Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Little Slave Girl ❯ Chi Chi! ( Chapter 6 )

Ryven held the smaller girl by the hand. She practically trembled as she and Piccolo led her up to the doorstep of the Son house. Goku had gone ahead and explained to his wife about Rowyn and after she had calmed long enough to realize the position that the young elfling was in, Chi Chi felt sorry for her and exclaimed that of course she'd be more than happy to take the poor dear in!

Goku had stayed with Piccolo, Ryven and Rowyn for a few days to get to know the girl better and to tell her as much about his household as possible, to ease her into the new situation. After a week had gone by and they all thought she was more than ready, they had taken her to Goku's house to meet the rest of his family.

Just before they'd walked up the walkway, Rowyn had ran up and latched onto Ryven, holding her hand tightly and nearly hiding behind the taller, blonde elf. Ryven looked at her in muted sympathy. She was, after all, meeting Son Chi Chi for the first time. Perhaps she had reason to be…nervous…

The front door flung open and little boy, a miniature replica of Goku bounded out. "Yeah! Hi Dad! Hi Piccolo! Ryven!" He cried out, another little boy, lavender haired a tad bit older, followed more sedately behind. He stopped and looked up at Rowyn, squinting his nose at her, "Who's she?!"

His lavender-haired friend slapped him hard across the shoulder, "Goten! She's like Ryven! Be polite!"

"Oow…" Goten rubbed his arm but still stared up at Rowyn. She smiled and let go of Ryven's hand to bend down to the boy's level. She touched her index finger to the tip of his nose.

"Hi."

"Hi…" He grinned up at her, "Are you going to stay here?"

"Maybe."

With that, Goten laughed and took off into the air with his friend, both chatting in the high-pitched excited children's voices as they flew.

Rowyn flushed and stood back up. Without looking at anyone, she said; "I like children."

** She should get along with Chi Chi, then.** Nail said, snapping Piccolo out of his reverie, ** At least she seems to enjoy housework and kids…**

** If she can avoid getting smacked with a cooking apparatus…** Kami retorted.

** She should be so lucky…I'd rather have her thwap me with a frying pan than screech in my ear…**

Piccolo silently agreed with this.

"Oh! Is this who I've been hearing about?" Rowyn looked up to see a very motherly-appearing dark-haired woman in a red silk robe. Her dark hair was done up into a lose bun atop her head, a few ends hanging down to frame her petite-yet-strong features.

She looked at Rowyn with large, midnight eyes. "You must be Rowyn…?"

Rowyn nodded and smiled back at her, instantly likely the other, human, woman. Chi Chi stepped forward and took the elf by the hand. "Come inside. I've just put the water on for tea. We can talk and get to know each other…"

Rowyn looked back at Piccolo and Ryven and saw their pleasantly surprised expressions. She let herself be led by Chi Chi into the house.

** Well, so far, no pans…**

Kami mentally shrugged.

Piccolo did the same.

"Time to practice." Piccolo said to Ryven, who turned and followed him away from the house. She looked back at the house once with the thought to check in on the other elf and see how she was getting along after she was finished. She hoped Rowyn could honestly feel welcome in the Son household. She hoped that Chi Chi could hold her temper for awhile…