Priyanka walked up to the door of the son household. She was a bit nervous. It had been a long time since she had spoken with Goku's wife Chichi, heck she hadn't even seen her in person since they first met, but after the events at the hospital with those...things… She felt she needed to talk to someone. She had originally gone to Greg, but he had been busy when she had called. It was then that she had remembered that she had Chichi's number. When she called her up, the woman seemed surprised by the call but also ecstatic. "It's funny, but there are so many men in my life, that it's rare that I get to spend time with or even talk to another woman," she explained. She then invited her over for the first day Priyanka had been available for some tea.

No sooner had she knocked on the door, then did Chichi open the door with a tired yet bright smile. Her bun was a bit of a mess and the apron she was wearing had obviously been put to good use, but otherwise, she looked fine. "Priyanka! I'm so glad you were able to come!" she greeted, holding the door open, "Come in! Come in!"

Priyanka stepped through the threshold of the cottage. It was somewhat small but quaint. The furniture seemed a little out of place, as it was very ornate and looked almost antique. Why they were so out of place, was because there seemed to be a few spots of disrepair in the rest of the house. A door knob was missing from a closet door that had a dent in the wood, a place on the wall where it seemed a lamp should have been hanging from there were only wires poking out, and there were a few spots where it was obvious the drywall had been replaced multiple times. "Sorry about the mess," she explained, "My boys can be a bit clumsy and don't always realise how strong they are. Goku is especially like this after he's had a rigorous training session. I love him, but sometimes he's like a Great Dane that thinks he's a lap dog."

Dr. Maheswaran nodded as her attention drifted elsewhere. She could smell something cooking. It was warm and very comforting. As she entered the kitchen, she noticed the many pots and pans on the stove filled with different dishes currently simmering. On the counters there were several assortments of different trays filled with fully cooked dishes. One even had a roasted turkey!

"What's all this for? Are you having a family reunion or a get together later this evening?" she asked as she looked over the different plates. There was more than enough to feed fifteen people.

Chichi looked at her in confusion before realization struck her and she chuckled. "Oh no! This is just lunch," she explained, "Goku and Gohan will be home later so I had to make sure there was enough for both of them. Hopefully there will be enough leftover that I won't have to cook as much later this evening."

Priyanka gaped at her in astonishment. "You're kidding me, right?!" she sputtered. Chichi shook her head no. "How is that even possible?! There's no way that they could eat that much and live!" she cried.

Chichi sighed as she grabbed the kettle and brought it to the dining table with a set of cups. "Believe me, I've repeated those same words more times than I can count in the many years I've known Goku, and I've never found the answer," she said, sitting down, "I think it's a Saiyan thing, because I've seen Vegeta eat just as much, but the real shocker is that this isn't even the most he's ever eaten. Bulma still claims that he ate 57 full course meals after his first martial arts tournament. He spent almost all of the prize money on it!"

Priyanka's eyebrows shot to her hairline. "I think I'm going to be sick just thinking about what that must have looked like!" she muttered. Chichi hummed in amusement as she poured Dr. Maheswaran her tea.

"Enough about my husband though," she said as she poured her own cup and sat down, "If you wanted to gossip about our spouses, you wouldn't have come over."

"Maybe not. The phone bill would have been gigantic..." Priyanka said with a snort of amusement, "But you're right. I have something much more serious to talk about: my daughter." Chichi nodded and sat up, looking at her attentively. "I know she's a smart kid and she can handle herself," she explained, "And I'm sure your husband and his friends are more than capable of protecting the kids, but that doesn't stop me from worrying! All of those monsters, the martial arts, and the sword fighting...did you know she had a sword?"

"Goku had said he had been taking her to visit his friend Yajirobe for lessons…" Chichi admitted sheepishly.

"You mean she's not even being taught by someone I know?!" she gasped, "I thought it was one of Steven's guardians teaching her! Who the heck is Yajirobe?!"

"Don't worry!" Chichi assured, "He's a close friend of Goku and lives with one of his old Senseis, Korrin, a person who won't even train you if he doesn't deem you worthy."

Priyanka breathed out and sat back down. "I'm alright now…" she assured, "but I guess that brings me to my next thought: it scares me how much she doesn't tell me. She didn't tell me that she was learning sword fighting from a strange man or that she was fighting monsters with Steven's guardians! And if she wouldn't tell me that, then what else isn't she telling me? She could be learning to fire lasers from her hands for all I know!" Chichi bit her lip at that. "You're kidding…" the doctor lamented.

"No, it's not that," Chichi said, "To be honest, I have no idea if they've even attempted to teach her anything about ki or how to control it. The thing is, I have the exact opposite problem. Sometimes I wish I didn't know about all the mess up things in my son and my husband's lives, or rather, I wished they didn't exist."

"I love my husband so very dearly and wouldn't change who he is for anything, but sometimes I wish he wasn't an alien...that he was just a human who happened to be born with a tail," she explained, "Because if he were human, even if he still had all his crazy powers, things would be so much less complicated...or at least complicated in a way I could handle." "When he was sent to Earth as a kid, he was sent to attack the planet, and he might have if he hadn't lost his memory when he was young. I know I shouldn't dwell on it, but sometimes I can't help but wonder what sort of person he would have been like if he hadn't," she said frowning, "but beyond that, there's so many things I have to worry about with Gohan. I had no idea if I was feeding him enough as a baby, and I still don't know if he's getting the right nutrition to this day. I have to be careful of everything I do with him. I even have to keep a calendar of when he can go outside in the evening because of his heritage!" When Priyanka raised an eyebrow at that statement ChiChi gave her a look that said "don't ask." "And with all the nasty fights Goku has gotten and gets into, I was just as petrified as you of letting Gohan train with his father. There are days where Goku comes home with all manner of injuries, and although I know he has a way of healing up fast, I never want to see Gohan like that. I want him to grow up to be a scholar instead, but I don't think that's going to happen…"

Dr. Maheswaran grinned slightly. "If there's anything I've learned from these past few days, it's that you can't control your children," she said as she sipped her tea. Chichi gave a dry laugh.

"But, you know what? You're the lucky one out of the two of us," Chichi explained, "Because I know for a fact that things are going to turn out alright for Connie."

Connie's mother frowned in confusion at her statement. "And how do you know that?" she asked.

"Well besides the fact she has some of the strongest fighters in the world willing to risk life and limb for her, I know because she's a lot like how I was when I was young...though a lot less boy crazy, mind you!" Chichi explained, chuckling slightly at her last statement. "She's strong, passionate, determined, and intelligent. The only thing she's missing is my temper, but be glad she doesn't have that," she continued with a smile, "and I remember meeting a strange, magical little boy when I was a young girl and being whisked away on adventures with him too, and well…" Chichi looked down at the simple gold wedding ring on her finger. "He changed my life and made me happier than I could ever express," she finished, looking up again.

Priyanka stared at her blankly before smiling back at her. "Thank you, Chichi," she quipped holding up her cup and looking down into it, "I think I really needed to hear that." "I just hope I won't be planning a wedding for the two of them any time soon," she joked, "As nice of a kid Steven is, I don't think I'd approve of Connie dating him yet, let alone that."

Chichi giggled as she took a sip from her own cup. "Then be glad she isn't as boy crazy as I was," she chuckled, "or you might just have to worry about that. I was completely delusional as kid!"

"I'm getting the feeling there's an interesting story behind that," Priyanka said with a playful smirk.

"Oh you have NO idea!" Chichi stated as she began her tale. Dr. Maheswaran smiled as she listened. The two women talked for over an hour after that, sharing stories until Goku and Gohan came home for lunch.

These two need more female friends. Particularly Chichi. Anyways, I hope you guys liked this chapter! let me know what you think!