Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Trials and Tribulations of Being Royalty ❯ Fun in the Sun ( Chapter 10 )

Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball/Z/GT. I do not own any other licensed products that may appear throughout this fan fiction piece.

AN: Damn many notes huh? Well, this is just to say that this is eleven pages long. By far my longest chapter that I didn't split up, but that is because this chapter is more of a happy one, with lots of kawaii moments. Yes, some out of character moments but just sit back and enjoy because this is an alternate universe. Remember, the characters didn't go through everything they did in the anime. So here it is. Chapter ten. Enjoy and please continue to review, or if your one of those readers that doesn't review, then please try it out on this one. I'd like to know everyone's opinions on this. Trash or kick ass? Anyway, on with it and enjoy. It was a blast to write.

Chapter 10: Fun in the Sun

Bright lights assaulted her senses as she slowly opened her eyes. Resisting the temptation to burry her head in her pillow, Chi-Chi slowly worked herself into a sitting position. This act, however, was prohibited by two restricting items. To her left lay a softly snoring Goku, curled up in a ball with a smile on his face. To her right was an oddly relaxed Vegeta, who was still sleeping on his back with his arms crossed. `He looks just like he does awake, only no scowl.' she thought with a laugh.

Looking down she noticed two fuzzy ropes were holding her in place. After a closer examination she realized that they were tails. Vegeta's dark brown tail was wrapped around her waist while Goku's honey brown tail was wrapped around her thigh, and pretty far up her thigh at that. Lightly laughing, she slowly and gently unwound the tails from her body and slid to the bottom of the bed to head to her shower. Glancing back at the two sleeping warriors, a small smile appeared on Chi-Chi's face displaying her amusement at the situation.

Shedding her clothes, Chi-Chi stepped into her shower and turned the water on full blast, steaming hot. As she showered, she reflected on the past night's events. She didn't have much of a recollection of what Visto had done to her. She knew he had slammed her against the wall and was kissing and fondling her. The memories that arose that night had made her sick to her stomach, but they seemed to have faded after she was back at the mansion.

`Those two were so sweet. Goku was so tender; he really is a great guy. And Vegeta,' she thought with a laugh, `he was sweet as well. That's one word I never thought I would use to describe that ass. But he was. I guess Bulma was right when she said he could be a really good guy. I think she still has a thing for him…' Her thoughts trailed off as she smirked at the thought of getting the two stubborn people together. Stepping out of the shower, she dried herself off and wrapped her hair up in a towel. Slipping into a black silk robe, Chi-Chi stepped out of the bathroom only to be faced with one of the funniest sights she had seen.

A boxer clad Goku was on his hands and knees, his tail waving in the air behind him, looking underneath her bed. "Vegeta, where is she? She isn't under here. You don't think someone kidnapped her do you?" he asked the Prince in a very worried voice.

"Kakkarrotto, you really are a baka." The minimally dressed Prince of the Saiyans hissed at his counterpart. Wearing only his black silk boxers was Vegeta, looking out one of the many windows in the room.

Plopping on to the bed, Goku began to pout and he tried to think of where his `lost' Princess could be. Neither noticed that she was standing in the doorway to the bathroom looking at them with a brilliant smile on her face. "Maybe she went to go and make breakfast!" Goku thought out loud, excitement clearly evident in his voice as his mind wondered to thoughts of food.

"Or maybe she went to take a shower while she allowed her brave warriors to sleep." Chi-Chi said with amusement. Goku's head shot up at the sound of her voice and he hurried over to her, wrapping his powerful arms around her in a bear hug. Choking, Chi-Chi attempted to remove the tall Saiyan. "Goku…. need…. air….." she said struggling to breathe.

Stepping back, Goku rubbed the back of his head sheepishly as he muttered an apology. Brushing it off, Chi-Chi walked over to her vanity where the removed the towel from her head. Glancing at the two Saiyans, Chi-Chi began to speak quietly. "I just wanted to thank you two for helping me last night and for staying with me." A slight blush appeared on her face as she thought about the fact that she had asked them to stay the night. Her façade of bravery had been broken in those minutes.

A smiling Goku and a smirking Vegeta just stood there as she sat in front of her mirror. While dried her hair and put on a small amount of makeup, the three teens decided that the boys would go home to shower and get their bathing suits, and then they would spend the day by Chi-Chi's pool and cook outside in the large barbeque pits. As the boys headed out, promising their return, Chi-Chi headed into the depths of her closet.

Grabbing a black string bikini, a pair of black board shorts with white hibiscus flowers on the sides, and a white halter, Chi-Chi began to dress. While she had dressed, she noted that the bruises on her arms, sides, and hips from the night had faded. They were still visible, but nothing like they should have been. `I guess I'll ask Goku and Vegeta if they did something to make the bruises disappear.' Slipping on a pair of black flip-flops, Chi-Chi exited her room and outside to check to pool temperature and chemical levels.

After the pool had been checked, Chi-Chi headed inside to the kitchen. Approaching the cook, she explained what the plans were. Hearing that her guests were Saiyans, he had his assistants increasing the amount of food for the meal twenty times over. He agreed to have everything done in the late afternoon, at about five o'clock. Grabbing a fruit salad and a bottle of water, Chi-Chi headed out to the patio to relax while she waited on the boys.

An hour later, two shadows descended over her blocking out the sun. "Now I thought girls were the one's that took forever to get ready. Don't tell me you two couldn't decide what to wear." Chi-Chi said with a laugh.

Scowling, Vegeta gruffly replied. "The third class baka had to eat."

"Ohhhh. That explains it." Chi-Chi said smiling. Getting out of her chair, Chi-Chi headed out to the pools and the cabanas with the two Saiyans following closely. The three went into one of the cabanas where Chi-Chi grabbed three towels and a bottle of sun block. As she prepared to leave, she noticed Goku eyes roaming around the room in wonder.

A large grin spread on his face as he took in the sights of a large number of pool toys. Noodles, intertubes, beach balls, floats, weights, diving masks and other equipment lined the walls. Noticing the playful look in his eye, Chi-Chi began to grab various toys and throw them in the Olympic sized pool. Silently laughing at how much his grin grew with her action, Chi-Chi made sure she had plenty of things thrown out before grabbing the towels and sun block once more and head out.

Goku ran and jumped into the pool creating a large splash with his muscular body. Vegeta merely sauntered over to the edge and dropped himself into the water. However, he didn't realize he had entered into the deepest end of the pool rather than the shallow area, so instead of merely standing there scowl in place as he had planned, he sank eighteen feet to the bottom of the pool. After swimming into a standable part of the pool, Vegeta scowled at Goku, who was choking on the water he had taken in when he was laughing at his Prince. Then he turned towards Chi-Chi who was also laughing at his display.

Noting his embarrassment, Chi-Chi merely placed a towel on each of the three lounge chairs she had asked to be put out. Then she removed her white tank top and shorts, blushing a dark red when she noticed Goku's stare and Vegeta's deepened smirk.

"Why so embarrassed now? It's not like you are showing us something we didn't see last night." Vegeta said enjoying her embarrassment. However, her shock made him break out into an evil grin; apparently she hadn't realized that they had dressed her.

Almost meekly, Chi-Chi was forced to ask just what he meant. "How did you think you ended up in that outfit this morning onna? We had to dress you seeing as you were unconscious."

Even more embarrassed, Chi-Chi swore under her breath and dove into the water in order to avoid his penetrating stare. Unlike the boys, Chi-Chi enjoyed swimming underneath the water, staying at the bottom of the pool. Swiftly, Chi-Chi swam past Vegeta only to double back and grab his legs and force him underwater. Taking off, she headed to another portion of the pool before he regained his wits. Sputtering, Vegeta stood back up and began to search for her. Unable to find the raven haired girl, he turned towards his Saiyan companion only to watch as he was pulled underwater.

The three teenagers continued to enjoy the time as they made surprise attacks on each other, forcing them underwater. For the first time, Goku and Chi-Chi were able to bring out a better Vegeta as he began to laugh and play as well. This shocked Chi-Chi, which was noticeable when she first heard his rich laughter.

"He used to be like this, you know. He hasn't always been such an asshole." Goku murmured in her ear as he pulled her to his chest. "He was a bit of one when we first got here, but then Bulma turned him to as nice as Vegeta can get. But after she broke up with him and broke his heart, he reverted to his old ways." This explanation was interrupted when Vegeta pushed on Goku's back causing him to fall on top of Chi-Chi, driving them both into the water.

As the two of them rose, Vegeta pushed the water to create a wave that hit them. Sputtering, the pair attempted to reacquire the oxygen that they needed so desperately. After recovering, the two exchanged a look before disappearing underneath the water, only to reappear by Vegeta's side. Goku held Vegeta in a headlock while Chi-Chi attempted to find a ticklish spot on the Prince. When she was able to break down his barriers, his resistance collapsed as he began to laugh and sputter uncontrollably. Taking advantage of his situation, Chi-Chi signaled for Goku to aerially maneuver him to the deep end of the pool. As he hovered above the water, Goku unceremoniously released his Prince and enjoyed the sight of Vegeta as he attempted to regain control and swim back to the surface.

The trio eventually made their way out of the pool where they dropped upon the lounge chairs. Chi-Chi was in the middle lounger with Goku to her left and Vegeta to her right. Each of them calmed down as they allowed the sun to dry the water from their bodies. Chi-Chi grabbed her sun block and rubbed it on her face and shoulders in order to make sure those sensitive areas didn't burn while she relaxed outside of the water. Tossing the bottle to Goku, she grabbed her sunglasses and lay down. After Goku had put on his own sun block, he handed it to Vegeta, who pointedly refused it, saying that he was a man and men didn't need girlie item.

The three merely exchanged pointless chatter and Goku constantly complained about being hungry for a while until the cook and his assistants headed to the barbeque pits to begin the meal. After seeing that preparations were occurring, plus devouring a couple king sized bags of potato chips, Goku quieted down. Silence covered the teenagers as they began to doze off, content with the warm sun that beat down on them.

The silence was interrupted by a shrill screaming coming from next door. The two Saiyans clamped their hands over their ears in attempt to drown at the sound while Chi-Chi bolted upright. The three got up heading over to the fence to see what the commotion was all about. When Chi-Chi looked up from tying her sarong, she realized that Bulma was yelling at Yamcha and Maron who had begun to make out in the back of her car while Juunana tried to calm her down. Krillin and Juuhachi were waiting on Vegeta's doorstep.

Goku called to them as he ran up to the rest of his friends. Chi-Chi and Vegeta reluctantly followed him over to the group that now stood on the lawn between Vegeta and Chi-Chi's houses. Krillin, Maron and Yamcha eyed Chi-Chi's presence warily. Seeing as they had not been at the banquet the night before, they were clueless to the fact that she was now hanging out with them.

On the other hand, Bulma and Juuhachi immediately headed over to her to make sure she was alright after the night's events. After the story of the night, from beginning to end, was told to everyone, Chi-Chi invited them over to join in the pool fun. Chi-Chi lead the group back to the cabanas as Yamcha blatantly stared at her figure in her bikini and sheer sarong. Maron was oblivious to this as she stared at Goku and Vegeta's heavily muscled chest and arms, along with the rest of their bodies.

Directing some of the servants to place more lounge chairs on the pool side, Chi-Chi grabbed another pile of towels and distributed them to the newcomers. Then, she led the girls into another area where a number of new and unused bathing suits rested. "Alright girls. Here are a whole bunch of bathing suits. There are all sorts of sizes and styles. Just find one that you like and that fits. My father always keeps a whole bunch of extras for when we have visitors that might have forgotten a bathing suit. Guys, over here are the same thing with swimming trunks. Go ahead and help yourselves. You can change in one of the other cabanas or in the changing rooms in this one. It really doesn't matter. I'll be out by the pool with the guys so I'll see you there."

Heading back over to the pool, she noted that all of the lounge chairs had been pulled out. Realizing that more food would be needed, she went over to the cook and told him about the increase in numbers, but not to worry too much because none of them were Saiyans. By the time she had made it back to the pool, her friends were back into the water, playing around.

`Friends? When did I begin to consider them friends?' she asked herself. `Well, they are pretty cool people, especially Goku and Vegeta. As much as I want to deny it, they are my friends.' Her thoughts were quickly interrupted as she felt two sets of hands grasping her ankles. Realizing that she had been standing on the edge of the pool, she looked down to meet the gaze of her captors. Goku and Vegeta quickly pulled her into the pool, laughing at how she had tumbled into the water with shock evident on her face.

Upon resurfacing, she quickly realized that the tumble had finally caused her to loose her bikini top. After a whole day of horseplay with the boys, the ties had loosened, and in the commotion with the rest of the gang, she had forgotten to tighten it before going back in. Blushing like mad, she watched as one of Goku's eyebrows shot up when he found the top floating over by him. Eyeing her and then the top, a smirk appeared on his face. A smirk that looked so much like Vegeta's.

Chi-Chi's shocked expression was priceless as he held up her top displaying to the group what had happened. His face challenged her to do something about her situation. The males of the group began to laugh and smile at her predicament, while the girls rolled their eyes at the juvenile behavior.

"Goku, give Chi back her top." Bulma demanded, placing her hands and her hips, displaying her `don't mess with me' attitude.

His eyes never broke from Chi-Chi's as he replied with a simple "No." This denial was so much more than what it seemed. The tone in which he spoke was challenging as well as a hard edge displaying his blatant refusal. Vegeta was shocked. The normally docile and submissive Saiyan was refusing to listen to the blue haired onna. This gave him more enjoyment as he watched the scene unfold before him. However, Chi-Chi's next action shocked everyone, including the servants that had begun to watch the boy who was mocking their Princess.

Chi-Chi had noted the challenging attitude Goku had begun to display. He knew that she wanted her top back and that she was embarrassed by the fact that she lacked the top. His challenge was clearly issued as one that stated: I have exactly what you want and you can't do one damn thing about it. Noting this, Chi-Chi decided to forgo her embarrassment and shock the hell out of all of them.

Standing up, her spine stiff with pride and her eye's aglow with determination; water began to pour off of her naked chest, exposing her breasts to everyone in the visual perspective. Stealthily, she walked up to Goku, who was both shocked at her actions and enjoying the sight that was before him. Once she was standing right in front of him, he shook off his initial shock and continued to play his game with her.

Holding her top above her reach, he began to taunt her with it. Chi-Chi merely smirked and walked straight up to him, pressing her body against his, roughly. Shocked, Goku lost his footing and crashed into the water, loosing his hold on her top. She swiftly picked it up before turning her back to him and putting it back on. Turning around, she winked at him before heading out of the pool and over to the cabana.

Loud music began to blare from the speakers that were placed around the buildings outside. After turning the stereo on, she grabbed her towel and quickly dried off and grabbed a dry sarong. Peeling the wet one off, Chi-Chi cursed the damn Saiyans. Chuckling, she reminisced on the shock on everyone's face, especially Goku and Vegeta's, had been when she stood up topless.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the arrival of one of her servants. After watching him bow, he told her that dinner was almost done. Dismissing him, she headed over to her companions. "Hey guys," she said to get their attention, "Dinner is almost ready. I take it you will be joining Goku, Vegeta, and I?" After gaining a nod from the newcomers, she continued. "Well, it's almost done so how about getting out of the pool and drying off. It is going to be served on the patio."

After everyone was dried off, and getting sarongs for the girls, the group headed to the large table that had been set up. Vast quantities of food had been placed on tables that lined one end of the area. The table that everyone would sit at was away from the food. Chi-Chi sat at the head of the table, and watched as the rest of the food was brought out. Smirking at the faces of her friends, Chi-Chi said a few words that covered the situation. "Damn Saiyans."

This earned a laugh from everyone as they glanced at the blushing Goku and indignant Vegeta. Finally, the last dishes had been placed on the tables, but before anyone could move to serve themselves, the cook brought a sample over to his Princess. The group watched as the cook ate a small amount of the food and then gestured to Chi-Chi. This displayed the lack of poisons in the food. Chi-Chi tasted the food on the plate before nodding approval at the taste.

A small smile played on her lips as she declared the food tasted exquisite. The cook quickly thanked her, bowed once more and then left, signaling to the remaining servants to remove the coverings off of the dishes. Once this was done, the group headed over to the buffet, raiding the numerous dishes that decked the long tables. Chi-Chi merely watched as her friends returned to the table with loaded plates, at least the males anyway.

However, no one's eating habits amused her like the Saiyans. Each of them had four plates balanced on their arms (two on each just like waitresses). The plates were loaded with food to the edges. Once they were seated, the two began to inhale their food and the plates were emptied in seconds. When they looked up from their now empty plates, they saw the cook return with a covered dish, which he placed in front of his Princess.

They watched as he disappeared back into the mansion after removing the lid of the platter and setting it off to the side. On the platter was a plate of the same food they were eating, which arose curiosity in the group.

"Hey Chi," Goku began "how come that man brought you a plate of the same food we are eating? Can't you just go and serve yourself?"

Vegeta sneered. "Heh, the onna can't even serve herself. She's been pampered and catered her entire life."

Chi-Chi rolled her eyes at the Prince before turning her attention to Goku. "Yeah, I can serve myself, but my father wants me to only consume a certain amount of calories. So, my nutritonalist and dietitian gave my cook a list of foods and number of calories I should consume and all that other bull shit. Therefore, the cook prepares my plate to their specifications."

After her speech, she looked at her plates of meager proportions (well, in comparison to those Saiyans) and began to eat in her own delicate manner. Goku looked at the amount she was consuming in shock. `How the hell can someone only eat that much?!' Shaking his head, Goku followed Vegeta back to the buffet where the two Saiyans continued to load food on their plates and head back to the table

Once everyone had consumed more than enough food, they settled back into their seats and converse. Their discussions covered a number of topics. Chi-Chi was enjoying her newfound ability to sit back and relax. Listening to the boy's debate about fighting, Chi-Chi glanced towards the house when she heard the door to the patio open.

"Your highness," the servant said as he bowed with the cordless phone in hand. "Your father is on the telephone. He wishes to speak to you."

Taking the phone from the servant, she dismissed him and stood up. Walking to the railings of the patio, Chi-Chi began to speak with her father. "Hello Father."

"Princess!!!" she heard him exclaim, using her title as a pet name. "How are you baby?"

"I'm find, daddy. I just spent the day with my friends from school. We just kind of hung out by the pool."

"That's great darling! I'll have to meet them when I get back in town. I was just calling to let you know that Richard left a while ago, so he should be back soon."

"Okay, I'll keep an eye out on him. There are some things I want to ask him about. Oh, and Dad. No more banquets for me. Okay? I'll discus what happened with you, but if Count Visto comes near me again, I will kill him Daddy. I will kill him."

"Sweet heart, what happened?"

"Daddy, I wish you were here. I don't want to tell you on the phone, nor do I really want to tell you." she said as tears began to build up behind her closed eyes. She felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up to find Goku looking at her with concern displayed on his face. Allowing him to hold and comfort her, she gave her father a quick recount of what happened. "And then, when I woke up, my friends from the banquet were tending to my injuries. I'm sorry daddy. I really am." She finished as tears ran down her face.

"It is alright Chi-Chi. It will be okay. I'll take care of it." her father said in a strangely distant voice.

"But dad, I had these memories or flashbacks or something that just flooded my mind. They had Count Visto and Mother in them. I just don't understand it. They were so strong and intense last night, but when I woke up, it was like a nightmare. They were so faded, I can barely recall them. What should I do daddy?"

Chi-Chi could hear her father clear his throat as silence settled over their conversation. "Darling, I think we are going to have to talk. When I get there, we will speak of this, but until then, don't tell anyone what you remembered."

Anger began to burn into Chi-Chi's soul. She had no clue what had happened or what those memories meant, but she sure as hell knew that her father was hiding something important from her. "Father, what the fuck are you talking about? I am not waiting for god knows how long just for your ass to get here. What do you mean remembered? I know that you are hiding something, Father, and I'll be damned before I sit back and let you screw me over. I know for a fact that you are fucking with my head here so you damn well better tell me what the hell is going on."

Stunned at his daughter's outburst, Gyuu Maou had no clue as what to say next. "Baby, just wait until I get there and then you, Richard, and I will all sit down and talk this out respectively."

"Richard knows about this as well?" she questioned angrily. "Well fuck waiting then. When Richard gets here, I am going to find out just what the hell you are pulling Father. Don't try to stop me because I am going to find out what you are doing and then I am going to put an end to these damn games you enjoy playing so much."

Hanging up on her father, Chi-Chi angrily turned to her group of friends who had listened to the one side of the conversation they could hear. Then again, it had been more of a one sided conversation. Goku quickly drew her into a tight embrace as she began to break down. His Saiyan hearing was able to pick up a few of the words that she uttered.

"Bastard, that stupid bastard." She continued to berate her father as she wept in his arms. After getting it out of her system, she drew away from Goku and looked at him in embarrassment. "I'm sorry Goku. I shouldn't have lost it like that." she murmured.

Her face was flushed with embarrassment and anger. The trails of her tears shined in the light of the Japanese lanterns that were strung about the patio. Her damp hair began to fall in her face as she looked down at the ground in shame of her emotional outburst. He gently put his hand underneath her chin, tipping her face up towards him so he could meet her eye to eye. "It is alright, Chi. Everything will be fine. You have nothing to be ashamed of." Gently, he wiped away the last of her tears before putting a comforting arm around her.

Turning towards the house, they walked inside and went to the living room, with the rest of the group following. One by one, the members of the group used the bathroom to change back into their clothes that they were wearing when that had arrived. The Saiyans had also brought a change of clothes so they were dressed as well. After Goku's gentle prodding, Chi-Chi had taken a quick shower and put on a pair of midnight blue silk pajama pants and a white silk halter that thin dark blue lines running down it.

Rejoining her friends, they attempted to comfort her; however, she didn't want pity or anything, so they settled back to watch a comedy movie on the big screen television. Curled up against Goku, Chi-Chi looked around the room. Maron and Yamcha were curled up on one of the love seats that were in the room. On another one, Krillin and Juuhachi were also curled up together (well, more like Krillin was curled up on her). At the other end of the couch that she and Goku were on was Juunana and Bulma. These two were not all cuddled up; if anything, it seemed that Bulma was a little distant to her boyfriend. She had been that way all day long. Vegeta was in the middle of the couch and in between Bulma and herself. He was stiffly watching the movie, but continued to take glances at the two girls beside him.

As the movie ended, the teens began to stir from their positions. Chi-Chi got up and turned the lights back on and stretch. Everyone else also began to rise and loosen their limbs. Knowing that the next day was another school day, the group decided to depart. They headed outside, crossing over to Vegeta's driveway, where the groups' cars were still parked.

Everyone seemed to agree that Chi-Chi was a great person and welcome in their clique. They parted ways as friends, each promising to do `this' again. Chi-Chi stood and waved at her friends along with the Saiyans, who demanded that they walk her back to her house.

As they got to the front door, lights shined on them, blinding them as a car pulled up to the garage doors. Richard quickly exited his vehicle, not bothering to return it to its capsule. He hurried to the trio that was still on the front patio.

Chi-Chi merely glared at her body guard as tightly embraced Goku, promising they would talk tomorrow, that he didn't have to stay, and that she would be fine. Vegeta merely humphed and turned to head back to his own house with his companion. "Love you too Vegeta." Chi-Chi yelled at him sarcastically, knowing that he just wasn't one to show any sort of affection.

After the boys had been lost from her sight of vision, she turned to the smirking Richard. His blue-green eyes were tinted with amusement and edged with sorrow. His flaxen blonde hair was ruffled from the gentle breeze that caressed them as they stared at each other. "Seems you have made a friend." he stated.

"Seems you have made an enemy." she retorted.

His face contorted into confusion as his mind processed what she had said. "Don't tell me you're still mad about the fact that I have to go to school with you and all of that. That was a week ago. You have never been able to stay mad at me that long before."

"Poor, poor Richard. I suppose my Father didn't call and tell you just what you were walking into when you returned tonight. You see, Richard dear, that banquet was a lot of fun. Very informative." she said snidely, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Now how about we go inside and talk about why I am discovering repressed memories about my mother…." she watched him carefully as she spoke, "and Count Visto."

Richard's eyes wide open upon hearing those names uttered from the girl. His mouth dropped open.

"Seems like someone's been hiding something. Shall we?" she asked as she opened the front door.

Richard looked at the door and then at his Princess, whose face was contorted with rage, sadness, and confusion. The very expression she wore told him that she had uncovered the truth. `Damn King Maou!' he thought as he eyed the door. `He couldn't have let me know so that I wasn't taken by surprise. As usual, I'm always the one left to clean up his messes.'

Shaking his head, he slowly waked through the door to unlock a thousand memories and hidden secrets that his head and heart held.