Wow I was so surprised by your response to my first chapter! I got over twice as many reviews as I asked for! I actually had to hurry up and edit this chapter for you guys so I could keep up with my promise to give you the next chapter when I got a minimum of 3 reviews. Now I'm amping it up. I want at least 5 reviews before I put up chapter 3.
I just want to respond to two reviews specifically
Gue22: Most of your questions will be answered as the story progresses but I will tell you this. No, Chi chi did not ask to be reincarnated. It's the kind of thing that happens whether you want it to or not. Also yes, when she was reborn again she forgot everything about her prior life but don't worry, you'll still know it's Chi chi.
TevinSSJ3: After giving it some thought I will up the rating. This story will cover things that are not exactly kid appropriate by some standards, however I don't think it will need to go so far as an M rating.
To everyone else thank you so much for your positive feedback!
I own no Dragon Ball series. Enjoy chapter two.
Chimerra smiled to herself as she picked up the dirty dishes off of the café coffee table. Why shouldn't she smile? She was now officially a high school graduate, and her graduation party last night was in her mind one of the greatest parties ever. Things were looking up. She had a great job working at her favorite café, she had a wonderful sweetheart, and If God willing, soon she would get that letter back in the mail stating that the scholarship she had worked so hard for was her's. Man, she could not wait for college.
"Scuse me waitress, another refill." A thin and pretty girl with bright blue eyes and long blond hair sang out happily to her from across the room.
Chimerra chuckled at the customer's actions as she put down the tray of dirty dishes and picked up the coffee pot. "Coming right up Ophelia. Cream, no sugar, just as you like it."
"Thanks, college girl." She teased, knowing that Chimerra didn't like being called that. College was still an entire summer away and she didn't want to jinx it, just incase something went wrong. Ophelia thought she was just being silly and overdramatic as usual.
"I should be thanking you, girl, for throwing me that surprise graduation party last night. You really went all out, there was so many people there." She said as she poured her a cup.
"As if I was going to let my girl graduate high school without a celebration."
Ophelia truly had gone all out for her. She invited everyone she knew and even a few of her own friends she thought Chimerra would like to meet, however when the night was over Ophelia didn't find the party to be as great as Chimerra did. Of course she didn't want to say 'you kinda turned the party I had planned for you into a snooze fest', to the girl out loud. It was her big night and as long as she enjoyed it that was what was most important anyway, so she put on a show and let her believe it was the best time ever for her as well.
"Hey maybe we could all do something fun together tomorrow night. I've got the day off?" The waitress suggested to her.
Ophelia flinched. By 'we all' She knew she meant some of the girls from the party last night. The one's that left early because Chimerra chewed them out for bringing beer. That's why the party didn't go as she planned it. Chimerra was the type of girl who lived by a strict moral code, one that included no swearing, going to bed at a decent hour, and no underage drinking. Honestly she loved the girl but she really needed to learn to lighten up and have fun. Ophelia may have been willing to put up with it, but her other friends weren't so willing, especially after that loud angry lecture Chimerra gave.
"Um I don't think that's such a great idea, hon. I mean their idea of fun is kinda different than yours."
"Chimerra frowned at that statement as she looked at her reflection in the dark coffee pot. She saw through Ophelia's nice words. None of those girls liked her. She didn't make any new friends last night. For so long Ophelia was trying to get her to open up and try new things, saying that people would appreciate her more if she was more open minded and let loose a little, but she just couldn't help it. She just didn't want to leave her comfort zone.
"What I mean to say is that you kinda um… Well my friends sort of…"
"I get it Ophelia!" She snapped.
"Well sweetie you know I think you're great but sometimes you can be a little…"
"FORGET IT!" She screeched not wanting to hear it from her again about how she can be too insufferable for most people's tastes. "AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED I DON'T WANT TO HANG OUT WITH A BUNCH OF DELIQUINTS ANYWAY!"
She stopped yelling when she realized that other customers were staring at her and now was not the time or place for one of her little temper tantrums. "Sorry." She muttered to the blond. "I gotta get back to work."
Chimerra worked for two more hours until it was time to lock up for the night. She checked the café door to make sure it was properly locked before she proceeded to walk home.
She mulled over how she handled that situation with Ophelia. She lost her temper again. Why did she always do that? One of these days she was going to loose all her friends because of her attitude.
She was suddenly shaken from her thoughts when she heard the sound of someone coming closer. She spun around to take a look just to be sure.
No one. There was nobody there, however it just dawned on her that it wasn't exactly an appropriate hour to be walking home all by her lonesome. She brushed off the thought of anybody walking behind her and kept right on her stride homeward, still keeping her guard up however.
It was only a few more blocks then she would be home. But then that feeling came again. The chilling feeling that she was not alone. She picked up the pace a little but the feeling only increased. She broke out into a jog, yet still she did not feel safe. As she ran she took another glance behind her to check to see if anyone was there but if she had been paying more attention to where she was going rather than looking behind then she would have seen the very person she was running from as she slammed right into him.
"Ahh!" She shrieked caught off guard, she fell back right onto her butt.
She looked up to gaze upon the face of the stalker she feared only to stare strait into the dark eyes of a tall muscular man. He had to be about Six feet tall, his dark hair was crazy looking. It went out in spikes in multiple directions. His clothing was odd. It reminded her somewhat of what they wore in old kung fu films.
He just stared down at her. His black eyes piercing her soul as if he was looking for something inside of her own black eyes.
She could never in a thousand years guess the reason for his deep stare. That he was trying to confirm her identity. All evidence pointed to this young women being the one he was looking for but he wanted to be 100% sure.
She had some characteristics similar to his wife. Those were definitely her dark eyes and her body was just as short and petite as he remembered, but there were some things a bit off than what he had grown accustomed to.
Her long dark hair tied up in a ponytail was familiar but it seemed to be cut choppier than her old strait as a whip style and the texture of it was different too. Her skin was several shades darker, now resembling the color of milk chocolate rather than the porcelain doll tone he had grown to know. Her conservative signature Chinese dress was replaced by a modest tank top and a long skirt, much like how regular modest girls this age dress at this warm time of year.
Her entire face, her nose, jaw line, lips, had similar features but not exactly the same as it was before. One part of him knew this shouldn't surprise him given that she was reborn as a new person, the other knew that this would take some getting used to.
He shook off said doubts. After all the work he put into to tracking her down, going to king Yemma, getting him to go through such confidential files and then finding her in this city took longer than he thought, but he certainly was grateful. His wife was born again as a human woman on earth. He found her at an age when this wouldn't be too awkward for them. He didn't want to go through that whole mess of one of them looking like a kid while the other was an adult again and even though she may appear to look different, she was still just as pretty as she ever was. Not prettier or any less so, just in a different way.
He crouched down to her level and felt for her ki signature for his final confirmation that this was indeed his wife's soul.
Chimerra flinched at the mysterious man who came closer to her, and her anxiety grew even more so as a smile slipped onto his face. Her mind automatically went to the worst-case scenario and she reached into her back pocket for something to defend herself with.
"So it is you, huh, Chi chi." The stranger said to her all smiles. "I've been looking all over the place for ya. I've missed you."
Chimerra hadn't a clue what he was talking about and it only made her anxiety grow. The only explanation she could come up with for his nonsensical words were that this man had to be crazy. She had better act fast, or who knows what would happen to her!
"Whoops, Sorry I forgot. You don't remember me do you? That's okay. I thought that would probably be the case. You see the truth is I'm- AAHHHH!"
He was completely cut off midsentence by the young woman's surprise attack. She had pulled a can of mace right out of her back pocket and poor Goku got it right in the face. It stung like a solar flare and made his eyes water badly.
As the tall mysterious and obviously crazy stranger was preoccupied with rubbing the solution out of his red eyes Chimerra took this as her chance to make a run for it. She got off the street and made a made dash to her house, not slowing down or looking back once the entire way home.
After a few minutes the stinging began to subside and while Goku's eyes were still red and puffy at least now he could open them. He had already sensed that she had run off before he got the chance to see her do it.
He let out an aggravated sigh. "Well that didn't go went well."
So tell me everybody how do you like the New Chi chi? You pronounce her name (CHEE -MAIR -AH). In order for the name to work for the story it had to be the kind of name that Chi chi could be used as a nickname for. I put a lot of thought into it.
As for the name Ophelia, well the last book we read in my English class was Hamlet and the name just stuck with me.
Well, I'll see you next chapter.
