Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Journey ❯ Journey ( Chapter 1 )

Journey

 

 

By: Vegeta's Mate

 

 

A/N: Alright sillies...I have decided to do a one-shot to keep you entertained while I work on my new fic. This is a fic that describes the life of...ChiChi....~gasps~ Oh, goodness! I actually did a ChiChi fic!~Checks her temperature for a fever~

 

I hope to have the new fic done in the near future so be on the look out for it. It's called "Death Of A Prophecy", I hope to have it out before I go on vacation in July.

 

 

Journey

 

 

Washing clothes again. When did my life become so mundane? I used to be out there with all the guys kicking ass and taking names, then I decided to become a wife and mother and put away things like...well, let's see there was; fun, and fun, and no responsibilities and oh did I mention FUN?!

 

Goten comes crashing through the door, chattering away about something he and Trunks had done. It seems that I enjoy life through my children. I listen avidly to his excited chattering, imagining for a moment that I could do the same things.

 

Years ago Goku had tried to teach me to fly, that was a big mistake. He has the attention span of a sock, and we had been at it for about 20 seconds when someone's ki went up and he took off again.

 

I sigh as I start cooking for my family. Hn, I don't remember my family ever having done the things that most families do. We never go out for picnics, we don't play together at the park, we don't go hiking...we don't do anything together except eat and that is only because I yell and scream if they miss a meal.

 

Have I become such a bore? I know that Goku's friends don't come here because they are afraid I will scream at them. I don't scream at them on purpose, Goku annoys the fuck out of me when he feels their ki approach so I am in a bad mood when they get here.

 

I don't hate the fact that Goku trains and saves the world, I just worry that he'll go off and get himself killed....again, or leave and forget about us just like he has in the past. I realize that I am obsolete, both as a mother and a wife. Gohan doesn't need me anymore, Goten stays with Trunks and his family more than with me, and Goku...well he hasn't touched me since I got pregnant with Goten. That was....ten years ago, I think.

 

If they didn't need me to cook and clean for them I doubt that they would notice if I died. I sigh at my maudlin thoughts. I have no time for self pity anymore, Goten and Gohan are waiting for their food.

 

oOo

 

I lay awake in this big bed and wonder where Goku has run off to again, he's probably off playing with Vegeta or just decided to sleep outside tonight. I sigh for what seems to be the millionth time today and mentally smack myself. I think that tomorrow I will make a few days worth of meals and go off on my own. I snort at the thought, I doubt that I would feel any younger, but maybe it would make the boys realize what I feel like when they abandon me.

 

I stop. Is that really what I feel? That I have been abandoned by the ones that are supposed to love me? I shake my head, surely not....but now that the thought has crossed my mind I can't shake it.

 

I guess I have to stop hiding from the truth. My family abandons me repeatedly. I groan and roll over again, maybe I need to go to a doctor and find out if I am depressed. I reject that thought, I am depressed and I know it.

 

I think I will take the respite from the mundane and go for that little excursion tomorrow, what could possibly happen?

 

oOo

 

"Shit!" I yell as yet another thorny bush scrapes against my bared thighs. Today I have decided to dress according to my agenda; in a pair of very short shorts that Bulma gave me for Christmas last year, a tank top that I bought on a whim and a pair of sturdy hiking boots. I have spent the early hours of the morning making meals for the boys, enough to last for three days, and marking them with preparation instructions. I know Gohan will keep the house clean and cook for the others, I raised him to be responsible and clean.

 

I grumble my way through another thorn patch as I see a meadow of some kind ahead of me. I rush forward to finally be out in the open only to find that I am back at my house.

 

I sigh and turn to go back the way I had come in a hurry. I needed to get away from there and clear my head.

 

I trudge further in to the woods hoping to find a place that is peaceful and far enough away from my home that I don't give up and go home. I see all manner of wildlife; deer, rabbits, a wolf or two, and a few of the smaller dino's that make their home in these woods.

 

Have I never done this before? Have I never just walked out my front door and taken a look at the beauty that surrounds my everyday life? I shake my head, I know I haven't been down any path that didn't lead from my front door to the grocery store and back in more than 10 years.

 

It's no wonder Goku has abandoned me so many times, who wouldn't? When we first got married we did fun and exciting things; swam naked in the nearby lake, made love on a picnic blanket under the midday sun, took joy in just having the other around to talk to and be comforted by.

 

Why have things changed? Because I have changed. What man would be satisfied by a woman who never leaves home unless it's to either go collect errant family members or to go shopping?

None. Even Bulma and her prince have happiness that I can only reminisce over.

 

So lost in my thoughts I fail to watch where I am going and end up walking over a cliff that feeds into a small river. I scream as I plummet to my certain death and instead of my family flashing before my eyes...I see an empty house and myself sitting at a bare table staring at nothing as tears run down my cheeks.

 

I gasp in a small breath before the icy water closes over my head and darkness fills my vision.

 

oOo

 

I awake sputtering out the water in my lungs, as I grasp the sandy beach that has saved my life.

Apparently I was lucky enough to drift to shore before I could drown. A chuckle escapes my mouth as I flop over on to my back and look up at the darkening daylight.

 

"This is beautiful." I whisper, a soft sigh of pleasure drifting up from somewhere deep within me.

 

"The only beauty around here is the one who is laying wet and laughing on this beach." I hear a voice from somewhere to my left and crane my head around to see who is speaking.

 

Before me is a man who seems familiar; his lightly tanned skin shimmers in the dying light, a mane of jet hair stand in haphazard spikes around his handsome face. He is wet like me, so I must believe he rescued me from the river.

 

"Goku, what are you doing out here?" I ask softly, drinking in the sight.

 

"I should be asking you that question, ChiChi. Why did you leave?" his tone is changed from the usual cheerful idiot he naturally is to a darker more sincere one.

 

"Why not?" is my answer.

 

He looks at me sharply, "Since when do you abandon your family to vanish in to the woods? What is wrong ChiChi?" he asks, before I can answer he blurts out; "Do you not love me anymore?"

 

I roll over onto my stomach and push myself to my feet, "Now, that is a question I would like you to answer." I spit at his feet, "how does it feel to be abandoned? It hurts, doesn't it?" My hands go to my hips and I feel a shout trying to break from my chest. I stomp it down, I will not blow up at him for being himself. His face is frozen and I can't tell if it's from fear or anger. "I'm sorry, I had to get away for awhile and figure somethings out."

 

"Is that what you feel? That I abandon you?" he asks, his face a mask of indifference.

 

I stare at him, could he not have noticed? Does he see things are bad between us? Does he really not know? "Yes, Goku. I have been abandoned for the majority of our marriage, and if you have to ask me if I feel left out and obsolete then that is all the proof that you need."

 

I turn and begin my trek again, leaving him there to think about what I have said. Somehow I feel lighter for having gotten this off my chest after so long. Where Goku and my relationship goes after this is anyone's guess, but hopefully we will come out of this better than when we came into it.

 

"I have to leave ChiChi, I made a promise to a friend that I can not break." his voice drifts to me on the wind.

 

"And you made a promise to me that you did break." I answer without looking back.

 

I hear him sigh and move, I resume my walk. I know he will leave, I just can not watch him go, not again. "I want you to leave Goku, I can not live this farce of a marriage anymore. If you do not want to leave your house then I will go else where, but I will not live this lie anymore." I feel tears working their way into my eyes, "Just remember that your sons will love you no matter where you go....and I, well...I loved you until you made me stop."

 

oOo

 

 

How was that? I may do a brief continuation of this if you readers want me to, but I will not promise to make it a happy ending or end it with a couple that is favored (if I decide to go that route). Let me know what you guys thought of my little contribution to the world of angst and drama.