, not even bothering to figure out what he finds funny.

"Yeah?" King Kai asks smiling and turning towards Goku again, causing me to groan quietly in disappointment. 'Sensei's totally oblivious..'

I lower my arms, dragging one down my face while I'm at it.

"Hey, I've only got 88 days to prepare for the saiyans, that's not good, so let's go!" Goku said worriedly, shifting his feet impatiently.

"Oh, I'm sure you can get trained enough in 88 days." I say, waving off his impatience as I walk back to them. Goku shot me a disbelieving look, but I ignore him.

"You sure?" Goku asked.

"Training under me on this planet nonstop for 88 days is equivalent to training on earth for 4000 years." King kai explained. I abruptly stop, immediately frowning and staring at him in disbelief.

'Wait, 4000 years? I remember it being equivalent to a lot, but holy shnit! Wait, I've been here for 2 months.. How many years..' I look at my fingers, mentally counting down, before I tense up.

"Really? That's great!" Goku exclaimed happily, not noticing my reaction.

"Two thousand.. seven hundred twenty seven…" I murmur softly, staring at my hands in confusion, tilting my head. 'Tha- that can't be right..'

"Hm?" Goku heard my mumble, and looked over at me confused. "Hey, you alright Melon?"

"I've been here… for 2,727 earth years… 2,727... " I mumble in disbelief.

'How… what?!'

"Melon? Hey, what's wrong?" Goku asked again, concerned.

"Melon? Honey, you alright?" King Kai asked this time, walking up to me. I didn't notice it though, I was still staring at my hands bewildered.

"I don't…. two thousand..?" Goku gently shook my shoulder but I still ignore him, trying to wrap my mind around staying alive this long and not being dead.

'I should have been dead long ago… And yet… I'm still here… 2,727 years.. I've been in an alternate universe for this long… Doesn't that mean I should be dead? What if Markus and Don are dead?' My eyes widen slightly as I thought this. 'How the Fu-'

"MELON." I jump and lock eyes with King Kai, who had both antennae flicked forward and a concerned expression on his face.

"Ye-" I squeak, before clearing my throat. "Yes Sensei?" I look next to me to see Goku staring at me, concern etched in his face and stance. I turn back to King Kai as he softly flicks my cheek with his antennae.

"Are you alright?" He asked slowly. I blink before nodding slowly.

"Y-yeah. Just.. Trying to wrap my head around this.. years thing.." I said softly, averting my eyes embarrassedly. King kai nods and I hear both of them let out a small sigh of relief.

"Don't scare us like that Melon." Goku murmurs, chuckling slightly. I look up at him and smile, stifling a chuckle myself.

"Sorry.." I murmur, before grinning and straightening.

"So, what were you saying Sensei? Something about us not being good fighters or something?" I tease light heartedly, causing him to cough in surprise. Just as Sensei opened his mouth, a small ding rang out through the field, causing me to perk up.
"Hold that thought, Sensei, it seems that its time for me to make dinner." I say, before walking away, I immediately stop when Kai clears his throat. I quickly spin and rush back to him.

"Sorry, sorry, I forgot." I exclaim bowing. "May I leave, sir?"

"You may." He said, chuckling and waving me off. I smile childishly, before waving at Goku and skipping back to the house. I duck under the purple flap, and walk through the living room and into the kitchen. I walk up to the counter and turn off the timer. "Wonder what I should make for dinner.. If I remember correctly, Goku eats a ton of food.." I rub my chin for a moment, before shrugging and bringing out a frying pan. "I'll just make a lot of random food.. Yeah, that sounds good. Some tortilla's, some fried chicken… Rice.." I kept murmuring to myself as I pulled out ingredient after ingredient until finally I stopped and stared. "Yup, that's about enough." I murmur, sweat dropping slightly at the kitchen. The counters were filled to the brim with food items. Letting out a small sigh, I put a few items back in embarrassment.

"There's no way he'd be able to eat this much food." I mumble, shutting the fridge shut with my hip.

-Time skip-

"How the hell can he eat this much food?!" I murmur in amazement, loosely holding onto my plate full of bean tacos. In front of me, Goku was narfing the food down, grabbing all the food in a mad frenzy. Next to me, Sensei was staring also, in shock of his bad table manners.

"Goku, slow down! The food's not going anywhere!" I said, a bit disgusted with the speed at which he was eating.

"Its going into his stomach.." I heard Kai murmur silently next to me, causing my lips to twitch. I shake my head slightly, but blink when I notice that my plate- which once had at least 20 bean tacos- was now empty. I tighten my fingers around the metal tray, growling silently.

"Well that's the last of the bean rolls.." King Kai said in monotone.

"Uh oh, that means there will be gas!" Goku said jokingly, small chunks of food flying from his mouth. I growl, and hit his head with the pan.

"That's gross Goku! At least swallow before you talk! We don't want food bits on us." I ground out, glaring at him. Goku rubs his head slightly, before leaning back and looking at me apologetically.

"Heh heh, sorry Melon." I frown and shake my head in exasperation.

"Whatever Goku. At least try to eat slower or something, okay?" I grumble, stacking up the empty plates onto my tray. Goku nodded with a happy-go-lucky grin on his face, before a big burp escaped him.

"Excuse me." I shake my head in irritated amusement, before continuing my walk to the kitchen.

'He eats like a freaking canine. The least he can do is chew his food with his mouth closed. Does he even know what table manners is?'

I walk back outside to see Goku lounging in the grass, while an irritated, and no doubt insulted- Kai glared at him. Goku looked up to me when I walked back out and grinned.

"Thanks for the food, it certainly filled me up!" Goku announced happily while I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah, no surprise there. I'm surprised you didn't eat the table." I reply chuckling. Goku mock-huffed at my quip, causing me to grin cheekily. I pick up another pile of dirty plates and walk back inside, dropping them carefully into the sink. I walked back outside for the last pile of dishes, managing to walk in on their conversation.

"-you are a guest you know."

"King Kai, I'm done, thanks, I'll get started with my training now if that's alright with you." Goku announced, ignoring or not noticing Sensei huffing. He looked down to bubbles who was sitting by his feet and made a 'go along' motion with his head.

"Go on now bubbles, get going. You know, it's a shame your so eager to start your training. It's such a lovely afternoon!" King kai exclaimed while bubbles ran a few feet away. "There are so many interesting things to do and see on this planet!" I snort in disagreement, but King Kai ignored me. "I could spend the day watching the sky, and there's nothing like some friendly competition between friends." He said nudging me good-naturedly. I smile amused as he sighs contently. "But if there's one thing I love to do most of all.." He paused for dramatic affect, "- is drive my car!" He said hopping into his antique red car. He starts it up and drives it around the small planet, whooping as he goes, before he stops in front of us again. I couldn't help but laugh quietly at his actions, and at Goku's confused expression. Kai steps out of his vehicle and gives it a loving pat on the roof, before rounding on Goku and pointing at Bubbles.

"Well, what are you waiting for? Bubbles isn't going to catch himself!"

"You better get moving or you'll never catch him." I add, standing and picking up the last pile of plates on the table. Goku turned to me with a determined smile on his face.

"Don't worry, he won't get away THIS time! Watch this!" He announces, before running at Bubbles.

"Wait, hold on!" King kai says loudly, causing Goku to stop and tilt his head in confusion. I smile and turn to the house, listening to the now muffled voices of Goku and King Kai as I step into the threshold. Walking into the kitchen, I lower the last bit of plates on the dining table and sigh contented. I step back, and my easy smile dimmed as I took in the multiple stacks of dirty dishes I had to clean.

"Wait, do I have to clean these?" I murmur in alarm.

"Yes." Kai's voice says from behind me. I spin around to face the stoic King Kai in shock.

"What? Why?! Why do I have to do it! Goku's the one who dirtied them in the first place!" I exclaim in dismay, flailing my arms a bit and gesturing to all the piles of dishes. Sensei sighs softly in response.

"Because Goku is a guest, and not only that, but he's training right now."

"I'm training too, ya know." I grumble childishly, crossing my arms.

"Not right now your not. Besides, it's time you took a break anyways."

"But Sensei, why can't you do it? Your not busy, and I don't need a break!"

"I am busy though." I give him a disbelieving stare, and he stares back. "I'm going to be monitoring Goku and come up with his training schedule. Besides, I'm your teacher, you automatically have to do whatever I say." He says smirking triumphantly while I groan.

"Fine, Sensei" I bite out "I'll do these tonight. But please, please make a chore schedule. It'll help out a lot now that Goku's here, and even if he's a guest, I am too. So I shouldn't be doing everything." King kai nods in agreement before patting my shoulder sympathetically.

"Okay. I'll make a chore schedule while I'm at it. Good luck Melon." He said walking out of the house, grabbing a pen and paper on his way. I sigh dejectedly and turn back to the dishes. Another groan escapes my mouth as I plug the sink and fill it in with soapy water.

"Urg, why me?" I question the empty room hopelessly before I begrudgingly grabbed a plate from the nearest stack.

A/N: #opens coffin#

Hi! So, I'm not dead, in case any of you were wondering. Er, yeah, sorry for the late chapter- its been what, a few months now? Wow, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to be so late! I hope I didn't kill your patience system..

Anyways, life is unfortunately going to interfere with the next chapter -instead of my all-consuming laziness-. I'm moving to the boonies (South Dakota), and unfortunately, I'm not taking this computer with me. So I don't know how long it will be until I find another available computer to post chapters with.. but when I'm gone, I'll just hand-write the chapters, so it shouldn't be too bad when I return.

Oh, I have a poll up for you guys. Its about who you would want Melon to be paired up with. Im a bit excited to see what you guys want, honestly. Who knows, I might make the biggest vote the official pairing.. we'll have to see though, haha. ^_^

Also, I want to thank everyone out there who favorited/followed this story! And double thanks for reviewers too! I can't tell you how happy/motivated I get when I see that people like this story! #hugs for everyone!#

Well, until next time (and lets hope thats very soon);

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