A/N: Sorry this took forever! After finals I had alot of things happen to me and they weren't very pleasant, but now with all that aside I can finally present you all with a chapter!
Chapter 2: Give me emergency
The rest of the evening went as Raditz predicted, uneventful and dull. The only highlight of the evening was going back to his brother's home and pretending the whole night never happened. As soon as he stepped into the residence he tore off the suit in the privacy of his room. The warrior started balling up his clothes when he caught another whiff of something sweet. Stopping short he remembered that the woman from earlier had touched him on the arm and hands. Bringing the sleeve closer to his nose he sniffed again. Disgusted at himself he jerked his head back and threw the offending item across the room. Being on Earth was starting to get to him he decided because there was no other reason that he would be acting like that. Turning off the lights he crawled into bed leaving the day behind to start another one.
Raditz endured another night of dreamless sleep only to be woken up by an annoying nephew. The smallest of the Son household was staring at his uncle snore like a wild boar. When his little fingers started poking him Goten was almost on the receiving end of a choke hold had he not moved out of the way. Raditz had shot up in the bed, veins popping out of his skin from sheer aggravation.
"Why are you bothering me brat?" Goten gave him a Goku worthy smile.
"Because Daddy and Gohan are training and Mommy went to Aunt Bulma's house." Raditz massaged his temples feeling a glorious headache coming on.
"Leave before I do something you'll regret." Goten's eyes went wide at his threat as he ran out the door. He hoped his uncle wouldn't tell his dad that he was bugging him this morning. There was more than once when Raditz wondered why he hadn't left the god forsaken planet to find somewhere more accustomed to his personality, like a barren wasteland where it was quiet and no one could hear you scream for miles away. Getting up from the bed he immediately put on his training gear as he got ready to locate his brother and nephew to train. Using the handy new technique he learned he concentrated on his brother's ki and set off into the annoyingly bright sunny day.
Landing on the soft grass he stared up at his nephews trying to take down their father; all of them had gone Super Saiyin. All of them except of course for Raditz. It was almost a literal slap in the face that a mere child could easily reach a legendary status while he still struggled to understand the concept of pushing himself through an intense emotional barrier. It wasn't fair and it grated at his ego, lowering it one day at a time. As if he read his older brother's thoughts Goku looked down and stopped the fight.
"Whatcha up to Raditz?" He scratched the back of his head in his classic style.
"I've come to spar. Why else would I be here?" It wasn't as if he really wanted to see his brother in anything other than a sparring session. His reason for coming in the first place was about to be scratched out of the plans.
"Well Chi Chi wanted me to do a couple things for her in the city, so it'll have to wait." His older brother rolled his eyes in annoyance. Raditz started to levitate, getting ready to go find another willing sparring partner. Goku tried another plan of attack. "Why don't you come with me? All you ever do is sit in your room or spar, it'll do you some good to get out and look around." The older warrior raised his eyebrow.
"Whatever." He turned his back only to have Goten grab onto his leg.
"Please Uncle Raditz! It'll be fun and we never go to the city! We can go ride roller coasters at the theme park and eat cotton candy until we get tummy aches!" As appealing as that sounded, Raditz didn't want to watch his brother's son regurgitate semi digested sugar and other various sweets.
"I don't think so kid." Goten started to plead once more, but his father interrupted him.
"Come on Raditz." There was no good reason he should even go.
"Shut up, you're staring to sound like your brat." He conceded to go with his brother on his pointless trip.
It smelled like rain even though the sky was still blue and the clouds were still white, but something in the air said that storms were coming. Raditz heard his nephews blabbing on about some asinine topic, not caring to hear more than he had to. The day was as normal as one could get, leaving Raditz yearning for something more exciting.
"Do you smell that?" Goku had his nose in the air, sniffing like a dog would when a steak was near. Mimicking his brother he sniffed the air, trying to sort out each individual scent. Goten had also stopped to sniff and like his father, his eyes started to glaze over in delight.
"Is Mommy gonna get mad if we go shop for her surprise party?" Goku ruffled his son's hair and chuckled.
"Goten, your mother doesn't need to know everything we did today, right?" He winked at his son, hoping he would catch his drift. The smallest Son gave a confused look before the light bulb went off in his head.
"Oh right…" Not standing to watch the idiocy both son and father shared Raditz pushed passed them and walked closer to the sugary sweet smell. It wasn't before long that he heard a man yelling quite loudly. The warrior picked up the pace in hopes that he would be able to use his fighting skills on a lowly human. Walking into an open door way he saw black smoke billowing out of a back room. There were people waving large sheets of metal in hopes that the bad air would clear out before setting off the sprinkler system. The man was yelling again, but this time Raditz could hear clearly.
"Elyse! How long were you going to leave that in there? Where is your head today? Now we have to start a brand new one and pray to Kami that it'll be done on time!" A female interjected.
"Well if you hadn't pushed off your work on me then I would have been paying attention to the oven! If I hadn't been decorating your stuff and trying to keep the damn fondant from falling off we wouldn't have been in this mess in the first place!" The metal door swung open, both the man and woman were still arguing. "It's a wonder I haven't fired you yet! All you do is pawn your work off on me and act like you're so busy. If you weren't my cousin then you would've been done a long time ago buddy!" Her finger poked the man in the chest. There was a cough in the background. Turning to the source of the noise, Elyse saw the man who helped her out the night before. Her cheeks flushed a bright red, embarrassed that she had caused such a scene in the front of the store.
"Is there anything I could help you with?" She tugged on a strand of her black hair. Just as she asked a man in a bright orange and blue outfit came in and his two sons. Raditz put a hand up to his forehead and rubbed the skin.
"I was coming to warm you abut my brother and his brats." Not quite understanding what he was talking about she looked to the side of him and saw his brother eat almost all the sample cupcakes in one shot. Her hand went to her gaping mouth. He was almost going to eat the rest before she side stepped Raditz and grabbed the plate from the counter that Goku was eating off of.
"What can I help you with today sir?" She hoped she hadn't offended him, but she didn't want all her food to go into his stomach.
Taking a huge gulp, Goku swallowed the sugary confectionaries. "My wife's birthday is in a few days and I was hoping I could get something for her." In a few days? People usually came in two weeks to a month early to get the sketches done and try out some different flavors if cake. Sighing, she led him to a chair and started asking him the usual questions.
"So it's your wife's birthday. Do you have any idea how many people are going to be there?" Goku scratched his chin. There weren't going to be too many people, but he sure did love cake.
"About sixty people." He knew that she also had no idea how big a Saiyan appetite was. Elyse wrote on her clip board.
"Okay, next on the agenda is what type of cake you would like. We had different kinds you can try or you can tell me if you already something planned."
"Those cupcakes were good. What kind were those?" The baker clicked her pen in and out.
"There were four different types sir….." Goku laughed, knowing he looked a little silly at the moment. The dark haired woman decided for him.
"How about I make each layer of cake a different flavor to match the flavor of those cupcakes?" He pumped his fist in the air. "That sounds great!" He was very enthusiastic and it was hard not to smile with him.
"And last but not least, do you have any idea what you want your cake to look like?" Goku thought back to his wedding day and thought about what that cake looked like. He tried to explain what it looked like to her.
"When we got married our cake was a big circle and then a smaller one, and then a smaller one on top of that." Elyse sat back in her chair, laughing to herself. His heart was in the right place, but Kami help him when she brought it to the party he was planning. She hoped that her client liked it, but husbands usually got it wrong when they didn't discuss anything with their wives. While she was filling the rest of the order sheet out, his teenage son came over.
"Excuse me ma'am, but how much will this cost?" He looked anxious and she knew what it felt like to hear the price of something only to realize that you couldn't have it. Casting a look over at Raditz she looked back over to Goku and his son.
"It's on the house." The cake could have easily been in the 500 zeni range, but last night she had been left on her own and Raditz helped her, it was only fair to repay his kindness.
"Really? Thank you ma'am!" The older boy was very polite and sweet.
"Yeah thanks!" She looked over by the counter and saw that Goten had a cupcake in his mouth and icing smeared on his face.
"You're welcome. I'll go ahead and get to work and I'll call you when it's done for the party." Reaching over she shook his hand before he left. The little family left, but to her surprise Raditz had stayed behind. Looking to one of the other bakers she handed off the clip board so they could go ahead and start getting it ready.
The warrior watched her go about her business. Earth women were very confusing to him and this woman wasn't an exception. "Who was that man you were arguing with earlier?" Elyse crossed her arms and blew her bangs out of her eyes.
"He's my cousin. He's kind of an idiot, but I owed his mom a favor, so I hired him on." Nudging her head toward the door she continued, "You certainly have a lively family." He scoffed at her.
"We're barely a family." The long haired warrior Saiyan had no idea why he was telling her that. Maybe it was because her brown eyes looked so inquisitive, but there was no way he was going to get to comfortable with a weak female. She looked taken aback, but she didn't comment. It wasn't her place to say anything. Raditz left her store as the faint claps of thunder started to break the silence in the air. Elyse watched him go, but for some reason she stayed rooted to her spot. A girl that helped her in decorating had pushed open the metal doors and whistled.
"That guy was hot." Chuckling out loud the short haired woman cocked her hip.
"I think he's a little too old for you." Pushing through the door, she let the young girl manage the front of the store so she could get started on her latest cake.
It had started pouring outside by the time that the Son family had gotten done with all of their errands. Goku had offered to do instant transmission, but Raditz declined. He had spent enough time with his family for the day and he needed a break from them. As soon as his family had phased out of sight he started wandering aimlessly around the city. The rain droplets had started to soak his hair and clothes, but he kept going. There was a storm brewing in his mind. He was trying to wrap his mind around achieving the elite status of Super Saiyan, but there was nothing he could think of that he hadn't tried already. Feeling a sudden pressure in his lower chest he looked down and saw that he had run into the weak Earth woman.
"It seems like we keep running in to each other." Wiping her hands on her pants she pulled herself back up to her feet. Walking passed him he felt her grab his hand. "The least you could do is walk a lady home after knocking her down." Following her down the street Raditz commented at her.
"I don't see a lady, just a pushy woman."
She tossed a 'whatever' over her shoulder, but she continued to drag him through random streets of the city.
"Where are we going woman?" It was like her mere presence made him stupid.
"Like I said earlier, you're walking me home like a gentleman." He laughed out loud. Elyse stopped pulling and walked by his side. "What did I say?" The warrior looked down at her in amusement.
"I have been called many things, but a gentleman is not one of them." Elyse leaned on him as a couple walked by them.
"You helped me out last night when you could've said no. You're walking me home now and you could've told me no. I think that qualifies you to be a gentleman, but of course I'll disregard you calling me pushy." They had stopped in front of an old apartment building and she had let go of his arm. "This is me." She looked down at her feet and grumbled something.
"What did you say woman?" Her cheeks turned red again as she lifted her face up.
"I said would you like to come up?" The only reason he had even been pulled into this was because he was avoiding his family and he still didn't feel like going back there just yet.
"Why not?"