Chapter 7
Goku was bouncing everywhere around Chichi as she walked to an open field. She watched him jumping, flipping around and rolling about like a nutter. She was annoyed with herself that she gave in to teach him this technique. It wasn't really her fault; she never dealt with a saiyan on a constant sugar high before. Saiyans were supposed to be serious, cunning and strong creatures. So far Goku was 1 out of 3! Sighing Chichi stopped when they came to a good spot in the field.
"Goku" Chichi said.
Chichi waited patiently for him to stop his mucking around. To her disappointment Goku stopped and jogged to her with a grin; she was going to send him a ki ball if he hadn't.
"Ready for training Chi!" Goku cheered happily.
Chichi rolled her eyes. She had given up correcting him that her name isn't 'Chi' it was Chicory or Chichi to her brother.
"Brilliant" Chichi drawled. "Let's get this over with" she took a deep breath "Runner's Rush. It's an extremely powerful move that requires a lot of energy and in short bursts, depending how much you use. It is only to be used for surprising or escaping your enemy. It mustn't be used during close contact in a fight when you try to gain the upper hand. You're enemy will have roughly around 3 seconds to bring you down if you do. Believe me I tried it on my brother and he took me down quite easily. I will demonstrate."
She raised her ki and her hands above her head into the air.
"RUNNERS RUSH!" Chichi shouted.
The air was suddenly charged up and Chichi blasted off into the distance before coming back within a second. Goku grinned happily at the demonstration; this technique was faster than the 'afterimage' one. He barely had time to pin point were she was when she came back. He then frowned when he felt something different in the air, like something was missing.
"Chi, why does the air now feel funny after you did that?" Goku asked.
"In the air around you there are ki particles. Good and bad ones. You charge these particles to create a balance around yourself before drawing them into your muscles, creating masses amount of energy" Chichi said.
"So it's like bringing the spirit bomb into you and using its energy except balancing the energy" Goku said.
"What?" Chichi said, very confused.
"Never mind, I'll tell you later" Goku said
Chichi shrugged it off; he wasn't a true saiyan so why would he be truly sane?
"Now the tricky bit is to know when you've created this 'neutral' bit. If you draw them in before they're not either charged or neutral then you'll create a massive cramp in your muscles" Chichi said. "How to create the neutral bit is to mix and blend the good ki with the bad ki."
"Why do you need both ki?" Goku asked.
"To keep a balance within yourself. Every being has a good side and a bad side, it just depends on what you act on. Drawing in unbalanced or neutral ki can change your persona." Chichi said "You are a pure hearted saiyan Goku, so the risk would be even greater for you if you draw more good ki than bad and vice versa then your bad side will react somehow. And considering you are one of a kind, I don't even want think about the consequences."
"Do you really think I have a bad side?" Goku asked.
"Every being has one, how else would we know what is right and what is wrong?" Chichi asked. "Yours has been scrambled a bit".
Goku cocked his head to the side with interest.
"You think Frieza has a good side?" Goku asked.
At the mention of the ice-jin Chichi's eyes darkened. An old memory from her childhood lingered over her mind before she squished it down. Her tail bristled at the mere thought of it.
"No ice-jin ever showed that they had a good side to them. They from the coldest part of the universe and show no love, no compassion, no kindness to anyone because of their cold hearts. Frieza is the worst, worse than his father and brother because of his psychotic nature; he's more creative in his torture. He is cruel and vicious since the day he was born. He enjoys torturing anyone with a pulse, mentally, spiritually and physically. He destroyed billions of lives along with the rest of his family. I can tell you keeping my pride and composure intact are the hardest things when you are around that psycho." Chichi said. "The mere mention of his name to anyone who had heard of him brings fear to all. There is no good in that freak at all."
"I guess that is a good reason to why we're training huh?" Goku said almost cheerily, but inside he felt a little nervous at the thought of Frieza.
Chichi sighed heavily, she didn't want Goku to suddenly get scared of Frieza. Yes you can be scared of that freak but she didn't want it to rule him at all. That was what she was for.
Hang on…where did that come from?
Shaking her head mentally she looked Goku with strong determination. She was his Princess and so she had to show leadership. However she was never as good as her brother was, but she had to try.
"Let's sit and meditate. That way you be able to concentrate on neutralising the ki in the air." Chichi said as she pulled him down with her on the floor.
With that Chichi closed her eyes as she crossed her legs with her hands resting on her knees along with Goku.
"Just think of yourself as giant ki blender. Evening your breathing will help along with a calm mind. And if you're little pea brain can't comprehend any of that then just follow my lead."
"Do you always have to insult me?"
"At every chance I get, now shut up and concentrate."
The brat who Raditz got his cat of the tree was called Li. That was what the boy said when he found him wondering around the city again. Raditz was not impressed. He wanted to be alone while exploring but the boy had a way of persuading him. The boy found an all you can eat buffet and only show him if he could come. Raditz of course paid with the money he stole from Bulma (Hey the Princess said not to harm a single being on the planet, she didn't say anything about stealing!).
"So where you from?" Li said after his second helping.
"Vegeta-sai" Raditz automatically said, with a mouthful of food.
Li blinked before he shrugged as Raditz swallowed down his meal.
"Never heard of it" Li said.
"It's way up north" Raditz said cryptically.
"Geography was never my thing." Li said.
"Nor mine, that's what scooters are for" Raditz said then added at Li's confused look "Never mind."
"How is your hair like that?" the boy asked.
"Never been cut or properly brushed" Raditz said after finishing off his seventh plate.
He was surprised the boy hadn't comment on it. That was until he noticed how skinny he was.
"Oh. Why were you wondering around the city? You can get easily lost if you're new" Li said.
"I don't think that will be a problem" Raditz said.
"It would be a problem, there are gangs around here that will sure enough wipe your butt across the floor if you go down the alley. Especially the gang wars." Li said and shuddered remembering something "My mum and I had to run once when there was a shooting two weeks ago."
Raditz raised an eyebrow without showing much emotion. He didn't have much experience when it came to gang wars, but he knew about battle and how his nature would gone in to fight than run. Must be human a thing.
"Why do you have a furry belt?" Li suddenly asked.
"Furry belt? I'll have you know it's…it's…none of your business" Raditz growled, starting to get annoyed by the little brat, he didn't want to tell him more about himself after that one.
"You know you and my mum would get along just fine" Li said with a smile.
Raditz stared at the boy blankly.
"What?"
Vegeta watched the last being on the planet fall to his feet; dead. No emotion was emitted from him. Slowly he peered through the streets over the sea of dead bodies he left in his wake. Men, women and children; none were spared. If he left any of them alive there would have suffered a fate worse than death. Before he would have enjoyed purging planets, imagining each face he destroyed was Frieza's. Now with his sister gone he couldn't concentrate properly and these deaths were meaningless. No satisfaction from these kills and a part of him realised the reason Chichi never had satisfaction of kills. She had no satisfaction when she didn't hate the beings. He didn't hate these people but they were a job.
Flash back
Vegeta and Chichi walked down a hall of a temple. The planet they were on the moment owed Frieza money for protection and they were there to collect. Or so they thought when they both heard a rumour about saiyans held prison there.
"Brother, I hate this place. It smells worse than Nappa's breath" Chichi grumped.
"That's what happens when you live in a peasant society" Vegeta said.
"More like Frieza's Society" Chichi said.
She pulled a face as she stepped over dead body and clutched her stomach before looking away. Almost heaving at the retched smell.
"Something the matter?" Vegeta asked snidely.
"Just quickly losing my appetite." Chichi said.
"Don't think about it and you won't be sick" Vegeta said, knowing what she had seen.
"How can I? All I can smell is decay and…" she stopped in mid-step.
Vegeta stopped as well and turned to face her. Chichi's face was full of concern and curiosity as she sniffed the air.
"What?" Vegeta asked.
"Other Saiyans are here" Chichi said.
Slowly she crouched down and sniffed the floor for a better smell.
"Sister, this is a waste of time and that is not how a princess should act" Vegeta drawled.
"SHUT UP!" Chichi barked before continuing sniffing.
She looked to the wall to her side with her eyes and stood. Her sharp saiyan eyes told her that the parts of the wall looked newer than the surrounding area.
"See, waste of ti—"
BOOM!
She sent a ki blast into the wall, letting it crumble from the impact. When the durst had cleared Chichi eyes widened while Vegeta's mentally did. There on the floor were three starved saiyans looking very lifeless; two males and one female.
"Mushroo, what have those bastards did to you?" Chichi growled.
"They can't answer you Chicory" Vegeta said.
"Why not?" Chichi barked.
"They're too weak to" Vegeta said.
"Well we better get them out of here" Chichi said "I'll take the female and you take the males"
Vegeta did not question it or demand it the other way; his sister wasn't comfortable around new people when they were men. With a good reason to.
"Fine, but the female won't last the trip" Vegeta said. "Not with those injuries"
"I'm sure the rehabilitation tank on the ship will sort her out" Chichi said.
Vegeta opened his mouth but closed it quickly. The males had a fighting chance but the female looked too weak. Judging by those bruises and cuts she had been abused longer than the males. Places on her body told him that very dishonourable acts had occurred for the female. He doubted the rehabilitation tank would help at this point and he knew Chichi was clinging onto one little fact. That she wasn't the only female saiyan left and if this woman died Chichi would truly be the last.
"Fine" Vegeta said.
End of Flash back
However, while the males were being spoon fed the female had died shortly after she was placed in the tank. The lack of nutrition in her body had killed her. Vegeta knew that she won't last long and he knew Chichi should have just given the woman a warrior's death instead of this hopeless cause to save her. He could feel Chichi's anger after her futile attempts in resuscitating the woman. He could feel the rage coming off her when she seen the dishonourable marks as well. Vegeta remembered when her whole body became still before she walked out of the ship. It was so deadly calm that he knew what was going to happen and let it.
In some Saiyan cultures their body's where considered as temples and should be treated as such. When they are injured their body would heal and their 'temple' would be blessed with greater strength. Give your 'temple' offerings such as food and it worked a hell of a lot better for you. But like what you do with any other temple is that you worship it. They respected their bodies. However this didn't come into fighting or taking down their enemies. Which was why when Chichi came back she collapsed into exhaustion, covered in a lot of blood and smiling like she had found out the way of being a super saiyan before him. She wasn't harmed in the slightest; she just went throw a bloody massacre. If it was anyone else this wouldn't have disturbed him. His sister wasn't much of a killer but push the right button and then you see something cold, calculating and very much like Frieza on his creative days.
He shuddered. His sister had always been good to him even when she was a nagging pain in the butt. She couldn't help it. She cared for him and loved him very much. With a strong resolve he knew he was definitely going to find her remains give her a proper saiyan funeral. Definitely.
With that he hit the sky and into the direction of his ship.
The first time in a long time Bulma noticed that when she entered the kitchen Raditz was no longer in the kitchen munching on whatever there was. She knew he'd go out and train or explore but for some unexplained reason whenever she was hungry she'd go to the kitchen and there he was, eating. Now however he wasn't there at all.
"Maybe he finally got a hobbie" Bulma muttered.
But as she said it she grew a little uneasy. Not knowing where someone was a potential threat was not the most comfortable sensation she had ever experienced. It had always been a routine, so what had changed?
Then quite suddenly the entire power of city was cut off and the lights went out.
Goku couldn't move. His whole body was in pain. Why? Because his impatience got the best of him and he was now one giant muscle cramp. In fact if didn't know any better he'd of he was a giant muscle cramp from all the pain.
"I told you but no, you had to try it out when you weren't ready" Chichi tsked at him.
"Please…h-help…me" Goku groaned.
"And why should I? Personally I find this quite entertaining" Chichi said pleasantly.
"This…isn't f-funny" Goku said.
"Sure is for me" Chichi said.
"That's…being…cruel" Goku said.
"You had been pestering me all day yesterday. That was cruel for me."
"So…you're…going to…leave…me…like this?" Goku whined.
"Hmm I could" Chichi said, tapping a finger on her chin thoughtfully.
"You…can't…leave me…like…this" Goku said.
"I'll get you out of that if you promise to leave me be when I say so" Chichi said "Don't get me wrong, you have your uses as a sparring partner but I do like to be able to think without a nut job hounding me. Understand?"
"Uh-huh"
"Good, do we have a deal?"
"Yep"
Chichi smirked happily before getting up and rolled a nearby boulder to him. Gently as possible she then placed Goku against it while he was still on the ground. She then crouched over him and placed both hands on shoulders before concentrating on the atmosphere.
"Take a deep breath and you feel the air change breath out slowly, okay"
"Okay"
As soon as the air changed around him he breathed out slowly like she told him too. As he expelled the air his muscles began to relax and return to there normal status. He couldn't believe it, it was like she was drawing out poison from the wound at how good it felt. Sighing in relief he looked up into her eyes. They weren't cold and hard anymore but soft and caring, even without a smile too.
"Thanks Chi"
To his surprise Chichi gave him one of the rarest thing. She gave him a small smile but a smile none the less.
"You smiled" Goku said.
She blinked and quickly changed her expression.
"So? What about it?" Chichi said with a frown.
"You have a nice smile" Goku said.
If was anyone else Chichi would have thought they were trying to get into her underwear. In the back of her mind she knew Goku wouldn't use flattery to do that at all. If anything Goku was a very honest man, an impatient idiot but he was still very honest.
"Thank you" Chichi said before pulling him up to his feet.
Goku would make a fine loyal soldier in the saiyans society and maybe a very good friend. Her brother may even blow a fuse if she ever teased him about thinking of Goku as a mate. She smirked at the thought. The moment was ruined when a huge growl came from Goku's stomach.
"Heh, guess I'm hungry" Goku said, rubbing the back of head with his hand sheepishly.
Chichi smirked "Typical of a Saiyan third class"
At that moment there was another growl and Chichi flushed where it came from. She looked down at herself, cursing her stomach at the moment.
"Guess your hungry too" Goku said.
Chichi rolled her eyes at him.
"C'mon buffoon, lets go and eat something" Chichi said, before hitting the sky.
Goku smiled after her happily before he too hit the sky, catching up with her easily. He knew she wasn't the stuck up bitch Raditz claimed her to be. His happy face suddenly dropped when he saw something you usually never see.
Valen Windancer: I love strong Chichi that goes with her personality as well! I just always get a kick of it! I have another story out there with a 'strong' Chichi so go ahead and read it. She gives in cause, hey, she doesn't know how to deal with people like Goku.
Trixterain: Only time will tell…and if I developed this story properly. Oh and thank you for reviewing.
Ruth Aose: Thank you hun! And see? Chappie here. ;)
Lychan: Well as they say if you don't succeed try and try and try and try…many several try again. Persistence pays off! Even if it's through annoyance. Haha. I have friend like that as well but since that don't work on me she ends up giving me the famous 'Puppy eyes' instead. I curse the puppy eyes! That is probably the last resort whenever Goku can't get a 'yes' from Chichi. Glad you liked it!!!
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