Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Green Horizons ❯ Chapter 7 ( Chapter 7 )

Green Horizons

By: Letta

Disclaimer: Since I don't even own a freakin' pen, I find it unlikely that I would own any rights pertaining to this story… unless Death® comes into play…

Rating: R or NC-17 Wherever I decide to go with this.

Warnings: Well, I guess references to yaoi relationships, abuse… sort of… OOC, probably AU, later on there'll probably be some graphic sexual situations, and by probably, I mean there will be… maybe a little dark humor, some violence… and anything else that could possibly be offensive or ishy that might come up. Oh, and now that this has come up, angst… specifically for Goku. He'll probably suffer. Irrelevant author insertions here and there…

Pairings: Piccolo x Bulma!!! Vegeta x Tien (sort of)

Notes: I never had Novocain until recently. My face was numb for three and a half hours. It wasn't the highlight of my life.

*denotes thought* "denotes speaking" //denotes flashbacks// #denotes whatever the hell I want it to denote# (denotes unnecessary author comment)

Gohan waited for his pizzas to finish baking. He had called ahead and informed them that he would be picking them up. It was imperative that no one discover the cave that he now shared with his brothers. For that reason, he could not have them deliver… a more minor detail was that the cave was out in the middle of nowhere and the delivery service didn't extend that far.

Out of the corner of his eye, he thought he saw someone he knew, but when he turned his head, he found no familiar faces. He strained his senses, but nothing came of it. Still, one couldn't be too certain, especially with the clan in its infancy and the new induction of Yamcha. Gohan knew he had to stay on his toes.

When the pizzas finally came, he paid as quickly as he could and hurried out of there. On his way out the door, he bumped into a blonde haired girl, muttered an apology, and without even bothering to look at her, left.

He sped back as fast as he could, not knowing if there was a need for it or not. It was not a chance he was willing to take, not with the stakes this high. He didn't bother to ask himself what exactly the stakes were, merely assuming he subconsciously knew. As is to be expected.

*****

Goku looked at his wife with big puppy dog eyes, and whimpered, hoping his ploy would work. He had baited his line, now he just need to wait for a bite. It came when his wife's face softened slightly.

*That's it, now reel it in slow…*

"Chichi, these bonds are a little tight. They're cutting into my skin," he said, pouting adorably, "Could you loosen them a little?"

"They are? Let me see what I can do," she replied sympathetically, going over to inspect and adjust the bonds.

Goku smiled slightly to himself. *The fish is out of the water!*

"How's this?" Chichi asked, suddenly pulling the bonds tighter, the softness gone from her features. "Really, how big of an idiot do you take me for? I'm not you! If you think that I'll just rush to ease your discomfort after you had me locked up, you have another thing coming, buster. That stupid puppy dog routine is not going to work. I plan on exacting a little revenge, and if torture comes of it, then so be it. No way am I going to pamper you. You have it coming!"

Goku frowned. Apparently `Plan A' had failed. Although he currently didn't have a `Plan B,' he knew he would come up with one because he always thought of a way to save the day… even if it was the same thing every time: beat the crap out of the other guy.

*****

Diane stood roughly fifty feet from the cave entrance when she noticed someone coming. Ducking under the cover of a grove of trees, she waited, watching as a young man in a brown robe and weird face paintings landed gently from the sky. He looked around almost fearfully, but definitely alert. When his worries had been apparently eased enough, he went inside.

It took a second for it to all click. That man had been at the barbeque. What had Yamcha said his name was? Gohan. He hadn't been that cagey before.

Diane decided to dismiss it, since Yamcha's friends weren't a normal group. She, on the other hand…

Slowly, she crept towards the entrance, keeping as close to the shadows as she could. It wasn't long before she was sneaking inside.

*****

A girl with a blonde wig shook her head and watched as Gohan entered the cave, and then a few minutes later when Diane did. Videl had finally figured out why her husband had gone off the deep end, and was determined to do something about it. She wouldn't have been able to even get near him if it weren't for the disguise.

He had thought that she was plotting something against him, so he had left Pan with Krillin and locked his wife in a closet. It had taken her awhile to cut the ropes, but she managed. Then, after a little investigation, she realized he was not to blame, but also that she would have to take affirmative action.

As she figured, it was only a matter of time before he showed up at his favorite pizza joint. He could be so predictable at times. So, she slipped on a blonde wig, kept her head down, and planted a bug on him. Then, she traced him to here. It was nice when your daddy was rich enough that you could afford such toys.

Looking around, she realized she had been here before. It was where Gohan had proposed to her. Gohan had admitted to her that he often came here to think or just get away from it all. He had taken her here on more than one occasion, and on one particularly memorable trip, it had rained and they had sought shelter in the cave… Nine months later Pan was born. She blushed at the memory.

Not a very ingenious spot to hide out at.

Gohan may have been book smart and battle smart, but she couldn't ever recall anyone saying he was street smart.

Letting out a sigh, she followed the procession in.

*****

Burt wrinkled his nose up. He was in the final caking stage. He knew these stages well. He had experienced them many times before. The stench of rotting chicken eggs was a smell he was well familiar with. He would have to have this suit dry cleaned too. When he went to pick up his usual outfit, he could drop this one off.

Things would work out well.

He had his mallet, and with that, he would punish. He would live up to the title `Kai of Mallets!'

Aside from briefly getting lost on the city bus system, he had made it (that was hell in itself). All the way back to where he could only assume they had started out from.

"Capsule Corp.," Burt read the name that spread across the domed building.

He had finally caught up.

*****

Chichi sighed, she had left the room briefly to go relieve herself, and came back to find her so-called husband gone. She bet herself he went to Capsule Corp. The fool probably thought his dear Vegeta would protect him. Yeah right. So, if he still had on the ki blocks she slapped on his wrists, she could easily beat him there. Although at times, he could be very resourceful… at times.

She frowned. There was the problem of Bulma helping him. She would just have to intercept him. That made her plan flawless, there was no way anything could possibly go wrong. Really.

So, exercising it only once before, she pushed herself off the floor, hovering there until she felt secure enough to move about. She then took off, her flight shaky and unsteady most of the way. She figured when she landed, she would have enough time to rest from the exertion before he showed up.

She just hoped he wouldn't sense her.

*****

Goku ran towards the direction Capsule Corp. was at. He recognized Bulma's ki signature, but the other one confused him as to why it was there.

Piccolo.

If he hadn't been concentrating on trying to figure it out, he probably would have noticed Chichi's ki zip by overhead.

*****

Gohan, Yamcha, Goten, and Trunks tore out of the cave like bats out of hell. Diane had found them! At the tail, Trunks had noticed Videl in the corridor, shaking her head and sighing, and picked her up. Maybe she at least knew something about Gohan's behavior.

Trunks could be a rather ingenious boy.

Unfortunately for them, however, Gohan had left some capsules lying around, and one just happened to be an airplane. It is currently unknown why Gohan had an airplane or how he acquired it, so the matter was eventually laid to rest after months of heated debate to come.

Even more unfortunate was Diane finding said plane right off the bat. Almost too convenient.

Soon the chase was on.

*****

Burt was surprised to see a dark haired woman land, and then sit down to catch her breath on the lawn. She hadn't flown with the assistance of a vehicle, so he knew instantly that she was stronger than most humans. It wasn't much longer after that a man with dark hair going in all directions showed up, stared at the woman, and then crumpled to the ground in momentary defeat.

Apparently a convention of weirdoes was taking place on the lawn of Capsule Crop., for almost immediately after, a group of four men, landed, one carrying a woman. One of them was wearing some sort of a brown robe and had tribal paintings covering his face.

The first two people to have landed now stared at Tribe-boy, their mouths widely agape.

Then, a small one-man aircraft landed, and out hopped a crazed, angry looking woman. There seemed to be a wide berth around her. It was then that his targets rushed out of the dome building, looking shocked and annoyed.

What tore Burt's attention away from this was the arrival of George, the `Kai of Tridents,' Burt's nemesis.

*****

"Gohan! What did you do to your face?" Chichi screeched.

"What's the matter? Is momma getting upset?" Diane butted in, a sneer playing across her lips as she continued, "Shut up, wench! I can't stand your screaming!" Chichi was about to yell back a reply, but she stopped short when her sight caught her eldest son.

Gohan's eyes flickered with anger, and he turned to stare at Diane coldly.

"No one insults my mother," he said, before sending a ki blast straight through her. She didn't have time to cry out as her vocal cords were fried in almost the same instant she was hit. Yamcha dropped to the ground in relief.

It was at that moment that Vegeta and Tien landed, decked out in Disney® gear. The Mickey Mouse ears®, to the shirts, to the shoelaces… and on and on. The group stared at them, but then ignored them, except for Goku, who knew, in that tragic moment, that Vegeta had forgot to take him with.

"I think I can explain Gohan's recent behavior," Videl started, and everyone turned expectant eyes on her. "You see, Gohan had a cold a while back, and so he took cold medicine for it. The only problem was, it had side effects, and then he had gotten addicted to it and started taking larger and larger doses, which would account for his increased insanity and paranoia. It also made him irritable and easily agitated, not to mention delusional. Two days ago, he thought I was plotting against him, so he knocked me out from behind, tied me up with a rope, and locked me in the hall closet. I escaped pretty easily. I'm just glad he didn't try to torch the house as well. Anyway, I managed to get a counteracting drug from the pediatrician, so everything will be fine."

"Well, that would explain some things…" Goten said more to himself than anyone else.

There was a bit of confusion about the pediatrician part, since Videl had failed to mention that Gohan had gotten addicted to children's medicine.

"Chichi, I thought you were in Ridgeview," Bulma spoke up.

"I was."

"So how did you get out?"

"I can answer that," Vegeta butted in. Everyone turned to look at him anxiously. "Kakkarot wouldn't leave me alone, so I took the liberty of aiding his wife in escape."

"And I thank you very much," Chichi said.

Goku gaped.

"But… but Vegeta! After I tried so hard to get her locked up just so we could be together… you go and help her get out?!" To say the younger saiyan looked upset was an understatement. He was devastated and confused. There was uproar after that, which didn't quiet for quite some time.

Eventually, Gohan and Videl left to go pick up Pan from Krillin's, who had never expected to have her more than a few hours, let alone nearly three days.

Trunks and Goten realized the danger and drama was pretty much over and rushed back to the cave for pizza and gaming.

There was a little conferring about Chichi and Goku, which ended up in a decision that neither one liked very well. They were both going to be locked up at Ridgeview! With the ki blocks still on Goku, and Chichi simply not being as strong, it was easy to contain them. Word has it they attend group sessions.

Finally, Piccolo and Bulma turned to Vegeta and Tien, who had since returned from the trip to Ridgeview.

"So what exactly is going on with you two?" Bulma asked, a knowing smile on her face.

"We went to Disney World®."

"Except, it didn't quite work out," Tien picked up, "we're giving up the dream." Vegeta nodded.

"Oh, well I'm sorry to hear that," Bulma responded, wisely not believing anything Tien claimed. The two flew away together, the word `suckers' being heard. If the two weren't so obvious about tying to hide it…

The blue haired woman turned to the namek. "So, let's continue from where we left off," she said, grabbing his hand and leading him back inside.

Burt was then slammed into the ground, the trident having smacked him brutally upside the head. He had forgotten about his previous prey, and the last blow probably ensured that he wouldn't remember why he was caked in egg the next morning, though he would have his suspicions.

George may have been his twin brother, but that held no jurisdiction over their intents to kill each other. However, as George landed across the street to deal the finishing blow, he was hit by a car and remained in a coma for a week.

A/N: Well, well, well. One more chapter to go… I promised "graphic sexual situations." So, I best deliver. Until next time…