One Thousand and One

Two teenagers marry to end a spectacular adventure, but little do they know, marital life isn't any easier. The first year of Goku and Chi-Chi's married life.

By Arlia'Devi

Introduction

"So you're marrying that Chi-Chi girl, huh?" asked Oolong as he sat in the window bay of Kame House, sipping on a tropical drink and sunning himself. It was a wonderful day outside, and the Goku and Krillin had finished their mid-morning training when Krillin had decided to bail and head back to shore. The remaining warrior, Goku was sitting at the lunch table with his stomach full. "When's the wedding?"

Goku scratched his head. "Soon, I think."

"Well," he rolled his eyes over to his friend. "What do you know about her?"

Goku laughed. "Not much. I knew her when I was little, but she's changed so much since then. I know she likes fighting, and I know she can cook good food. Oh, and I know her Dad – he's a really cool guy, he's as strong as one thousand ox."

"Are we talking about Chi-Chi?" Master Roshi peered his head into the small dining area. Goku had his knee brought to his chest and his chin resting on the top of it.

"Yeah," he said as Master Roshi came to sit.

"Goku's marrying a girl he doesn't even know," Oolong sighed. "Remind me why you said 'yes' again?"

Goku shrugged. "I dunno, I guess I wanted to."

Poor fool, Oolong assessed his naïve, slightly idiotic friend with sympathy. Perhaps it was a mercy he had the upbringing he did – Oolong was still convinced Goku perceived wedding to be a type of food, or something that involved food. Master Roshi was flicking through some dirty magazines on the end of the table.

"Leave the boy alone, Oolong," Master Roshi muttered. "Chi-Chi's a lovely woman. Any man would be lucky to be her husband. She's the strongest woman in the world you know," he laughed. "You'd better watch what you say about her."

Oolong huffed and rolled his eyes, grabbing a dirty mag from Master Roshi's pile and flicking through it as he tried to work up a nice tan. His pink skin was turning red.

For a long time the three men sat in silence. Goku was picking at the threads that had come loose from the hems at the bottom of his turtle hermit Gi, and the two other men were flicking through magazines.

"Hey, Goku," Roshi looked up to his young student. "You know what wedding means, don't you?"

"Well yeah," Goku replied casually. "Chi-Chi's gonna come live with me. She's going to cook me food, and we sleep in the same bed, she says. I think Ox is building us a house, though I don't know where… Chi-Chi said she wanted to keep it a surprise for our wedding night."

"That's not the only surprise you'll be getting, Goku," Oolong grumbled, slightly fed up his friend was going to get laid and not appreciating the difficulty some people had with achieving such a task. He huffed and rolled over to sun his back. Roshi chuckled and flipped the page of his magazine.

Goku sighed and got up from his seat. "Gee, I'm hungry – got anything in the fridge, Master?"

"Yeah, sure kid," Master Roshi waved the young man away. "Just don't clean me out. I think Launch made some freezer meals – defrost those."

Goku walked away and Oolong dropped his magazine, giving a dead look to Master Roshi. "Sometimes that kid really pisses me off – he's getting married for crying out loud. I mean, does he even know how to do it?"

Master Roshi chuckled and shrugged his shoulders.

Oolong huffed and looked out to the ocean. He heard Goku tinker away in the kitchen. Suddenly the little pig turned back to Roshi and said, "She's got good cans though, that Chi-Chi girl."

Master Roshi sighed and flipped the page of his magazine. "That she does, Oolong, that she does."

Meanwhile, at the village near Fire Mountain, Ox King was preparing the second wedding celebrations for his little girl. His daughter was considerably older this time and she was even more beautiful; many of the young bachelors in their village had been envious when she returned and announced her engagement to the strange little boy with the tail – though apparently, he didn't have a tail now.

Ox King chuckled as his daughter told him about their fight in the World Tournament and how it was luck they'd been paired against each other in the first place. She'd been thrown out of the ring, and then he'd proposed to her and now they were getting married – at least that was Chi-Chi's version of events, anyway. And soon, they'd have all these little grandchildren for Ox King to train and look after. It was going to be perfect.

Ox King looked to his daughter who was reading a magazine across the table and sipping a cup of tea. She met his eyes briefly and smiled silently, before flicking the magazine over.

"I can't believe you're really leaving me and getting married."

"I know, daddy," she replied with a small smile. "But don't worry – we'll be back. We'll only be in Mt. Paozu if you want to visit. We'll visit here all the time, I'm sure."

Ox King nodded and had to agree. That little yellow cloud of the boys he rode could certainly fly fast.

Ox King sighed and looked to the wall where his wife's wedding dress was hanging up to air. She and Goku had gone to such lengths to retrieve it, and it looked perfect – it fit her like a glove like he knew it would.

"Well," Ox King announced, getting up from the table as a attendant took away the large bird he'd been feasting on for lunch. "I'd better get to make those last-minute plans. The wedding's tomorrow, Chi-Chi!"

"You don't have to remind me," she replied, finishing off the dregs of her tea. Although Goku may be a whole other story…

I've wanted to write this for a little while now. I adore Goku and Chi-Chi together, and think they're quite the under-represented couple, so I'm throwing this little number into the pool of Dragon Ball couple fanfiction (dominated my Vegeta and his missus). I plan to update this rather regularly, once or twice a month. I estimate it not to be any more than 50,000 words.

The rating will go to 'M' next chapter, the 'wedding night' scene. I'm rather fond of Chi-Chi/Goku lemons. If you're bored, please check out my other CC/G oneshots, "Blast from the Past" and "Collision".

If you're looking to see more, please take the time to leave a review before you go!

~Arlia'Devi