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Chimerra sat dumbstruck as she gaped at the man who sat across from her. She thought she would be nice and offer him some of the day old bagels that the café wouldn't sell tomorrow. She had never seen anybody eat so much, so fast.

She was still in shock when Goku finished and asked her, his mouth still full with at least six bagels at once. "Mo mi moomoo buru rate gurs mo mush?"

His talking with a full mouth shook her out of her stupor. "Uh, What was that?"

He swallowed his food and asked again. "So why do you hate guys so much. I'm not attracted to them either but I don't hate them."

She let out a sigh and put her head in her hand. "Because I've never met good one."

That was strange. Never in her whole life? "What about your dad?" Chi chi always had a great relationship with her father.

"He's the worst!" Chimerra began her story. "For as long I can remember he was always mean to my mother. They met when he was in law school and while she was in college. He made my mother drop out. He said she wouldn't need a degree because he wanted to be the breadwinner. He was such a perfectionist. Nothing was ever good enough for him and he'd take it out on us. Momma still has a few scars from the times he got really mad after loosing a case in court.

I was 11 when Momma finally filed for divorce, but he was a lawyer and she didn't even have a college degree. He got everything. Our house, the money, he would have gotten custody of me too if I hadn't begged to stay with Momma."

Goku couldn't comprehend that story. As a father himself he couldn't imagine hurting your children just because he was angry over something else entirely. He never raised his hand to hurt his kids unless they were training and they were prepared for it, and even then, it was never enough to scar them, and hurt his wife? He could never even bring himself to raise his voice against Chi chi, even at rare times when he was angry with her let alone purposely hurt her so badly.

"I never understood how anyone could be with someone like that… Until it happened to me…" She spoke as if she were ashamed.

"It happened last year. He was my first boyfriend and he was a year older than me. He'd do some… Really scary things. He'd get so angry and beat me but latter he'd be so sorry and I forgave every time. He'd say such awful things that hurt my feelings but I just let it go.

My mother was so worried. She wanted to help but I just shut her and everone else out, everyone except Ophelia. She was my best friend and she just wouldn't accept being shut out when she could see I was in trouble like that. I don't know how far it would have gone if she didn't rescue me. She gave me a shoulder to cry on, and the night that he broke my wrist, she convinced me to call the police. He went to jail for assault.

After that I decided I was done with men and I slowly fell in love with Ophelia. She is so wonderful. I feel so safe when I'm with her.

Goku had no clue what to say in this situation. He never would have believed this could happen to her. It was so surreal. Chi chi never needed to be protected from things like that. She was very independent and always stood up for herself, and even if she did manage to take on someone she couldn't handle, he'd always be able to help her out. How could she have gotten in so deep?

"You're safe around me." He muttered out. It was all he could come up with to say.

Chimerra gave him a soft gaze and smiled. "Look I'm sorry for yelling. You're weird but I guess you're not as bad as I originally thought. Maybe we can be friends but-"

"Why can't we be together?" He just didn't quite get it.

"Goku…" She began. "I think that maybe you're holding on to something that's just not there. I don't know anything about you're wife, but I'm not her."

"But you're just like her."

"You barely know me."

"Sure I do. You stubborn, loud, have an unpredictable temper, modest values-_

She cut him off. "Yes that's what you've seen of me so far but you don't know-"

Goku continued, "Education is important to you and so is family. You're really good at cooking and housework, you love kids."

Okay, she thought. He must have guessed at that. "But you don't my-"

Your favorite flowers are tulips, your favorite color is yellow, your favorite food is Chinese."

This was getting creepy. How in the world did he guess that? He couldn't really know all that. She tested him. "What's my favorite movie?"

"Goku thought for a minute. "Hmm. I don't know."

"See? You don't know everything-"

"You weren't one for watching TV or movies very often, but It's probably something that has talking animals in it. You know something family oriented."

Okay now this was getting really creepy. "Uh I gotta go." She said as she bolted for the door. This was too weird.

"But Chi chi wait!" Goku followed after her.

She turned back to him and said. "Look Goku. I don't have time for this in my life right now and even if I did, that wouldn't change the fact that I'm with someone. A GIRL! So I… I'm just sorry!"

Goku stood there watched sadly as she walked home. It really was true. She just didn't want him. It was all thanks to her that he had a family, that he wasn't alone. He was on his own ever since his grandpa died when he was a kid. But after all these years, all the changes his family went through. Kids being born, growing older, having kids of their own, and eventually dying, there was one thing that stayed constant, her devotion to him. He never could have imagined that one day he'd wake up and it was all gone. She had always come to him, how was it that now she wanted nothing to do with him?

He felt a pain in his heart. It was kind of like that terrible feeling he got in the pit of his stomach whenever he had gone too long without eating but this time it was in his chest. He didn't want her to go away.

No! He wouldn't give up. There had to be something he could do to win her back. He just needed to think. What was the one thing he could do for her that would make her happier than anything?

Then it clicked. Yeah, that would work!

I know this is a short chapter but I wanted to leave you guys on this cliffhanger. So what do you think it is he came up with hm?

I would just like to take a moment and tell you guys that the relationship that Chimerra described is quite typical in abuse cases. And before you ask how anybody could be with someone like that, know this: 1 out of 4 women will go through some type of abuse in their lives. It's a real statistic, and studies show it's usually someone you wouldn't expect. If you ever do have a friend who is in a bad relationship like that she may try to shut you out and tell you to mind your own business but don't let that happen. Ophelia did the right thing. Convince her to go for help and stay with her as a friend. Remember that crimes that involve abuse are one of the rare crimes that we blame the victim too. Don't blame her. That's not what's most important.

This has been a fan fiction public service announcement.