Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Dragonball eternal love part 1 ❯ The growing of friendship... A hidden message ( Chapter 6 )

A/n: This chapter has a lot of flashbacks rather than going through every single thing; hope you don't mind. It just made the story less boring.

In chapter 1, I forgot to give you some special theme/quotes for this story. I just remember it now. Don't worry about these themes now, because you won't understand it until it gets to the right part. I called it a quote but no, the characters don't talk too formal like this in the story, it's just a theme. They will but in a different way.

Story's theme/quote:

Stick to your dreams and never give up on anything.

If something is meant to belong to you, you will possess it sooner or later - just let fate determines your life.

Being with you is all I want.

It's important to let someone know you love them before you lose them.

It takes me a long time to say `I love you', but you should know what I'm feeling.

I don't know how to show my love to you, but you know how much I love you.

No fighting…no friends (not Goku and Chichi's case).

2nd note: Throughout the story, if you see the note (I.Q.), that means Important Quote ok. You don't have to remember it but I'm just telling you that it's important, especially in part 2 and a bit along part 1.

Dragon ball eternal love part 1

By Julia

Chapter 6: The growing of friendship… A hidden message

The sky was still very dark. Chichi woke up from a short and unfavourable night sleep. It was only 5 in the morning. She found herself unable to sleep so well. She wasn't sure why. May be because she wasn't so used to a new place like this. Looking to her side, Launch was sleeping peacefully. They shared the same mattress on the floor together and offered Goku to sleep on the bed - since he seemed to be so in love with the bed. As she looked at Launch, she remembered what happened to Krillin yesterday and started to giggle.

~*~*~*~*~*~Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~

After the 3 little kids had done their first running test. Krillin offered to go and get a soda for master Roshi. Running back into the house, he complimented the Roshi that he wasn't just a dirty old man after all - after seeing him giving a go with the running. Stepping into the house, Launch yelled at him.

"Krillin, you're blowing up dust…" She yelled and all of a sudden she sneezed. Krillin ran out of the house in a rush followed by a rude blond haired girl.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY KITCHEN? HOW'S ABOUT I COOK YOU FOR DINNER?" She yelled chasing him along the whole way with a knife on her hand.

Master Roshi took out the little watch and noted the time Krillin was running for.

"Wow Krillin ran 100 m for only 8 seconds, much better than before" he said looking at the watch.

Launch sneezed again and turned back to normal. She wondered why she was standing there in the middle of the forest. Looking down, she saw Krillin sitting on the ground with her knife placing right next to his `underpart'.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~End of flashback~*~*~*~*~*

Giggling at the memory, Chichi then thought back of what master Roshi had told her after that.

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"That's weird" Chichi said looking at Krillin with a little smile.

"Well, that's the result of fear" The old man said turning towards Chichi. He looked at her in a way as if he knew something about her. Chichi looked at him. "Fears are what you have to face in order to overcome it, you got to learn to face it, Chichi", he said again looking at her in a lectured way.

"I have no fears in me" She said.

"Yes, you do… Don't think I don't know anything, I can read minds". Chichi looked at him in shock. She remembered she had told him about how she was injured but didn't actually tell him the whole truth. Master Roshi had a special technique in him that he was able to use and read someone's minds. As he saw Chichi acting a little weird earlier, he had tested it on her.

"You…know everything?" she said. Master Roshi nodded slowly as he looked at Goku's disappearing form into the house.

"I can't believe a little boy like Goku could turn into that big ape" he said.

"Don't tell him about it ok" Chichi said.

Shaking his head seriously, master Roshi patted on the little girl's head telling her that there was nothing to be afraid of. Chichi lightly gave him a sheepish smile as they both walked back into the house.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~End of flashback~*~*~*~*~*

Shaking her head to forget about it, Chichi thought for a moment. Why would she be afraid of Goku? He wasn't a monster now but was replaced by an innocent little boy that everyone loved. The day before, Chichi had forgotten until master Roshi reminded her about it. She found herself still like Goku a lot no matter who and how he was like or what he had done to her. But why does she still feel that way to Goku when she already knew that he had no ideas what's the difference and especially the intimacy between boys and girls. She remembered what happened last night and blushed, quickly shrugging it away.

As she turned to his side and looked up at him, she started to giggle at his sleeping form. He had kicked off his own blanket and was sleeping so peacefully. Standing up, Chichi put the blanket back on over Goku and slowly made her way out of the room, as slow as not to wake anyone else.

Unbeknownst to Chichi, Launch also woke up and looked at the slowly disappearing sight of Chichi. Sitting up, she smiled at her memory of the two little kids last night. They had been playing around together while master Roshi went to bed earlier due to eating the poisonous fish Launch had cooked. Launch felt very guilty about it but that wasn't what she wanted to remember right now. All she could think of now was about Goku's suggestion to share the bed with Chichi the night before.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~Flashback~*~*~*~*~*

Chichi hopped down to the mattress Launch just set up on the floor. Goku popped his head out to look down at her. "Why don't you want to sleep on the bed with me? Come on Chichi, there's still more rooms for the two of us here" Goku said innocently not knowing he was making her extremely embarrassed with his suggestion.

"Goku, we're not sleeping together," Chichi said turning away from Goku to hide her blush but it didn't go unnoticed to Launch. Launch understood and started to giggle at the girl.

"It's okay, Goku you can sleep on the bed by yourself, there're still a lot of blankets, we girls can sleep on the floor" Launch said still smiling at Chichi. She knew Chichi did feel something for Goku a lot but she just didn't want to show or admit it - at least not anymore now.

During the night, since it wasn't that late, Goku kept popping his head out and talked to Chichi in his kiddie's childish voice - making the little girl unable to sleep. They had been talking and playing around a lot that day and Goku seemed to be missing it when it was over.

While master Roshi was setting up the little house on a new island, Goku and Chichi had travelled around together exploring the island. It was a nice place, suitable for training. Their friendship just grew stronger and Chichi seemed to forget about what happened the day before. It seemed like a dream to her and she didn't remember much about it anymore now - at least she didn't want to remember. She didn't think about whether she would be with Goku or not anymore. All she wanted to do now was to enjoy the time she had left with him because she knew the training wouldn't take for long. One day, she would have to go home. No parties could last forever.

Chichi had to put a pillow on top of her ears getting frustrated with Goku's annoying words. Of course she loved his company a lot but this wasn't the time to play. "Goku, shut up and sleep", she said every time Goku started to call for her from the bed. His face pouted. As Chichi noticed it, she sat up and looked at him. "Goku, we'll have times to play a lot more tomorrow, I promise, okay", she rolled her eyes a little bit as she took the blanket that was placed on the bed. She covered it on top of his face making him unable to see as she laughed. Goku took it off him, looking at her and grinned happily. Slowly he drifted off to sleep.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~End of flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Launch found it quite amusing and especially cute. She loved the two kids a lot. Spending times with them made her feel warm and content. She wondered what Chichi was doing up this late. She stood up and followed Chichi out of the room.

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Chichi walked into the kitchen, she noticed the big dish of rice bun last night that was empty. She took it and placed it into the sink. Looking at it, she remembered what happened to Goku and her conversation with him.

~*~*~*~*~*~Flashback~*~*~*~*~*

Chichi walked out of the kitchen and saw Goku sitting behind master Roshi and Krillin who now had their nice supper. Goku was drooling over it but he wasn't allowed to eat. Chichi quickly realised that he had lost Krillin but she didn't think Krillin was capable on winning Goku like that. He must have been cheating on him.

They had had their second task, which Chichi wasn't required to do. The task was to find the stone for master Roshi, just to test their fighting spirit. The stone had his signature on it that the old man showed to the two boys and threw it away. If one of them could find the stone back in 30 minutes, then he could have his supper. Panic arose between the two of them as they thought about not being allowed to eat. They both rushed away.

Chichi walked over to Goku and sat down next to him. She had eaten her own food earlier that she had made when she was on master Roshi's old island, so she didn't need to eat more. She turned and asked Goku what had happened since she didn't trust Krillin that much. Goku looked at her and started to recall what Krillin did.

Krillin came out into the woods and tried to look for the stone. When he heard Goku's happy voice announcing that he had found the stone, he came over and asked Goku to let him have a look if it was a real one. Goku innocently believed him and gave the stone to him. Krillin took it and ran away. Goku chased after him and they got into a fight but Krillin wasn't as strong as Goku - so he lost. However he threw the stone many distances away. Goku panicked, "Wait up, stone" he yelled and ran after it not knowing it was a fake one. (a/n: isn't he stupid? don't worry, it just has to happen ^_^)

Annoyance started to arise in Chichi's cute little face. She couldn't believe why Goku had to be so innocent and how he could stand Krillin.

"Goku, I can't believe you could stand him. If it were me, I would have ripped him into pieces" Chichi said eyes turning into a glare towards Krillin's direction. Goku looked down and his stomach continued to rumble. Chichi looked at him with sympathy. "It's ok, Goku come with me", she said as she turned over to master Roshi, "ummm master? Can I take Goku away for a while?" Master Roshi nodded. He didn't care to ask what the two kids were doing. He didn't even trust Krillin that much. Goku deserved something for himself.

When they got to the kitchen, Chichi walked towards a cupboard and opened it. "What do you want to show me?" Goku asked. Chichi took out a big plate of rice bun she had made earlier. Goku started to drool over it. She handed it to him and he was surprised. "This is for me?" He asked staring at her.

"Yeah, of course it is, Goku, I'm too full to have any of it now" Chichi said with a small laugh. Goku happily took it and began to eat. "It's not really good, is it? I think I need more practice"

"No, it's good enough" Goku said smiling with his mouth full. Chichi smiled at the way he ate.

"You don't have to rush, Goku, there're still a lot of them."

"Wow, you know how to cook huh? It's really good, Chichi" Goku praised, "did anyone teach you how to do it?"

Chichi's expression saddened, "My mother did", she said, "She died not so long ago"(a/n: This has nothing to do with my other story ok? just don't mix it up). Goku looked up at her not knowing what to say.

"Umm, how's your mother like?" was all he could say.

"Oh, she is of course very nice, I love her a lot but the only thing I don't like about her is that she made me study a lot, I don't mind really because I love it, but ever since she died, I have given it up because…(I.Q.)" She stopped suddenly hesitating to tell Goku more as she thought it would be too difficult for him to understand. She didn't want to explain anything further to him at this point.

"Study?" Goku asked

"It is something you can do to absorb knowledge into you mind", she explained.

"You mean you would know and understand everything?" Goku asked. Understand what Goku meant, Chichi quickly twisted the facts and explained further.

"Well, it doesn't mean you would know everything. It's what you learn from a book. Knowledge of life is different from knowledge of a book. To understand life, you got to experience it. What we all go through in our life when we are young determines what kind of person we would be as an adult, (I.Q.) it's what I can remember my mother said" Chichi smiled lightly. Goku slowly nodded his head as if he seemed to pick up on something.

"Why did you give it up?" he asked

"Never mind, Goku" (I.Q.), she said, "I'll tell you sometimes later"

"That sounds fun, you shouldn't give it up"(I.Q.) Goku said with a kiddie's smile. Chichi smiled but was silent and didn't say anything back.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~End of flash back~*~*~*~*~*~*

As Chichi just finished her thoughts, she felt someone's hand patted on her shoulder causing her to turn around. Launch smiled sweetly at her and asked her what she was thinking about. Chichi shook her head and told her it was nothing so important.

"What are you doing out here? Can't sleep?" Launch asked

"It's almost morning anyway", Chichi said, "Just a few more hours, I don't feel like going back to sleep now", she paused and looked at the cupboard, "Let's do something, I'm bored". The two girls had promised last night to make something together.

"What do you want to do?"

"Let's make lollies", Chichi said looking at the sugar pot.

"You can do it?"

"I think I still remember how to do it". Chichi walked over to the cupboard and brought out some bananas and some materials that she had brought. (A/n: Lollies that are made of bananas; have you try it yet? I forgot about the scent of it but it's really nice). Chichi asked herself why she brought all these stuff from home. It was just reminding her of her mother - at least she had something to do now. The two girls started to work together until morning. They talked and laughed while doing it. Their relationship had grown pretty closed towards each other.

~*~*~*~*~In the morning~*~*~*~*~*

Goku woke up and ran out of the house yelling for master Roshi to wake up and train. The old man popped out his head and told him that they could have a day off today. He was still sick from the fish and couldn't train anything right now.

Chichi heard that and all of a sudden got quite excited. Since they don't have any training to do today, she could have a chance to take some little revenge on Krillin.

But what would the result turn out to be like?

To be continued…

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A/n: Please tell me what you think? I actually combine the 2 chapters of last version together, 1 and a half actually. A half of it you haven't read in my last version. What do you think happened in the next chapter? Lol. Sorry this chapter has so many flashbacks. The next chapter only has 1 which Goku's flashback of Chichi at Pilaf castle but what happens that made him remember it? ^_^.

As always, thanks for reading and please review. This one is even worse than my last version. That's weird; I guess this story really sucks. But anyway, I'm telling you, the first few chapters are nothing, I don't even like it myself, I can't wait to get to a later part but I'm too busy with work to write anything now.