Chapter 1: The Beginning

A/N: This story and it's ideas are based around as usual an A/U scenario pre DragonballZ. Mostly inspiried by ElisaJ's life with you fic, except a little of my spin put on the pre years saga. It's going to be different I assure you, but hearts are broken, emotions worn like armor, and the truth is hidden from so many. Please read and review my newest incarnation.

'Where are you going?' She called out, flustered and caught completely off guard. She had chased him all the way to the balcony. She was disheveled, her hair a mess, her clothes, or mostly a lack thereof, was telling. Watching the man she'd told she loved jumping into the air.

The explosion outside along with the sounds of rapid punches, and combat had filled the entire village. Bodies being tossed back and forth as there was a desperate struggle of the forces between good and evil. When one would be struck down another would take their place.

Pitting the rising stars against the king of evil, four human men standing against a green monster. How they had come to detour here was by design. Knowing that the only occupant in this village would never back down and would rise to the occasion.

Afterall he had beaten him not too long ago.

He cast her a backwards glance, 'Didn't you see? That was Piccolo's son Junior, he came back for a fight and now I've got to end it.' The World Martial Arts champ was wholly focused on the new threat right before him. He'd hoped to have a rematch, he just hadn't expected one so soon. He looked back towards where his friends were already chasing after him. He was determined, this time he wouldn't be so lenient. He'd given him chances and he'd come back again and threatened him after sparing him. He had to put an end to this!

'You can't leave Goku! What about your promise, what about our wedding!' her voice was pained as Goku took off into the air. 'Goku! Dammit! You can't just leave me like this!'

'I'll be back! Don't worry!' Goku replied to the girl he'd said he'd marry. The Ox-King's daughter Chi-Chi had been adamant about having a fantastic wedding and starting a life together. Which sounded fun, but he had to deal with Piccolo, if he didn't then there was no telling how many other people might get hurt!

She screamed loudly. 'Son Goku if you don't come back I will never forgive you! You can't just sleep with me and run away, what kind of man are you! I thought you cared about me, I loved you … you.. YOU CAN'T JUST DO THIS TO ME!' But he continued chasing after those who had come in such an explosive entrance just as quickly. The trails of his aura vanished as he went to help his friends.

Her voice carried on the winds but Goku disappeared becoming a white spec on the horizon. He hadn't even looked back at her! 'You son of a bitch… You fuck me and leave me after just one night?' Tears quickly burned into her eyes as she fell against the railing. Holding her face as she released a bitter sob, Goku had just run out on her. Her heart had been ripped to pieces, feeling so betrayed in body mind and soul.

It was as if she didn't even matter, how could this be what he had just promised her. From her heart she released a stream of tears as the man whom she'd given so much to already left her. In all of her life, Chi-Chi had done nothing to hurt him. Done so much more to gain his favor and worked towards the almost impossible goal of being married to the man she loved.

But that love wasn't returned, it wasn't even appreciated! Gritting her teeth, she swirled her emotions in the exact opposite direction. She wasn't going to lay down and weep. 'I won't waste another second on you, from this moment forward. You are dead to me. I don't need you! There's plenty of other men who'd be happy to be married to me.' Pushing herself to her feet Chi-Chi brought a hand to her heart to make a solemn vow.

All of her pain was transformed, shifting from misery and self loathing into a new force, one that ignited a fire inside of her even greater than that for her once great desire to be married. This new goal might take her entire life not a few measly years.

'I will get my revenge for what you did to me, I will work harder than ever and I will take something from you that I promise you will never! EVER REGRET!' Clenching her hand into her skin Chi-Chi then made her way back to her room.

She would do what she had to clean up this mess. The first thing was to take the few pictures and memories of Goku and rip them down and into pieces. Then once she got dressed she would burn the remains of her past and then start training.

But she would also need to see her father and find any suitable suitors that he might recommend now that she was officially done with… no one in particular.

'My new beginning, a fresh start.' Taking a breath Chi-Chi then set about changing her life for the betterment of herself, her kingdom, and for her father.

Except…

Three years Later.

"Kenyo?" Chi-Chi emerged from her palace room looking for her husband. Her eyes flickering around as she tried to locate him and more importantly what had gotten up and wandered off. Making her way down the hallway, Chi-Chi looked for any telltale signs that might lead to her finding out where he might have gone.

Working back, "Let's see, I just got finished with this morning's regime. I made sure they had breakfast, a quick kiss and then a change of-" A sound of boisterous giggling came from down the hall. It could've only been one thing.

Smiling, Chi-Chi released a sigh of relief and made her way towards the large nursery. The new room had been completely remade for the birth of Chi-Chi and Gyu-Mao's new young little prince. A tiny heart throb, but so intelligent and down right adorable bundle of love.

Two nannies were currently working holding up his hands as the small boy laughed with them. Just over two years old, the small child's huge smile brightened up the entire palace. His messy black hair slicked in small spikes in several directions, one hung over his bangs nearly splitting between his eyes. The young nannies had fallen in love with the little boy as his parents had. His small fingers grasping one's hands as he walked about with them, finding the mere act of exercising to be so much fun. Of course their cheerful claps and praises didn't hinder him either.

"Thats it Gohan, oh you are just doing so well!" The youngest, Teres, chimed in. The young brunette held up small chubby hands as he waddled around the room following the other young woman. Wearing only a modest maid outfit, her hair was bundled much like that of Chi-Chi's in a neat bun. A thin girl of maybe a hundred pounds but her spirit showed as she kept up with the boundless ball of energy. That small cheery voice of laughter was filling up the air as he went after the other woman.

"Come to Aunty Alice." A fuller woman perhaps in her forties, with a short bob blonde cut and fuller face. She served as Chi-Chi's midwife. The woman had taken an extreme liking to Gohan like many others. Holding out her larger hands, she urged him to come towards her. Dressed more like a nanny, she slowly backed away from the approaching toddler getting him to use all of his muscles to go just a little faster and farther. He barely used Teres as anything but a balance, if he needed to.

A natural stabilizer swayed behind him. A furry brown tail, one that was not discussed or brought up by the household. Chi-Chi never talked about it, her husband didn't bother asking, and no one else cared as the little boy seemed just like any other. Aside from his abnormal intelligence and strength, but it wasn't worth gossiping over.

Of course, even Chi-Chi wasn't above a few dirty rumors. Most people knew that Kenyo wasn't the legitimate father, some people claimed that the princess had gotten knocked up on a three day binder, or had been forced to bear a man's child after losing to him at the World Martial Arts Tournament. Though the worst rumor was that the princess had fallen in love with some vagrant, who had ducked out on her the moment he had gotten what he wanted. A young man, handsome, well built with broad shoulders came into her life and left just as quickly once the deed was done. Of course… those were only rumors. Nothing about them were completely true.

"Ah you got me Gohan, oh that's such a wonderful little prodigy." Alice pinned as the boy grabbed her leg and laughed happily. Scooping him up she let him float about the room as she whisked him about, his favorite past time as he loved being thrown around much to his mother's dismay. "And up we go!" She said tossing him just a few scant inches from her grip and right back down making the little boy burst into an absolute fit of giggles.

She tossed him up a few more times until the girls played catch, literally, with Gohan. The small child was loving every second of it as he would instinctively grab whomever was throwing him with his tail and when thrown back release and grasp the next person. His hands waving in the air as he was tossed no more than a foot between the women, and not over a safety blanket covered in everything that would cushin his fall. They called it-

"Stop throwing the baby." Chi-Chi said, her arms crossed over her chest. She gave a furrowed brow and stern gaze at both of the 'adults' in the room. No matter how many times - and there were many - the girls continued treating her son like a beach ball. "Throw Gohan, was a popular past time, even her husband and father were guilty of indulging in this not very approved activity.

If it was mother doing it, she didn't mind. Afterall no one would ever have her reflexes. 'It's probably my fault for creating this stupid game, but I never encouraged anyone else to participate.'

"Sorry Princess," "We're sorry mam," They said, stopping as Gohan who was all laughs stopped and looked around trying to find out why the game had ceased His small eyes fixed upon his mother, and even he dropped his head and upper lip. He didn't like making mommy upset despite how much fun he had.

"Ehhh." She released a sigh, "Please just not when I'm around, besides that I'd like to have my son for a bit anyway." Chi-Chi said, her dismissal of their actions causing a sigh of relief from both women. Alice set down Gohan on his feet before patting him in Chi-Chi's direction. "Go on, go to Momma." She told him, to which he did setting off on his small feet, his tail acting like a ship rudder allowing him to nearly collide with both of his mother's powerful legs.

"Up? Momma?" he asked lifting up his hands to her, his fingers gripping her dress as he pulled on her cheongsam. "How do we ask Gohan?" His mother said looking down at him with a smile. "Pweeze?" He said, showing his full puppy dog eyes. The heart breaker and lady killer look was all there and he smiled as she picked him up with both hands and put him against her breast.

"Thank you, sweetie." She said kissing him against his temple, taking a moment to nuzzle him and run a hand through his hair. 'No matter your fath- You are always my little angel. My scholar to be, and my legacy to this world.' Casting a look back to her maid and nanny, "Thank you ladies, I'll have him for now."

"As you wish Princess," "My lady." Both of them bowed their heads. Despite whatever rumors that may exist about Chi-Chi, anyone could see that she was still at heart a wonderful person, a caring mother, and a devoted wife. Whatever past improprieties she had, she'd worked to correct them and rise above anything that might've held her back.

Her tireless work for her kingdom and family had greatly diminished any shame that one might seek to bring. Her entire life did not need to be measured by one mistake, and certainly not one that the entire village had come to love just like his two parents and his doting grandfather. The same man who had come up with the name after his old friend whom he'd never had the chance of seeing again. Considering the nature of Gohan's upbringing Chi-Chi believed that the name was perfect. Gohan Mao was perfect, no matter what traits he might have with the vagrant who'd left her.

"How's my little boy?" Chi-Chi cooed kissing his forehead. "Happy!" He replied, "Hugs?" His childish antics only making the women in the room melt their hearts. The gentle aww and bright smile of his mother was his answer as he brought his hands to her and hugged her, which she returned and gently stroked his back.

"Mommy loves you very much." She told him to which he agreed. "I wuv Mommy vwery much!" She laughed and rubbed her nose against his. "I know, let's go find Daddy and I'll let you go play with Icarus, alright?"

"YAY! Icarus!" Gohan cried out, his favorite, not that he didn't have dozens of playmates. But the most unexpected one had become a staple of the Ox-Kingdom, a purple dinosaur which the small boy had noticed and bid his mother to bring home.

She stepped away from the room and made her way towards the outer balcony, assuming that Kenyo had made his way out there and was likely speaking with her father about business as per usual.

The calmness of the castle, and the peace she had found here… "I wouldn't trade this for anything." She said aloud, Gohan ignoring her words as he looked around at everything. He was busy finding anything interesting or worthy of a few moments of his time.

As she neared the exit to the balcony, Chi-Chi stopped and looked at the small momento she had carved into stone. 'Don't Quit, Don't Give Up, Never Again' It was her motto when she went out to train. No matter the day, time, the weather. She would push herself and fight tooth and nail to not let the world get her down ever again. She'd let herself be fooled once before, but not again. 'Never again,' She had told herself over and over.

'Letting myself be fooled by him, tricked and used like I mattered as much as cattle to him.' She wouldn't let the shackles of that no good pile of human trash be more than motivation. Besides… she grinned in her mind as she set Gohan down and let him take off to the balcony and go find his favorite animal friend.

Bringing one hand to her dress she undid the top and pulled it free, revealing a tight black top, her father's house symbol etched into the skin tight fabric, the gi tied off with a white sash and black leggings wrapping up her feet. Looking at herself in the mirror, "I think I might have overdone it with the black, people might call me Chi-Chi Black instead of Mao."

Flexing her muscles bulged showing a level of strength she'd never had before, invigorated in ways she couldn't imagine. Her stomach had lost whatever pregnancy flab and had become a rock hard pair of abs, her bust line while shrinking kept their full C-Cup line and had become perhaps perkier and held themselves up without much need of a bra. Her legs were toned, exposing her thigh and calf muscles through the open slits on the side. Tied off with weight training shoes that exceeded anything a certain someone had worn. Chi-Chi could not help but smile at herself and her progress.

"World's strongest… heh It will be a woman soon enough." Throwing one punch at her reflection in the mirror she winked at herself before leaving her formal wear on a coat rack to be taken care of later. Walking out onto the balcony Chi-Chi spotted what she had expected.

"Kenyo, Dad, good morning!" Chi-Chi greeted with a wave, coming upon them with her smile as always.

Both men looked up, Kenyo holding the morning paper, his short brown hair on the sides with a slightly ragged brown cut on top remained. Mid twenties, with a bright smile, he'd been in her village for years, but she hadn't seen him while she had been training for the 23rd tournament. He'd been out getting his doctorate in medical sciences, a nice man, a collegiate track runner, but most of all…

"It's Mommy! LOOK DADDY, LOOK!" Gohan cried pointing towards her. The older man just laughed and patted the boy's head. "Oh yes I see mom is out here Gohan, you keep using that little noodle in your head and you'll be a genius."

"YAY Geenyush!" Earning laughter as Kenyo picked up Gohan and set him in his lap. The two had bonded quickly, even if he wasn't his biological son. Kenyo loved Gohan like his very own. He'd been there for his birth, for Chi-Chi, and supported the two of them in any way until they had gotten married over a year ago.

"English lesson aside, good morning dear." Chi-Chi giving her husband a warm kiss on the lips to which he returned. "Good morning to you too." He said in a low breath to which she blushed before looking at her dad.

Gyu-Mao approved wholly of Kenyo and Chi-Chi. Both had been perfect for one another, the boy could at least keep some pace with his daughter but he checked all of the other necessary boxes, handling his daughter's controlling personality, demands both emotional and physical, but more importantly he had a genuine love for both her and Gohan. Maybe it was because Kenyo had grown up without a father that he had stepped in without a second thought to be there for Gohan.

He understoof that someone with as much resources as Chi-Chi needed that anchor. "Hey little buddy, go find Icarus alright." Setting Gohan back down the little boy scampered in a near sprint down the stairs calling out for his playmate. Neither parent or grandparent worried as he never strayed too far. "I love that kid, he's all energy, smiles, and let me tell you I wish I had a heart-breaker smile and eyes like him. Oh man, we went to the market yesterday, there wasn't a woman in the store that didn't want to hold that guy…" Kenyo remarked having a little excursion with his son. Blood or not.

Grandpa Ox nodded, "I know, all of the ladies who work here adore him. But he's no manipulator, people do things for him without him trying to ask for it." No one else could truly appreciate that about his grandson. "You two have a real winner together, don't waste his potential."

"Of course not, Dad," Kenyo said, "Speaking of have you seen the forecast, we might have an absolutely spectacular summer festival. The humidity will be perfect, the night will be clear and the stars will shine. Sounds like a great evening for the entire village to enjoy especially what I've been looking to cook up with a fireworks display." He was eager to show off some of his other talents, bending test tubes and twisting compounds got dull. A little explosives here and there always helped kick things off with a bigger bang.

"Getting in trouble, I hope you're not planning on making some atom bomb with my dad's gunpowder." Chi-Chi teased dropping into her morning stretches. Swinging up one leg she braced it completely around her shoulder while remaining balanced on the other.

For some reason her flexibility had gone up considerably since having her son. Against what should be possible, she'd been growing unlike ever before. Not that she didn't mind, her and her husband got to enjoy a lot of her unique talents, quite often though he could never keep up with her. He did do his damndest to keep her happy.

"It's basic chemistry, you know how things added in proper portions allow for a specific reaction, I wouldn't be making medicine if I couldn't do the basics of that. Gunpowder and fireworks are child's play by comparison."

Swinging out her arm before following it back in a fluid kata motion Chi-Chi just shook her head, "One blows your finger off, the other gives you a bad case of dirty fingers."

"One might do that, but what's a few fingers to someone's life? But I concede if you concede." He said knowing that the two of them loved getting into a verbal debate about their daily topics. More so since he could never have a physical one. Though he did appreciate the physique of his wife. She'd definitely gotten much stronger since they met.

"What's the count today if I might ask?"

"Just a hundred and fifty kilos." She said as if it were nothing, she gave him a smirk. "I told you I'm not backing down. I'm pushing to two hundred kilos and ideally three hundred before the next World Martial Arts Tournament." Afterall, she had devised a plan that would crush anyone, but especially one in particular. She was going to make him SUFFER! Even if he might not know it, Chi-Chi had learned very quickly about -he who shall not be named- weaknesses. There were a few obvious ones…

But her grand revenge against him would be perfect, she just needed to keep working harder and harder.

"It's remarkable your body handles that weight, I guess the old rumors of how a woman keeps her strength up after having a kid were true." Kenyo laughed as did Gyu Mao. "Yeah, my wife did that herself, she seemed to perk up, but Chi-Chi you really have progressed faster than before."

She smiled appreciating the compliments, "Well they say that the placenta is a mess of proteins, vitamins and minerals taken from your body, and with how many I had with Gohan it would be a waste to let it go."

"True, I'm just glad you had it cooked up. I couldn't imagine you eating that raw, you seemed to crave that stuff when you were deep into your pregnancy." Kenyo remarked having seen the odd things Chi-Chi wanted from raw crawfish, to deer, to dinosaur, and even bear. She just salivated at the thought of some foods and would often clean out kitchens before excusing herself.

"I'm not a savage Kenyo," She said punching the air, creating a small ripple behind the strike. "Eating my own placenta raw? Please, that's totally disgusting. I did the same thing my mother did. When I have a daughter I'd expect her-" She punched and kicked again. "- to do the same-" Flying back with a roundhouse and drop heel combo her foot kicking up the dust and dirt from the aftershock. She smiled impressed with her own handiwork, wiping a light sheen of sweat from her forehead. "Before I forget gentlemen." She turned over the railing, "Gohan, bring Icarus up here."

Her voice carrying as she heard a squawk, along with the sound of pattering feet as a form blitzed upwards. Panting heavily from play and now a heated exercise session Gohan came up the stairs dirty, sweaty, and loving life as he held his best friend over his head. "I brought Icarus!" the dinosaur roared trying to wrestle free but Gohan's unnatural strength kept him in place.

"Yes I see that sweetie, don't forget mommy wants you near daddy or grandpa when you play alright? Mommy has to go train."

"Oh! Can Gohan come?" He asked, bouncing over the table and to her feet. "Pweeze Mommy, PWEEZE?!" He begged, he wanted to go out into the forests with her, play with his dinosaur more and just explore. He tried his best every day to get her to let him come.

Kissing his cheek, "Not today my little Einstein, you have your lessons first then we can go out into the forest for a family walk." His lip quivered in response and she knew her heart strings were being played but- she couldn't keep an eye on him when she got into the full swing of things. Her training was paramount and keeping an eye on him wasn't possible. "Tomorrow, Gohan." She told him and his tears quickly evaporated.

"Really?" he asked excitedly, dropping Icarus to the side much to the small dinosaurs relief before hugging his mother tightly. "Thank you!" He cried to her, Chi-Chi's heart only beat against her chest as she squeezed her little boy right back. There was nothing in the world quite like getting a hug from him, her prestige, her life, all of it mattered so very little when compared to the pure love she felt from her son.

Bringing her nose to his own she breathed in deeply, growing so familiar with her son's smell that she could often find him when he was closeby with her nose alone. It had been of the few other strange things she had been developing though not because of any training. Perhaps it was because of her ravenous appetite, but for whatever reason she just couldn't get enough of just how he smelled. It was just so pure and it felt so right.

Running a hand through his hair she softly patted his back, "Okay Gohan go play. Mommy will be back later."

"Okay-!" he then puckered up and gave her a big wet kiss on the cheek making her laugh.

"Thank you, Gohan now go be good alright?" She told him to which he bobbed his head up and down at her. Standing back upright she looked to her dad and husband, "Be back in a few hours, make sure that he doesn't get into anything he shouldn't, and don't let him just rough house with Icarus. I want him to play with the other children too." Knowing that Gohan needed to be around children his own age, even if they were nowhere near as developed as her son. The boy needed to be used to seeing and meeting new people and how to behave. Carrying around a dinosaur might be fine in her father's palace but not out in the village.

Taking a moment to crouch onto the balcony she focused and with the explosive force of a missile she blasted off from her own leg power alone, her energy breaking the sound barrier as the wind cracked overhead of her father's village.

People having grown accustomed to the noise carried on, feeling the pressure and window gusting up from around them as just another common day occurrence.

Feeling free Chi-Chi spun several times before rolling herself into a cannonball, taking a dozen or so more somersaults through the air she timed it as her body would impact her legs caught the earth and burst into a roll. She used her inertia to throw herself even faster. Her body twisting through the woods as she relied only upon her muscles, no ki or flying as she navigated the dense jungle. She used her arms used as stabilizers and grips to swing off the thick trunk of a tree and sail around like a pinball. The sheer momentum created grooves in the earth and grass as she passed over.

Keeping her pace for nearly a full minute until she slowed and came to stop on both of her feet, skidding along the grass before breaking into her combination punches. Throwing her weight around with the thick padded vest and leggings that kept her core slow and legs controlled. Her first strike cut through a six inch tree branch as she chopped upwards severing it in half before coming back down and shattering it from the base of the tree. The pieces falling were swept by her leg knocking them both back airborne before she hit one back into the air with an uppercut and drove the second down with a heel kick.

'Flawless.' Chi-Chi watched as the piece of wood she had knocked into the air spiraled right back down landing exactly where she had dropped the second piece. The clatter of the wood sounded over the area as it landed echoing in the air around her.

But the echo kept going, Chi-Chi's ears perked up as she heard not the sound of wood, but of a pair of hands clapping. Someone was applauding her? 'Who would be out here? Why would anyone?'

Turning her head Chi-Chi spied a form just at the edge of a clearing where she would go through her full exercises. There was a man standing there, his hair in a disarray of long black spikes, some reaching high others not at all. He was wearing an orange fighting gi, pants, and a pair of blue training boots. A goofy wide smile decorated his face as he seemed highly impressed. He stopped his applause once her eyes were now upon him. "Hey there! I felt this huge power in this area and came to investigate, I had no idea there was someone like you out here with this much strength."

Like a deer caught in the headlights, nothing seemed to function as a hundred different questions, thoughts and actions sprang into her mind. What should she do? What could she do? Do her plan now, later? She just wanted to scream but she couldn't even manage that.

'Breathe-BREATHE-! DAMMIT BREATHE-!' Her mind commanded her body but she remained locked in the spot, her feet unmoving, her eyes wide with a mixture of emotions too jumbled to follow.

This wasn't at all what she had imagined, this was… wrong. All her plans had been to catch him off guard. He was walking towards her, this was not all this wasn't the way it should be. Now he had just shown up, did he know about Gohan or about something that she had been planning? 'No. No. No! You can't be back! You can't!'

His feet stopped just away from her, his smile faltering a little bit as he noticed that she had yet to move or even say a word. "Hm? Is everything alright, am I interrupting or something?" Bringing his hand back behind his head to awkwardly scratch it as the silence continued to permeate the air. He averted his gaze for a moment as he wondered just what was going on. "Umm? If this is a bad time, I can wait."

Releasing her breath finally she let her head drop, she clenched her teeth biting down onto her bottom lip. Both of her hands were trembling uncontrollably, clenching and unclenching her fists as she tried to make sense of herself and this situation. 'Son Goku… he's standing right in front of me. Just like he left, and he asks if it's a bad time?' She sniffled as tears burned in her eyes. All of her months of mental preparation having imagined this scenario taking place in her head a thousand times and a thousand more times again having him drop down like this, talking to her as if nothing had ever happened.

Didn't he even know? Her head popped up, her vision was blurry, "How… dare. You!" She cried out, releasing all of that bottled up agony of the woman of several years before.

Goku held up his hands, "Hey, I'm sorry I didn't mean to interrupt you. I've been looking for a good sparring partner to train with for awhile. I can leave if it's a bother to be here." Goku's confusion in his reaction only made Chi-Chi's cheeks burn red hot with unbridled fury as her tears began to turn into steam.

"Sorry… Sorry? SORRY!?" She screamed, her voice making Goku flinch as he took a step back. She slammed her foot into the ground cracking it as her ankle vanished in the dirt and soil below. "Do you even know who the hell I am?" It was impossible, 'He doesn't even remember me, He can't be this stupid can he? Of all the people he's wronged in his life, can he not remember the woman he fucked and ran out on? For three years, not a phone call, not a hello, or even knowing that I gave you a son? You stand here and act like I never even fucking mattered or, hell, exsisted to you at all.' Her body was trembling and her hair was beginning to flap along with her clothes as they rose up along with her energy.

"Hey I'll just-" He didn't get to finish as a fist slammed into his face, caught off guard and with his defenses not even close to prepared he was breaking through one tree, then another one, and another one until he bounced off one with his head. Spinning once he landed in a heap, his entire face rocked and pounding as he grabbed at where he had been hit. Looking upwards Goku saw the girl who had hit him, and he noticed the ten or so plus trees he had been sent through from the power of a single punch.

'Wow!' It was all that crossed his mind as he rolled back up, still feeling the pain from that blow resonating in his jaw. But he couldn't help the bright smile that came over his face. 'Man that was incredible, I didn't even see it coming, she has to be really really strong! I wonder who she is?' Goku pondered not knowing anyone to wear an outfit like that. "Hey-! Mind if have an actual spar, that was incredible ..." His enthusiasm trailed off as the woman who hit him made and abrupt turn and then without waiting for a response exploded back out into the sky.

Goku lost her in the air as the woman's entire aura vanished as well, with the trees obstructing his view he was unable to follow where she had gone. "Man, what was that about?" Dusting himself completely off the warrior wondered just where someone like that had come from. He didn't really remember anyone like that.

'Well… I think what was her name?' Goku knew there was a girl from awhile back he had seen. "But what was her name?" Bringing a hand to his chin he struggled to remember her name. It had been a few years, but that girl didn't really look like-

His mind had a bolt of lightning strike him, "No way." It was near complete disbelief, "That was?" Putting two and two together, the image of a similar girl wearing pink and blue fighting him. Her raven black hair back at the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament. She'd gotten so angry at him and yelled at him just like she had.

He layered the image of the girl from years ago with the one he had just seen now. "Oh man." he said feeling a bit of guilt. "That was… Chi-Chi." He brought a hand to his forehead as some of his previous actions now hit him full force. "Man, I promised to come back here didn't I and I promised to make Chi-Chi my bride."

Though he had no recollection of what that word meant he knew it was really important to Chi-Chi. She had seemed so completely happy, but then they had spent the night together under the full moon… and he sort of forgot what happened until Piccolo had arrived that next morning causing all sorts of chaos.

"Man, she's probably really angry with me for not coming back." Feeling like a bit of a heel himself, he had been neglectful in returning here after making so many promises to her, but the world always had crises and his friends were always in need of help. But the world was safe again, he had come here in search of some new adventures and fun.

Sensing that power surge and coming to investigate had just been natural curiosity and upon seeing how she had done that incredible combo after doing those rolls and flips was remarkable. 'She might be as agile as me!' In that moment of watching her and not recognizing who it exactly was.

But that too made him pause. He had been here before with Chi-Chi and just come back unexpectedly, it was a good guess she was upset at him. Kinda like how Bulma and yellow Launch were sometimes with him when he was forgetful.

"Maybe I should apologize for leaving. I think that would be fair, I wouldn't want her to stay mad at me forever." He told himself, feeling the still pulsing sting of her punch. The way she had moved so fast and struck with such perfection! 'Man, that was incredible!' He really wanted to fight her in a match. She had gotten way stronger than he'd last remembered her.

"Whelp, off I go." He looked to the clouds. "NIMBUS-!" He cried out for his yellow traveling partner which shot downwards, flipping upwards into the air his legs catching the underside of the cloud as they spiraled out from the forest. "To the Ox-King's castle Nimbus, we've got to apologize to an old friend!"

The cloud did as commanded and rocketed forward straight to where he remembered leaving three years ago. 'Man, I hope things haven't changed too much.'

R&R

Kerghan