Chapter Seven: Candy Apple Sees Red!

Three days later, Satan City Mall…

Roshi and almost all of the other Kame House occupants were shopping at the Satan City Mall to buy wedding presents for Gohan and Videl. Roshi and Candy were holding hands, and little Marron was begging her parents to take her to every toy store. Oolong ogled several teenage girls, and he pointed out several of them to Roshi, much to Candy's ire. Umigame watched Roshi and Oolong warily to make sure that they didn't bother any girl unnecessarily, not that they ever listened to him anyway.

Candy and Roshi left the others to go into Boudoir, a popular women's lingerie shop. It was Candy's favorite store (and Oolong's as well since Oolong could feel all of the women's underwear). Candy, who was dressed in a silk white sundress decorated with red hearts, wanted to go into the heavily perfumed store to pick up some lingerie, which Roshi desperately hoped that she would allow him to see on her. Candy wanted to buy herself something new, as well as find a present for Videl. She had seen an ad from Boudoir for half-off on teddies; maybe she'd some for herself and some for Videl for Videl's wedding night with Gohan.

Oolong followed in behind them, but an elderly saleswoman with a tight, gray bun and an air of authority stepped in front of the pig.

"Touch one female or attempt to steal one pair of panties, and I'll have you arrested and banned from this store," she warned Oolong in a stiff tone. "Remember what happened last time that you were in here."

"It wasn't my fault that I mistook that girl for a dummy!" Oolong protested in vain. "I thought that I was trying to take off that red, lacy bra off one of your mannequins! How was I supposed to know that tall lady mannequin was a real girl coming out to show her friend her new bra? C'mon, lady, I just want to admire the merchandise!"

The old saleswoman sighed. "Anything you take from here you better pay for," she said icily, and then she left to tend to a couple of ladies her age that walked in. She then called a final warning to Oolong, "And if you so much as lay your fingers on one of the customers…"

"I know, I know," Oolong said quickly and edgily. "See, you don't-hey, check out those bikini drawers! See ya!" And he dashed away to look at the latest pairs of filmy bikini underwear.

Meanwhile, while Candy was in the dressing room trying on a baby-blue teddy, Roshi was standing near a display of fancy water bras, eyeing the female customers walking in the lingerie store. He sighed, disappointed; there not a looker among them, and Candy was the youngest female in the store

But that wouldn't be for much longer, for at that moment, two buxom young ladies in their early twenties strolled into the shop. One was a tall green-eyed brunette with small breasts and a model figure, thin with few curves. The other was a petite blonde wearing contact lenses that tinted her brown eyes violet; she small breasts too, but she was still curvy. Both girls were wearing hip-hugging jeans and belly-baring halter-tops. Roshi began to drool openly the moment that he saw them. He gave each girl a once-over, saying, "Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

"Hello, girls!" he shouted cheerfully after he got out of Candy's immediate earshot. "Can I show you ladies something in your size?" The elderly saleswoman, who was behind the counter groaned and nearly fell over backwards; Roshi was another male customer that she had to worry about as much as that pig friend who always accompanied him.

The two young women giggled at the old man ogling them. The tall brunette bent down and whispered to her friend in a teasing voice, "Hey, Ingrid, do you know who that old guy is?"

"Not really, Natasha," Ingrid admitted.

"Well, remember last week when our aerobics class jogged around the mall, and he was watching us, saying, 'Go girls, go!'"

"Oh, yeah, I remember, the old pervert who likes to watch us jog," Ingrid recalled.

"Well," Natasha said, grinning. "How would you like an extra fifty dollars?"

"Sure!" Ingrid exclaimed. "But how?"

"Go up to him and flash him your breasts."

"WHAT?" Ingrid shrieked, horrified. "No way!"

"Okay, okay," Natasha said easily. "I'll make it seventy."

"A hundred," Ingrid told her firmly. "That old man looks like he'd paw me."

"A hundred it is then," Natasha agreed. She was from a rich family. "But he has to see everything, nipples and all. I know that you're not wearing a bra." She looked in the direction of the elderly saleswoman, who was going into the backroom. No other employees were present.

"Okay, very well. Will be back," Ingrid told her bravely, as she strolled up to Master Roshi, who was drooling by now.

"Hello, handsome," she purred perfectly with sincerity. Ingrid was studying to become an actress. "See something you like?"

"You bet, you bet!" Master Roshi exclaimed before he thought. Then suddenly, he felt guilty for the first time, ever. He remembered Candy's presence nearby and felt now that he was cheating on her. "Um, no girlie, I don't, I really don't. You see, I-"

"Well, I'll show you something really special!" Ingrid said, as she reached down towards the hem of her pink halter-top. Swiftly, she yanked up her top to give Roshi a full glimpse of her breasts.

At that moment, blood spurted from Master Roshi's nose, as it usually did whenever he saw nudity in real life; he was adjusted to the porn in his magazines, but real-life nakedness was too much for him. He held his nose, as the blood poured out, and Ingrid pulled down her top quickly, horrified.

But Ingrid had pulled down her top a moment too late, for just before she dressed herself again, an angry Candy had witnessed the embarrassing scene. She flew out of her dressing room, wearing her sundress again, and she flung herself upon Ingrid and slapped the stunned girl sharply across her face.

"How dare you flash my Roshi?" she screamed at the terrified Ingrid, who was trying to escape now. Natasha rushed to her friend's aid, but Candy jumped in between her and Ingrid. "So both of you girls were planning to seduce my man by showing off your boobs, eh? Well my boobs are bigger than those of both of you! Don't either one of you ever touch my man again!" She then seized Ingrid by her long, blonde hair and sent the girl flying to the ground.

"Candy…" Roshi moaned.

Candy rushed to the dressing room to get her first-aid kit out of her quilted purse, and she dashed to Roshi to help stop his nosebleed. She held at least five tissues to his rapidly bleeding nose, and Roshi gratefully held his nose and held his head down on her orders.

"It's going to be alright, Roshi," Candy assured him in a soothing voice. "Those awful girls won't bother you again. I'll see to it."

While Candy was attending Roshi, two uniformed police officers came up behind them, with Ingrid hysterically telling them what Candy had done to her. One of the police officers was a red-haired woman, and she spoke directly to Candy:

"What is your name, ma'am?"

"Candy Apple. Why?"

"Miss Candy Apple," the other officer, an older gray-haired gentleman said sternly, as he took her arm gently. Candy and Roshi looked at the officer astonished, as the male officer said calmly, "You're under arrest for assault and battery on Ingrid Gustav."


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An excruciating five hours later at the Satan City Police Station…

"She's a good woman, she really is," Master Roshi was telling the middle-aged male police chief. "She well…just has this mild jealous streak, and when she saw that girl flash me her breasts…"

"Yes, Mr. Roshi, the elderly customer who called our attention to the incident mentioned that Miss Gustav did expose her breasts to you, and we've given the girl a warning about indecent exposure, but still that gave your girlfriend no right to do what she did!"

"C'mon, Chief," Oolong said easily, grinning. "Even you can appreciate a good catfight now and then. Rrrow! There's nothing like two women fighting over a man, even if he is a pervert. Why you should watch the Playboy Channel's ladies' mud-wrestling championship sometime! You see, they-"

"Oolong, that's enough," Krillin scolded the pig.

"Candy's really done it this time," Juuhachigou groaned.

"Mommy, why again did Candy go to jail?" Marron asked.

"Because she started a catfight with that cute blond babe for flashing her boobs to Roshi," Oolong cheerfully explained.

Umigame shook his head at this. He had known that Candy's extreme jealousy would get her in trouble one day-he just didn't know that it would get her into jail. Roshi was now planning to call Baba to ask to borrow money to bail Candy out.

Fortunately today, Roshi would not need the money, for the police chief said severely, "Miss Gustav has agreed to drop charges against Miss Apple, if Miss Apple agrees to stay away from her in the future and mail her a written apology. Your girlfriend will be released, but I better not see her back here again."

"No problem!" Roshi said happily. "Thank you and thank you!"

"You better thank Miss Gustav," the police chief said.

Within ten minutes, Candy walked into the police chief's officer with an officer behind her to unlock her cuffs. When she was released, Candy rushed over to Roshi, and Roshi embraced her.

"Are you okay, Candy?" Roshi asked.

"I'm fine now!" Candy declared happily.

Juuhachigou was amused. "So I heard that you slapped some girl for flashing Roshi?"

"Um…yes," Candy admitted, ashamed now.

Juuhachigou smirked. "Good for you! The tramp deserved it."

The police chief fell over backwards.


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Two days later, one sunny afternoon…

Strangely enough, Roshi hadn't discovered yet that almost all of his porn magazines were gone-and that was only because Candy had failed to retrieve the new ones that had just come in the mail, so the old man still had nude eye candy to fawn over. Roshi was sitting in the bathroom on the toilet, reading the newest issue of Playthings. Candy did not know yet that Roshi had obtained the new periodicals.

Meanwhile, Candy was relaxing on the beach, wearing sunglasses, and her body was coated with the best sunscreen, as she lay in a chaise lounge. Her deepening tan set off her white string bikini set perfectly. She had fallen asleep in the sun on her back when a loud feminine squeal shattered the peaceful calm of the balmy day.

"Yoo-hoo!" a blue-haired girl cried, as she drove her speedboat up to the shoreline of Roshi's island. Candy awoke quickly and removed her sunglasses for just a moment. She was astonished to see a younger version of Bulma-could that cheery girl with the higher-pitched voice be a relative of the Capsule Corp. heiress?

"Hello?" Candy called to the girl, as the Bulma-look-alike climbed down out of the boat confidently. She wore a cherry red string bikini set over perfectly tanned skin, as she strutted and danced in front of her shining red-and-white speedboat. She called to the girl again, "May I ask who you are? Are you related to Bulma Briefs?"

"Related to that old lady?" the Bulma doppelganger laughed. "Please!"

"You do look like her," Candy said thoughtfully. "So, do you know anyone here?"

"Of course!" the blue-haired beauty said happily. "My ex-boyfriend lives here, and I just came to see if he'd take me back! I've thought about him for years, and I wanted to see if he was still available."

Candy tensed, and she arose from the chair with the protectiveness of a mother lion about to defend her cubs. What if this trollop was talking about her Roshi? "Just who exactly are you, and who did you come to see?"

The aqua-haired female laughed merrily, "Why, I'm Maron! And I've come to see Krillin! Krillin and I were going to get married at one time, you know, but things just didn't work out between us. I came back here once years ago, but he wasn't around, and so I finally had to leave and move on. But I've come back again for him!"

Candy relaxed-somewhat. She said quietly, crossing her well-toned arms, "Are you aware, Maron, that Krillin is married with a daughter now?"

"Married?" Maron said, puzzled and worried "But to whom?"

Maron received her answer soon enough when Juuhachigou walked outside. She recognized Krillin's Bulma-look-alike ex-girlfriend from old pictures that Krillin had of her, and every muscle in her android body stiffened. Her sky-blue eyes narrowed and darkened, as she viewed the interloper who had dared to come back into Krillin's life after she so carelessly allowed him to slip away. Years ago, once Juuhachigou had finally realized that she had fallen in love with the short ex-monk with no nose, she had gladly considered Maron's loss to be her gain.

The blond android seethed inwardly; there was no way that she was going to allow that brainless blue-haired bimbo near her husband! The girl had to go!

Swifter than Roshi rushing to his television when a women's aerobics program came on, Juuhachigou flew through the salty air, reaching Maron within seconds.

"And just what are you doing here?" she asked Maron icily.

"To see my Krillin, of course!" Maron bubbled happily. "I've missed him, and I've come here to see if he wants to get back together with me!"

Candy nearly fell over backwards when she heard Maron's words. Candy knew how strong Juuhachigou was, and she also knew that Maron had signed her own death warrant with her last sentence.

But just before a peeved Juuhachigou could make plans to send Maron to the next dimension, Krillin, Roshi, Marron, Oolong, and Umigame came outside to enjoy the beach. Krillin's jaw dropped when he recognized Maron, and both Roshi and Oolong started drooling openly when they saw her generous cleavage. Umigame watched her excitedly; if he hadn't been a turtle, he would have blushed. His affection for Maron the last time that she had came looking for Krillin after their breakup had been the closest thing to a crush that the turtle had ever felt for a human girl.

The clueless Maron scurried past both Juuhachigou and Candy straight over to Krillin. "KRILLIN!" she screamed happily, flinging herself upon him before anyone could stop her. She hugged him around his neck tightly before Krillin could protest.

"I've missed you so much!" Maron squealed, kissing him firmly on his cheek.

"Maron…" Krillin began slowly.

Maron hugged him tighter than ever. "I've come back to see you, Krilly!"

"KRILLY?" everyone exclaimed. Oolong and Umigame snickered, and Krillin was embarrassed.
"Krilly?" Juuhachigou said dryly, glaring at Maron. Maron, oblivious to Juuhachigou's deadly look, continued to hug Krillin.

"I've missed you so much! Can we get back together?" Maron wanted to know.

"Umm…Maron, I'm afraid that I-" Krillin began uncomfortably, but his ex-girlfriend cut him off.

"Oh, say yes, Krilly, please!"

Krillin gathered all of his nerve together and gently pushed Maron away from him. "Maron, I can't," he told her much more firmly. "I'm married to Juuhachigou, and we have a little girl. I love my wife, and no one can ever take her place. I'm sorry, Maron, but it's been over for a very long time now. I'm married to the woman that I love now, and you'll have to move on. It's been years, and it's over. Sorry."

Maron's Bulma-like blue eyes filled with tears, and she began to cry softly. Krillin felt sorry for her, but he had to say what he said. He quietly left her and took his daughter by the hand, and they walked over to Juuhachigou.

In the first few minutes, Maron's tears were genuine, but when she realized that they weren't working, she cried louder, as Krillin walked further away with his daughter. She elaborated the intensity of her sobs for her ex-boyfriend's benefit. She would take a furtive glance every now and then at Krillin and his family, and she quickly dried her eyes, realizing that her crocodile tears weren't getting her anywhere. She wasn't about to give up so easily, and so she decided then to try to make Krillin jealous.

The foolish girl grew a big, happy smile on her face, and she danced over to Roshi, who was still staring at her generous chest. "Okay, Krilly, if you don't want me that's fine!" she called without looking back at him. "I'll just move on to bigger and better things, such as this fellow right here!" She cooed at Roshi, batting her eyes, and jiggling her soft, yet firm breasts ever so slightly.

"You're handsome, even if you are old!" she declared. "But I like older men!"

"I-I-I-" Roshi stammered uncomfortably, entranced by her subtle attempts at flirting with him.

"I bet you'd be a great kisser!" Maron purred, as she sidled up to him and slid her arms around his aged neck. Roshi began panting and sweating. Candy was watching this scene and a storm was brewing in her darkening eyes. A murderous expression swept across her pretty features.

"She's dead," Juuhachigou said bluntly.

"Yeah, Maron did just step over the line," Krillin said nervously.

Maron began to swivel her slim hips, casting looks back every now and then at Krillin, who was watching her worriedly, as Candy began to march angrily across the hot sands in her bare feet. Candy's fists were clenched, and she was huffing and puffing, the wolf ready to blow away the pig. Murder was in her eyes.

Gathering what few wits that he had left, Roshi said anxiously, "Maron, I think you're pretty and all, but you see, I've got this girlfriend now, and she's a mite possessive, and-"

"And what?" Maron challenged, now rubbing her body against him, making Roshi moan softly. "So who's the girl?"

"She-she's right behind you, Maron," Roshi told the blue-haired bombshell. Maron turned around to see an angry Candy with balled fists standing behind her. Candy was ready to kill.

"Oh, her!" Maron exclaimed. "You're in love with this old lady? She's old enough to be my mother! Why she-"

But Maron would not get to speak another word, for at that moment, Candy seized Maron by her long, turquoise hair, yanked her away from Roshi, and threw her to the ground before anyone could stop her. Maron tried to get back up, but Candy shoved her down into the sand again.

"Now, Candy…" Roshi began, trying to talk his girlfriend out of killing Maron, but Candy was at full rage now. Not even Dende could have reasoned with her at this point.

Once Candy had released her hair, Maron scurried to her feet and began to run, but before she could get far, Candy seized Maron by her waist and flung her over her slim shoulder. With lightening speed, Candy raced down to the shoreline, carrying her victim, with Maron screaming all the way. Krillin, Roshi, and Umigame shouted at Candy to put Maron down, but the former fashion doll ignored them.

"Let me go!" Maron screamed, kicking and struggling.

"Shut up!" Candy screamed. "An old lady, am I? Old enough to be your mother, am I? I think you need to cool off, hot pants!"

"Someone help me!" Maron shrieked, but no one could reach her and Candy in time. Krillin and Roshi scurried towards Candy and Maron, but Candy was faster right now than both of them.
Candy reached the shoreline and with one good swing, threw Maron far into the ocean. A screaming Maron plunged into the ocean and disappeared under the waves for a few moments. Then she struggled back up to the surface and began waving and flailing her arms.

"Someone help me!" Maron screamed. "I can't swim!"

Umigame hurried behind Krillin and Roshi, as fast as he could, being a turtle, and Roshi said to him, "Umigame, let me on your back. We've got to go pull her out of the water."

"I'll get her," Krillin told both of them. "I can fly over there."

"I'm coming with you," Juuhachigou told him. There was no way that she was letting that tramp have a chance at touching her husband.

Within ten minutes, Krillin had retrieved Maron from the ocean, and Juuhachigou had gone ahead of them to push the speedboat into the ocean. The android started the engine, and she called for Krillin to put the girl in the boat. Maron was clinging to Krillin, and she tried to kiss him in gratitude, but the ex-monk gently deposited her into the watercraft, and Juuhachigou gave the boat an extra shove along the water.

"Don't you dare come back!" the blond android screamed at her rival.

"Or else!" Candy added.

Maron was smart enough to leave by then, and in terror, she put the speedboat on hyper speed and drove it away, sobbing and crying. Within minutes, she was no more than a dot on the water.


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An hour before dinner...

"Master Roshi, can I ask you something?" Krillin asked Roshi, as they were watching Roshi's favorite women's aerobics program. "Doesn't it bother you when Candy acts the way she does every time that she gets jealous?"

Roshi chuckled. "No, Krillin, not really, not very much." He grinned and winked. "Actually, I find it flattering! No other female has ever been so affectionate to me, or so possessive of me the way that Candy is! Don't you know how much fun it is and how great it is when a woman's fighting another woman over you! I consider myself a lucky guy! Of course, Candy could handle things a little more calmly when some girl gets around me, but she's just looking out for me. I like it that she loves me so much."

"You're not worried?" Krillin asked, after a couple of bites of popcorn.

"Not a whole lot...the only thing that I'm worried about now concerning is wondering when she'll finally go to bed with me. There've been times when I've wondered if she's really attracted to me, Krillin, but after today, I can be patient. I know that she cares for me, and I can wait. Besides, I'll bet that she'll be a tiger in bed...and when that day comes, then watch out! Why every now and then, I fantasize about the two of us doing--"

"Ugh, Roshi, please!" Umigame exclaimed. "We're about to eat!" He could smell spices and meat coming from the kitchen.

"Yeah, old man," Oolong insisted. "Keep your fantasies to yourself!"

"Ah, you guys are no fun!" Roshi said, pouting.


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Later that evening at dinner…

After a Creole jambalaya meal that Candy had cooked for everyone, Juuhachigou gave Candy a thumbs-up, as she helped Candy clean up the mess. "Thanks," she whispered.

"Your welcome," Candy said brightly. "That trollop was after my Roshi too!"

Juuhachigou laughed. "No, Candy, she wasn't really after your boyfriend! She was just using him to make my husband jealous."

"Oooh, then I wish that I had done more to her!" Candy fumed, clenching her fists after setting down a stack of dirty dishes on the table. "No bimbo uses my Roshi and gets away with it! No one uses my Roshi and lives to tell about it! He's too good of a guy for all those tramps that throw themselves at him!"

Juuhachigou smiled mischievously. "You really do care about the old man, don't you?"
"I love him," Candy said softly. "I know that he's perverted sometimes and he looks at those awful nudie mags, and he sometimes flirts with women, but I love him anyway. It's not his fault the ladies can't keep their hands off of him!"

Juuhachigou wisely kept her mouth shut about her personal opinion that it wasn't the ladies' fault that Roshi couldn't keep his hands off of them. She smirked.

"All of these girls keep trying to lead my Roshi on, so they can make fun of him and hurt him! Well, I'm not letting anyone hurt him or lead him astray! He's my man and my man alone! Okay, so he's not perfect, but then what man is! He can treat the right woman like a lady."

"I'm amazed at that last part," Juuhachigou admitted. "I'm also surprised that you two haven't been to bed together yet."

Candy smiled dreamily. "I wanted to wait until the time was right, although my Roshi wanted to speed things up. But you know what, Juuhachigou, I think that I just might be ready to…um, give myself to him."

Juuhachigou prevented herself from groaning. Master Roshi was an okay fellow and very kind; he even let her and family live with him rent-free, but anyone wanting him as a bed partner? The android shivered involuntarily. Well, to each their own…

"So, are you certain that you're ready to go to bed with him?" she asked Candy, as Candy took the stack of dirty dishes into the kitchen.

"Yes," Candy said happily. "I am, and if he's willing…it might even be as soon as tomorrow. Wish me luck!"

"I will," Juuhachigou promised her. If her friend was going to sleep with Master Roshi, she was going to need all the luck that she could get, especially since one had to wonder whether Roshi could still "get it up" at his advanced age. She patted Candy's shoulder companionably, hoping sincerely that all would go well for the fashion doll and the old pervert.