Monkey Moon part 11b

        Chi Chi was in the kitchen, resignation in her posture. "So. You've decided to return."

        Goku reached for her. "Why wouldn't I, Chi Chi? This is our home!"

        She moved away. "Is it? I get the impression you'd rather be somewhere else."

        "Where's Gohan?"

        "At Tami's house. Her brother is having a pajama party."

        "Oh."

        "He asked about you. I came up with a suitable lie."

        Goku sat at the table. "I'm sorry...what did you tell him?"

        "That his father was out fighting demons."

        He stared at her. "Chi Chi!!"

        She smiled bitterly. "I told him you were investigating an alien sighting."

        Goku exhaled. "Thank you."

        "That doesn't let you off the hook with me."

        "Please sit and talk to me."

        Her slim form plopped across him at the table. "Why, Goku? You've made your point
        perfectly clear."

        He took her hands. "Forgive me...maybe my new attitude is somewhat harsh."

        "That's an understatement. What were you doing all night?"

        He flushed, looking away. "Nothing much. I found out where Vegeta and the others
        are staying."

        "Where?"

        "South America, in the fifteenth latitude."

        She blinked in shock. "But why? They've been here for days, doing nothing. It makes
        no sense!"

        "Vegeta is looking for the missing dragonballs."

        A small fist slammed the table. "I knew it! All that phony bull by Raditz-"

        "It wasn't phony" Goku flared at her. "He honestly wanted to know you better."

        "Then why do they need the dragonballs?"

        "I don't have a clue, but I intend to find out."

        "How?"

        "I'm going back there later, to observe. Maybe they'll let something slip."

        She stared at him hard. "Are you telling me all of it?"

        A pause. "Yes."

        Dark eyes welled up. "I'm sorry, I can't believe you."

        Goku couldn't stand her distress. Strong arms swept her up in a bear hug.

        "Chi Chi, don't say that-"

        "Something's going on with you and those saiyans" her voice was snuffled against
        him.

        He stroked her hair. "You're my wife, Chi Chi. That's why I'm here now."

        "Can I trust your word?"

        Goku sat down, pulling her into his lap. "I know the last few days have been bizarre.
        I'd like nothing better than settling into our old routine, but that just can't happen."

        "You mentioned change...I'm not sure this is for the better."

        Black eyes were glazed, wild. "It's unbelievable, Chi Chi! I've found out so much about
        myself, things I never knew. My mind, my heart have been opened-"

        He realized he'd said too much. She stared at him in shock and dismay.

        "You'd better tell me the truth. Now." her tone was ice.

        "Chi Chi..."

        "Save it. This isn't about change, or compromise. You've made a decision!"

        Goku fell silent momentarily. "I needed to talk to you..."

        She pushed off his lap and stood. "No. This time YOU listen."

        He was startled to silence again. Chi Chi paced slowly around the kitchen.

        "You've spoken your mind, and now I'll do the same. Do you think I'm a fool? You're
        planning something with those saiyans-"

        "You can't-"

        "Shut up. Do you know how it makes me feel when you disappear at a crucial point in
        our marriage, then come back excited about being 'awakened?' Do you want to
        know what I REALLY think?!"

        Goku swallowed. "You suspect something."

        She slapped him so hard his ears rung. "Freak!! You're going there to satisfy those
        filthy perversions I wouldn't agree to!!"

        He glowered at her, guilt and shame stopping comment. Chi Chi continued, in a rage.

        "Admit it! I see it in your eyes, hear it in your voice. You say you can't be what you
        were. Well guess what? I can't be what I'm not!"

        Goku found his voice. "I see. What are you suggesting?"

        "Time for both of us. We need to think things through, and I mean hard."

        A soft growl escaped the tall saiyan as his tail bristled. "You doubt my love?"

        "Yeah, mister, I do. There's all kinds of love, and I'm realizing that now the hard way"
        her eyes welled up again. "You never loved me like a wife."

        "Did you ever love me as a husband?!" he snapped back.

        "How dare you-"

        "Maybe I wasn't always responsible, but at least I cared."

        "Don't turn this around, Goku. You always took every opportunity to leave, whether
        it was a threat to earth or some lamebrained adventure!"

        Red haze dotted Goku's vision. "Lamebrained...you think I enjoyed being treated as a
        child by my own wife?!"

        "You're so tough...if you were any kind of man you would have said something long
        ago!" she shot without thinking.

        Goku stood slowly, backing her against a wall. "Say that again" he snarled, glaring
        through lidded eyes.

        Chi Chi saw those eyes, feeling fear for the first time. "I didn't mean it" she
        whispered.

        Strong fingers gripped her chin. "Shall I tell you an impulse I feel right now?"

        "Goku...don't..."

        "The saiyan in me would fracture your jaw" he hissed softly. Her eyes went wide in
        fright.

        "However, I would never do such a thing" Goku released her abruptly. "Were I as
        weak as you say, you'd be lying on the floor."

        She dropped in a chair, trembling. "So it's come to this now...threats of physical
        violence?"

        Goku folded his farms in indifference. "I told you, I'd never do such a thing. You
        always mistook my tolerance for weakness, Chi Chi."

        Dark eyes burned furiously on him. "There's no mistaking that saiyan arrogance. You
        sound just like them!"

        "I am them. But I regret this conversation didn't go the way I'd hoped."

        She was shaking in anger. "Oh, I get it. Was I supposed to congratulate you on being
        a true saiyan? Throw a party because you've embraced the 'real you?' Fat chance,
        mister!"

        He turned to leave. "Your words were wiser than you know. Distance is best for all
        concerned."

        Chi Chi could only stare at his retreating form.

        ****

        She sat miserably for over an hour before he returned, his face closed.

        "Is there any hope for us, Goku?"

        He sat at a small distance. "I honestly don't know. Maybe it's just a case of so much
        happening in so short a period."

        Her eyes were dull. "It doesn't feel that way. What are you going to do?"

        "That depends. Do you want me to leave?"

        "I don't know what I want anymore. Everything's turned upside down."

        "I still love you."

        "It isn't the same, Goku. You love other things more."

        "Why do you keep saying that?"

        "I can see your eyes, they have a different light. Dark. Dangerous."

        He folded arms around his knees. "You make me sound like a maniac."

        "I guess I've seen it for a long time, really. But you were so gentle, I tried to discount
        it as wanderlust."

        "In my heart I always wanted adventure, fighting. You knew that."

        She snorted. "Hai, nothing changed, even when Gohan was born."

        "Did you expect me to turn house husband because we had a child?"

        "No...but more responsibility wouldn't hurt. Sometimes I felt you treated family as a
        joke."

        "Joke?!"

        "Moveable pieces you could set aside when you got bored."

        "We're going round and round, Chi Chi."

        "Do I matter to you? Does Gohan?"

        "Of course!"

        She held his face. "I only want the truth. Can you give it to me?"

        Dark eyes held hers steadily. "Yes. I am saiyan."

        "All right, 'saiyan'. Do you love me?"

        "Yes."

        "Are you in love with me?"

        A pause. "No..." he looked away briefly. "Forgive me."

        A tear rolled past her eye. "Nothing I didn't already know...I just wanted the truth."

        "This isn't helping" he held her now.

        "Better than living a lie. We married so young, I just thought maybe you were
        unsophisticated. I never realized...you didn't feel the same way."

        "I did care about you."

        "But why did you marry me? I don't understand."

        "It seemed the right thing to do. Your father pressured me, remember?"

        Chi Chi looked down. "I remember. Dammit!"

        "He was only concerned."

        "Hai, at the cost of my feelings. I wasn't a charity case!"

        "No, never that. Whatever else you believe, know this. In my mind you could have
        anyone you want."

        She sighed, leaning against him. "I only wanted you."

        ****

        The saiyans sparred throughout the afternoon, fighting amongst themselves in
        celebration. A human might call them insane, inflicting wounds and injuries in the
        name of fun. Three tattered and bloodied forms took a dip in the river.

        "A good battle, I'd say" Raditz purred, shaking his mane clear of water.

        "Hn, loose bones crack well" Vegeta flexed his fractured arm, wincing.

        "I'll get the sensu" Nappa staggered to the keep, a break evident in his tail from
        fighting.

        Raditz laughed at the broken appendage. "Hai, knot tail...get that thing fixed, you look
        ridiculous."

        "How did that kick in the nuts feel, eh?" the bald warrior retorted.

        Raditz grunted, holding his groin. "Not good...I'd rather have Kakarot's kisses there!
        He made a promise."

        "You look real sexy with that black eye, rag hair."

        "He is still mine" Vegeta reminded them both. "Once claimed, you may do as you
        wish. This night will be hotter than the last!"

        Nappa tossed them sensu. The saiyans instantly healed after ingesting them.

        "Nifty beans" Raditz flexed his fingers. "It's good we discovered how to duplicate
        them."

        Vegeta fell back in the grass. "Hai, faster than germination."

        Nappa jerked a thumb at the keep cave. "I'm going back inside. My show's coming
        on!"

        Vegeta shook his head. "You and those infernal programs..."

        Nappa grunted, grinning. "It's the fifth chapter of As The General Days of My Life Turn
        For All My Children."

        Raditz stared in disbelief. "That's ridiculous."

        Nappa tossed a wave. "So what? I like seeing humans act foolish, even in fictional
        shows."

        Vegeta yawned lazily. "I feel somewhat foolish myself..."

        Raditz sat at his side. Broad hands massaged curvy shoulders under blue spandex.
        Soft tremors ran through Vegeta's body in pleasure.

        "Hn, Kakarot's right. You have excellent hands, Raditz."

        "May I serve my prince this final night of jungle run?"

        Dark eyes sparkled. "I'll consider it."

        ****

        Goku was restless for most of the afternoon. A strange sense of anticipation he
        couldn't explain tingled under his skin. Powerful hands chopped firewood in the back.

        I've got to make things right with Chi Chi somehow. But how, without arguing
        again?

        He sensed a presence behind him.

        "I've been thinking."

        Goku smiled at his wife. "Me too. Are we something or what?"

        Chi Chi smiled also. "What."

        He looked her over slowly, taking in the delicate features. Chi Chi wore a multilayered
        scarf dress that showed her curves. A scoop neckline highlighted her small but high
        cleavage.

        "Why are you staring at me?"

        "I'm thinking how pretty you look with your hair down. I almost forget how long it is
        sometimes."

        "I'd thought about cutting it."

        He stroked the long strands. "Don't you dare."

        A sigh. "What are we going to do, Goku?"

        He pecked her forehead. "Get a fresh start. I never give up, you know."

        Chi Chi chuckled. "Tell me about it. I see you've been chopping wood."

        "Yeah, there should be plenty...the evenings are pretty crisp now."

        She leaned against her saiyan. "It's that transitional time of year. Hot during the day,
        cool at night."

        "Like our transition."

        Chi Chi looked sharply at him. "What's that supposed to mean?"

        Goku rubbed against her. "You're beautiful..."

        She blinked in amazement, feeling a rock hard erection against her hip. "I don't
        believe this..."

        Eyes of black velvet smouldered now. "Inside, Chi Chi...I need you really bad."

        "Have you lost your mind? Just like that?!"

        Hot lips kissed her jawline. "Rrrr....come on!"

        Chi Chi panted, feeling her body respond despite her annoyance. "After everything
        we've said? You think it'll just roll over like-"

        A smothering kiss halted her protests as Goku scooped her up. Chi Chi managed to
        pull her lips free momentarily.

        "You asshole!!"

        Goku nuzzled her neck as her carried her inside. "Don't fight it, Chi Chi. I can smell
        your heat."

        "Stop smelling stuff! Are you a dog or something?!"

        The tall saiyan bounded upstairs with his wife. "I will be."

        ****

        Goku bounced her mercilessly, his tail flying everywhere. Chi Chi found herself riding a
        wild saiyan, her own body aflame with need. Arms wrapped around in a crushing
        embrace as they rocked the bed.

        Sharp teeth pressed against her neck, cutting into her haze of lust. In panic she
        realized his intent, eyes snapping open.

        "Goku!! Don't bite me!!"

        He snarled in her ear, pulling off. A hard kiss prevented Chi Chi from saying anything
        else as Goku plowed into her.

        Anger, confusion and lust swirled a mad mix in her brain, smashing all thought as her
        body was pummelled.

        "Oh Kami..." she moaned as the world went red.

        ****

        They lay quietly a short time later, Goku grinning like a fool. Chi Chi struggled to sit
        up, flushed and haggard.

        "You're fantastic, Chi Chi."

        She pulled hair from her eyes. "Go to hell, mister."

        He purred in content. "I love it when you look like that."

        "Idiot! I'll be sore for a week...are you trying to kill me?!"

        "Never" a thick tail looped lazily in the air. Chi Chi sniffed at a spicy fragrance that
        suddenly filled the room.

        "Are you wearing some kind of perfume?"

        Another purr with slitted eyes. "No...you turn me on."

        She gawked in astonishment. "What the...you mean?" her eyes nearly popped as a
        fine mist swirled from the base of Goku's tail. The spicy aroma was overpowering
        now.

        "Oh ghods, this is too freaky!" Chi Chi stumbled out of bed. Goku didn't move to stop
        her, purring blissfully. A sweet ache heated his bones now, and he sensed the true
        source.

        My gut burns me.

        He glanced lazily out the window at darkening skies. The pattering sound of Chi Chi's
        shower distracted his thoughts.

        What's she washing off for? I don't understand humans.

        Goku blinked, surprised at his own train of thought. "Maybe Chi Chi's right" he
        whispered to himself. "Maybe I have become alien."

        Pulling on a pair of loose pants, he quietly slipped out of the house.