"Hey Chi Chi can I talk to you for a second about something?"
Chi Chi was pulling some ingredients out of the fridge. "mmhmm, pancakes and eggs are ok?"
"uhh, yeah that's fine. Chi Chi that night in the alley, that was Spike wasn't it?" Goku sat at the kitchen table watching her reaction, waiting to see anything.
"Yes." Chi Chi didnt flinch she started to pour ingredients into a bowl and mix everything together to make the pancakes.
"Bulma wouldn't tell me... Please don't be made at me but what did he do specifically Chi Chi. I know he stalked you but WHAT did he DO?" This made Chi Chi freeze in her place and drop the spoon into the bowl. Goku stood up and took a few steps towards the counter and placed his hand on her shoulder left shoulder.
Something in the air changed and Chi Chi's shoulder slumped forward and her whole mood changed. Chi Chi reached up with her hand on put it on top of Goku's. Turing around she faced him as their hands were still on her shoulder.
"Goku.I...I don't remember a lot from that night because I hit my head bad. Memory loss. But what I do remember from that day was we were all on a family friends yaht boat. I was about to head back to shore; I took my family's speedboat by myself there. Half way back to shore I heard someone cough behind me and it was Spike. I swear he wasn't there when I left I would of known!" Chi Chi stomped her foot and the pain was evident in her eyes.
"I stopped the boat and started to yell at him and ask him where he came from. I was so fed up with him at that point. He didn't answer and just tied me up. He told me that he wasn't going to let anyone else near me and he didn't like the other people staring at me. No one else was allowed to do that. So he took over the boat and took it to an island where he had a plane. God knows where he got it! His mother and him only have money now because of my father. When we were on the boat I was able to grab my phone and dial Bulma's number without him seeing. I put the phone on silent but she could hear everything going on etc. long story short when we were on the island Spike left me sitting on a rock to go back grab something from the boat. That's when the helicopters came. Spike came running back towards me like a bat out of hell."
Chi Chi took a deep breath and let it out "I tried to get away from him. I ran towards the dock and jumped in the water. He came after me. Then that's where it all becomes blurry. I only remember a lot of sounds and glimpses of things. Spike, a bald man?... Being shot..or burned...pain and blood. A lot of blood. Spike yelling a lot. I'm not really sure what it was that happened." She shook her head as she tried to remember
Chi Chi grasped Goku hand under hers to help pull her shirt down and off her shoulder. "This scar is what was left from it...Bulma was the one to find me. I woke up in the hospital and I couldn't remember anything."
Goku looked at the scar on her shoulder in shock. 'this can't be right...' He moved his hands to look at the scar and examine it.
"The doctors said I was lucky and it missed my heart and main arteries by millimeters." Goku walked to face her side and saw the scar where a prominent hole from a bullet, or a ki beam was. The area around the hole was scarred tissue also from the skin burning.
"Chi Chi...this isn't any kind of normal burn." Chi Chi just placed her hand on Gokus then grabbed her shirt and pulled it back up shaking her head.
"I've tried to make sense of it for years now Goku but I have come to the conclusion that I won't be able to." Chi Chi turned around and started to pour the batter onto the pans for the stove.
"That was after high school graduation. When you didn't hear from me for those few weeks that Bulma and I were suppose to be in Europe. We didn't end up going. I was in the hospital for two weeks because of it being so close to my heart. That's also why I wouldn't go near the water with you at the end of that year too...I'm perfectly fine now though. Sit down Goku." Chi Chi turned around and smiled at him. "Relax I'll be done with the food in a minute."
Goku complied and sat down at the table and pulled his phone out.
To Vegeta:I think I know whats up with Spike. I'll explain when you get here.
To Goku: I confirm on that, I "ran into him" last night and I picked up on it too. See you soon.
"Hello- You there. Earth to Goku, Fresh Food..." Chi Chi sat at the table looking at him stare at his phone.
Laughing goku put his phone back into his pocket and started to dig into the food.
"oh...and Bulma and Vegeta...are on their way here...Soon...3 ish" Goku tried to talk in-between bites.
Chi Chi giggled at Goku and smiled at the crazy nut of a man she sat next to, that she was in love with 'oh mother help me. teaching him some manners for a party is going to be VERY interesting of a time.'
Goku was sitting on the lazy boy with his eyes closed as he enjoyed his full stomach. Chi Chi was at the sink washing all the bowls and dished from earlier this morning. She was enjoying the peace and quiet as she hummed a tune stuck in her head. She looked behind her and found Goku sitting in the chair. Chi Chi when back to her current actions.
Finishing up she walked over and kissed Goku on the cheek, giggling at him. "Will you come with me?"
Goku opened one eye at looked at her "but that means I have to move..."
"AND?..." Chi Chi crossed her arms "I just cooked you food and fed you, the least you can do is come with me lazy ass...please"
Goku held up his hands in defeat and stood up. "You're cute when you're angry, you know that." chucking he kissed her forehead and wrapped her in his arms before she could protest about his comment. "So where are we going, or what are we doing?"
Wrapping her arms around his torso she looked up at him "into my house...I haven't really, well no one has been in it other than that cleaning lady since mom passed away."
Chi Chi placed her face in Gokus chest and mumbled "I'm nervous/scared...I..I don't know"
That made goku frown "Well come on, lets go see if that awesome fireplace of yours works for tonight. Especially if Bulma and Vegeta are coming." Goku bear hugged her and lifted her off the ground.
Chi Chi hesitated at turning the doorknob. Taking a deep breath she opened the door and stepped inside. Goku walked up and stood right next to her. Taking her hand he smiled down at her.
Looking around everything was exactly the same but everything seemed so different to her. Pictures of her family adorned the wall. It started with just her parents and then a new one each year as Chi Chi grew; then stopped the last year before her mother died. Everywhere else had a picture frame on the coffee table or on the counters.
The living room was adorned with the couches by the fireplace and blankets folded in a neat pile on the side. A little pile of wood stacked up next to the fireplace and the kitchen all clean and sparkly. This wasn't just a residence, it was a Home.
Her chest tightened and she could feel all the emotions all over again. Anxiety, sadness, fear, depression, anger, and loss. She breathed deeply; looking up she started to blink to get rid of the tears that started to gloss over her eyes. Goku squeezed her hand and kissed her head laying his cheek down on her head. "I miss her too. She was like a mother to me too. Vegeta and you guys were and are my only family. I dont have anyone else. Plus I think she was the only other one, than yourself, that could keep up with my eating patterns."
Chi Chi burst out into laughter at Goku's comment, and it let the few tears welled up in her eyes out. Hugging him tightly, she let go and walked over to the kitchen. She grabbed a glass and filled it up with water. She stood there slowly sipping on the water trying to gain her bearings.
She smiled at Goku sitting at the high counter top. "I think you just amazed her with how much food you could eat and it gave her more reasons to cook when we were here. She never got to when we were back at the main complex." Sighing she set her glass in the sink "I have to go donate all my clothes and I have to go thru all my moms stuff too."
"Can you try to control yourself, arrogant prick…." Bulma walked up to the front door and rang the door bell.
Vegeta smirked at Bulma in his usual, arms crossed and standing there, stance. The door opened to reveal Goku.
"Hey guys! You're early by….like two hours. Come on in." Goku back away from the door to let everyone in.
Vegeta smack Bulma's butt and chuckled while he walked straight inside pass Goku. "arggg you insufferable…..stubborn pig headed-"
"Hey Bulma! Come upstairs you have to see some of the stuff I'm finding" Chi Chi yelled from the top of the stairs missing what happened two second ago.
Bulma glared darts at Vegeta and Goku slowly backed away from her to close the door. Bulma ran upstairs and Goku turned to Vegeta.
"Really? I like being alive, thank you very much. And between the wrath of those two, both of us really would be dead. Our strength won't do shit for us." Vegeta rolled his eyes and Goku and walked into the kitchen.
"She does it to herself. Its fun to get her feathers ruffled. Hey you got any beer in this place?"
"Umm no. We have to go shopping for stuff still. Chi Chi went and got food this morning but not that much. And what did you do to her this time that she was so pissed off. I haven't seen her this mad other than the time you took off into space to train without telling her after that huge fight you had."
"eh I mean she was wiggling around while we were flying here. Told her not to, she rolled out of my grasp. I had plenty of time to get her before she hit the ground. I wouldn't let her fall on accident…she had it coming with that mouth of hers. Shut her up on the rest of the way here."
"Dude really?..." Vegeta shrugged his shoulders at Goku and leaned against the counter top. Goku sighed 'I'm never going to understand their relationship.'
"So Spike, he defiantly learned to fight from someone, and not just kick box-" Goku crossed his arms and he became serious on the subject. "There is defiantly something under that belt of his."
"Hah, you can say that again Kakarot. Bulma and I made a pit stop at his place and he slipped up in trying to conceal his energy. That prick actually has something. Not big but something is there. I had to rescue the damsel before she got herself killed so I couldn't really pick up on anything else."
Goku nodded "You don't need to see anything else. Chi Chi has the scar to prove it all."
Vegeta raised an eyebrow in question at Goku.
Goku glared out into space as anger seethed out from his glare. "Either someone has really really good aim or got lucky and they missed their target. Bastard."
Both of Vegetas eyebrows raised at Goku comment. "Touchy of the girl now are we."
"Fuck off Vegeta….Next time we are outside in the water actually take a look at Chi Chis left shoulder it will be all you need to see-" Goku was cut off by Chi Chis hand and Bulmas hand yanking both of the men out of the kitchen towards the door.
"Hey guys were running into town to grab food and drinks for today and tomorrow! Lets go!" Both men rolled their eyes. This only meant one thing. They were about to be the shopping baskets, carrying everything.
Three hours and over two dozen bags of food and drinks later Chi Chi pulled her jeep into the garage with everyone shoved into it. Everyone jumped out and grabbed all the bags of food to lug into the house.
"Chi Chi was it really necessary to buy all this food?" Bulma wined as she carried all her bags into the house.
"Serious? With those two here, how the hell is this even enough?!" Bulma and Chi Chi left the guys in the garage and headed inside to start putting all the groceries away.
Chi Chi and Bulma finished putting all the food away after the guys came inside with the rest of it. The girls walked out onto the deck and sat down. "You think everything will be ok this time bulma?"
Bulma internally cringed. "uh… Chi Chi we gotta talk. I need to tell you some things. I haven't really talked to Vegeta about any of this yet cause hah well we kind of got sidetracked…..but that's not the issue-Do you remember anything seriously from last time? Names? Faces? Anything other than what you told me before." Chi Chi sighed and turned to face Bulma.
"No not really. I told you all I can really remember. Unless I'm suppressing , I mean I doubt it but no I don't." Bulma nodded.
"Is there something going on that I need to know about Bulma? First Goku and now you. I mean your not one very good at trying to hide secrets."
"OK! how about we talk about it tomorrow and not worry about it today, Tonight we are going to have FUN!" Bulma grabbed Chi Chi's hand to drag her back inside passing the guys.
"Get your suits and grills going guys! We are surfing, drinking, and partying all night long tonight!" Vegeta just watched the girls go by while Goku cheered on, saying that was a great idea. Chi Chi laughed as she was pulled along. Never in her dreams did she think that she would have gotten this lucky to have the people she had in her life around.
Chi Chi sat on her board facing shore laughing at Bulmas attempt to paddle board and Vegeta burning himself on the grill numerous times on shore. There hadn't been any waves tonight so Chi Chi just took her board out to paddle around.
Krillin and 17 had ended showing up after Bulma called a few of their friends. Chi Chi decided to head towards shore after being in the water for god knows how long. Goku, Krillin, and 17 were throwing around a Frisbee down the beach.
Shoving her board into the ground under the porch she thought she would go and relive Vegeta of his duties. He looked pathetic enough with how many times he had burnt himself. It was hard to miss from watching him out on the water.
Throwing just some shorts on she Grabbed two beers, opened them and walked up to Vegeta. "Hey how about I trade you a beer and relive you of your grilling duties 'Prince.'" She held out the beer and smiled
Vegeta had a deep chuckle at Chi Chis comment "So Kakarot told you it all, well it's about time." He accepted the beer and took a long hard swig from the bottle. Vegeta exhaled tasting the delicious beer he had been waiting all day for. Looking down at her shoulder Goku mentioned earlier he pointed to it.
"Your strong for being so small. I now see what Kakarot sees in you, I approve."
Chi Chi didn't know if she should have been upset at the small part of his comment or take it as a totally compliment. "uh, thank…you."
Chi Chi took a sip of her beer after that and walked up to the grill then stopped when she saw a green man 'ok I'm either hallucinating or there really is a green man down there….with two antennas?...walking towards me. Uhhhhh… ok drink, just keep drinking' Chi Chi turned the beer up and took two long gulps.
"heh the namek is here isn't he." Vegeta turned around and spotted Piccolo.
"The whaat?"
Vegetas thumb point over towards what Chi Chi thought was a green man.
"HEY PICCOLO!" Chi Chi could see Goku running up to Piccolo. Chi Chi stuttered with her thought 'I…uh ok? Ummmmm….Goku, Namek? What?' Vegeta broke thru Chi Chi's thoughts. "I like my meat rare. Don't burn it."
'well there goes the nice out of him' Chi Chi sighed and decided that she didn't like burnt food either and she should pay attention and then she would find out those that guy was.