Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Trials and Tribulations of Being Royalty ❯ Explosive Encounters ( Chapter 3 )

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Chapter 3: Explosive Encounters

As she left the school, Chi-Chi became aware of the fact that the group was following her. Sure, she was on a main road and all, but it seemed like they were following her. Taking her attention away from them she reached down to blare some music. Choosing her Disturbed cd, she turned the volume up to her max. Driving always soothed her along with rock music. It soothed her so much that she never noticed that the cars behind her had also entered her new neighborhood. In fact, they pulled into the driveway of the mansion beside hers.

Needless to say, the group was quite shocked to find that the new girl lived next the Vegeta. Vegeta, however, was very unhappy with this revelation. Making sure no one was going to draw her attention to them, he made them hurry into his house. His house was an extremely large brick mansion. The group made their way into one of the living rooms, decked with black leather furniture. They all sprawled themselves out and began to gossip. Vegeta and Goku headed to the kitchen to get food.

After everyone was situated, they just talked for a while about topics from school and their social lives. This group was inseparable. Despite their clashes in attitude, they were all very good friends. Bulma was the lead female of the group. Her best friend was Juuhachi, a blonde with an attitude. Bulma was dating Juunana, her best friend's brother, who had long black hair and ice blue eyes that matched his twins. Vegeta, Prince of the Saiyans, Goku, or Kakkarrotto, and the King had all arrived on Earth years ago, after signing a treaty of refuge after Vegeta-sei had be decimated. Krillin, Yamcha and Marron had integrated into the group as well. Each of them had met in high school, their freshman year, and just grew on each other. Their friendship was now infamous in school and everyone tried to get into their group. However, this was an impossible feat.

Suddenly, their conversation was interrupted by the sound of an explosion that shook the grand house.

~~*~*Maou Residence*~*~~

Chi-Chi set her things down in the foyer and proceeded up to her room in hopes that Richard would not cross her path. Last night, Chi-Chi had put a load of sleeping pills into Richard's drinks so that he would not be awake when she left for school. She was already different from the rest of the student body, why did she want her body guard following her around everywhere she went? However, as the day was displaying, nothing she was hoping for was coming true.

"Where the hell have you been young lady? Do you know how much trouble I could have gotten in today? Just what did you do to me? I woke up with a major headache and you were gone. I demand that you tell me what is going on." Richard yelled as he rounded the corner toward Chi-Chi.

"Listen up Richard. You may be my body guard, but that gives you no right to speak to me in such a manner. I am your princess and you will treat me as such, even if we are not in the kingdom or castle. I do not need you to follow me around when I can fight better then you. Your position is useless and I will not have you treat me in such a belligerent manner. You will address me properly and give me the respect I deserve. Now, I am going to clean up and when I get back down here, you will be prepared to treat me correctly. Don't worry, daddy won't find out that I went to school alone with out your protection. So get the hell out of my way." Chi-Chi yelled as she proceeded to her quarters.

Her mansion was the largest one in their upscale neighborhood. It was a pristine white stucco mansion that was loaded with terraces, pillars, stain glass and a million other luxuries. However, Chi-Chi longed for her ancient castle with its stone and old fashioned furnishings. Making her way to her room, she thought of the palace and longed to return. Unfortunately that would not be happening very soon. Revolts and other misfortunes the kingdom had endured had finally been eradicated. The kingdom was being rebuilt in order to prosper. Therefore, Chi-Chi and her father, Gyuu Maou, had moved during the renovations on the kingdom and castle. For the next year or more, she would be residing in this mansion.

Opening the large double doors, she entered her chambers and appraised it. The midnight blue walls and dark wooden floors were offset by her king sized iron bed that was in the middle of the room. The black iron bars supported ivory curtains that surrounded the entire thing, and an ivory bedspread took away the darkness of the room. To the left was a small area with a chaise, entertainment center and other furnishings. To the right were the doors to her massive closets and bathroom along with her vanity. To both sides of her bed were French doors that led toward her balcony that ran the length of her room. In her eyes, this room was nothing compared to her room at the palace.

Noticing that the maids had already come in to clean, she swiftly went into her bathroom. The massive room was adorned with a large marble tub, complete with jets, a shower, and other standard items. However, the tub was what took up the largest part of the bathroom. As she had asked, the tub was filled with hot water and the scents of raspberries flooded the room from her salts and other accessories. Stripping down and turning on the jets, she immersed herself into the water to take a long relaxing bath.

Forty-five minutes later, a black robed Chi-Chi retreated to her vanity. Blowing her hair dry, Chi-Chi pondered upon what she should do that evening. Robert would have to accompany her if she left. She couldn't stand to remain in the house any longer. She had already spent the past week contained there. As she worked her long tresses into a plait, she decided to tour the city and see just what there was here. She stood went to her closet, tossing open the double doors and entering its depths.

The closet was lined with rows of clothes on the left and right, all hung and separated into various areas. Dressers full of clothing were stationed on the back wall. Choosing a pair of faded blue flares and a black tube top, she dressed accordingly, slipping on another pair of sandals. She grabbed her black leather purse and sunglasses, rang for the maid to clean up after her and proceeded downstairs to get Richard.

Suddenly an explosion emitted from the area behind her house. Running the rest of the way, she threw open the back patio doors to see what was going on. Then she saw it.

A blackened and smoking man stumbled from the furthest area away from the house. His lab emitted smoke as well. "Damn it Albert! You ask why my father has your lab away from our house and now do you get it? What number is it this time? You blew up that damn lab of yours three times last week. I'm sick and tired of this shit. Once more and it won't be rebuilt and you will be banned from your damn experiments." Chi-Chi screamed at the dazed Albert, unaware of the eight pairs of eyes that watched her.

"Damn, what the hell happened there? Looks like that girl is pissed."

"You got that right Bulma." Yamcha declared as the group, lead by Vegeta, proceeded towards the fence that separated the two properties. They watched as Chi-Chi berated the smoking man and then called for some servants to remove him from the yard.

Noticing her viewers, Chi-Chi turned toward the group that stared at her. As the group and Chi-Chi sized each other up, their thoughts were interrupted by the presence of the stately Richard.

"Your majesty, I apologize once again for my brother's antics. I have tried to speak to him and I will attempt it again." Richard said as he bowed towards his princess.

"I hear it every time, Richard. But very well, just make sure he doesn't blow up the house or anything important. Now get ready, I want to see the rest of the area and of course, I am not allowed to do that without escort, so go and prepare yourself." Chi-Chi demanded as she turned her attention to the group at the gate. Richard bowed yet again and went inside. "How can I help you?"

The group was in shock. Had that guy just addressed her as `your majesty'? What was going on? No one spoke as she approached them.

"Can I help you?" Chi-Chi asked again, the annoyance ringing clear in her voice.

Finally, Bulma recomposed herself. "Hello. We were started by the explosion and came outside to investigate. I believe you attend school with us." she said as she introduced the rest of the group.

"Yes I know who you are. What I want to know is why you are all pressed up to my fence. You can easily see there was an explosion here ….." Chi-Chi began, only to be interrupted by the presence of five armed men in identical uniform. They all dropped before Chi-Chi to display their respect. After a curt nod from Chi-Chi, they rose before her with identical expressions of worry.

"Princess, we heard the commotion and came to see what happened. Are you okay? And who are these people? They aren't trying to harm you are they your highness?" the lead guard asked.

Embarrassed, Chi-Chi quickly explained the explosion. "Just another Albert incident, Captain. And these are a few people from my school. I do not know why they are there, but I doubt they will make an attempt to harm me. Now why don't you make sure no one was hurt in the explosion and check the security over there? You are excused."

"So, you are a princess?" Bulma asked shocked.

"If you must know, yes I am. Now if you will excuse me, I will continue my earlier plans." Chi-Chi replied. However, her attention was drawn to the tall spiky haired boy. He was the one she had been so harsh with before. He seemed to be so enraptured with her that he didn't realize she was looking at him questioningly. One of his companions elbowed him to get his attention. Blushing at the realization that she had caught him staring, he looked towards the ground. Chi-Chi merely rolled her eyes and sauntered off to the circular driveway calling for her personal guard.