Dragon Ball BE

Chapter Three: Amends, Repairs, Respects

With her home now in ruins, Chi-Chi vowed that she would train and get stronger, so that if she ever encountered Broly again, she would make him pay for what he had done.

And Chi-Chi would train...just not in the way she expected.

As it happened, Master Roshi's attempts to make amends with his old student, the Ox King, went further than simply paying for repairs. Since the cumbersome ox-man and his daughter no longer had a place to live, Roshi guilted himself into letting them stay at Kame House until the repairs were finished. With Broly and Chi-Chi forced to share a residence, domestic life on the small island was strained, to say the least. Roshi and Ox King had a mutual respect and a long-standing friendship, but Chi-Chi loathed Broly with every fiber of her being, such that, when repairs began on the castle, Roshi had to discontinue Broly's normal training routine and sent him away each morning to spend his days assisting the construction crew, as a way of making amends of his own.

Of course, Broly proved to be a massive help in the construction efforts. As he was already hilariously stronger than any human, Broly saved time and manpower by hauling rubble, steel girders, and even some construction equipment with his bare hands, to the crew's shock and gratitude (kind of like when Goku and Krillin had to do similar tasks in the original series).

Meanwhile, Chi-Chi managed to brow-beat Roshi into training her as he had Broly (though her training was more authentic to the original series, life-or-death comedy included, so while she couldn't hope to get as strong as Broly was yet, her own power increase was slightly greater than what Broly would have gotten in the same time span). Ox King was very protective of her at first, but he also supported his daughter's goals and, having gone through the training himself as a young man, could better prepare Chi-Chi for what she would have to go through, and promised to continue her training once their castle was rebuilt.

When the time came for father and daughter to return home, they and Roshi arrived at Pleasant Mountain to find Ox Castle looking better than it ever had before, and a humbled Broly waiting for them.

Ox King was extremely grateful to see his castle standing again. But Chi-Chi was stewing at the sight of Broly standing before her restored home. She couldn't decide whether she was also grateful for his help, still angry at him for destroying it in the first place, or terrified that he might destroy it again right now.

Roshi sensed this from her, and said, "Broly, isn't there something you would like to say to the young lady?"

Broly reluctantly approached Chi-Chi and bowed to her. "Broly is sorry he did Kame-huh to Chi-Chi's home."

Chi-Chi flinched at Broly trying to say the name of the attack. "Idiot!" she shouted, delivering a karate chop to the back of his head that, thanks to her strength training and his relaxed state, drove him head-first into the ground, burying him up to his neck. "I still won't forgive you for what you've done, you know? Next time we meet, I'm gonna kick your butt, and then you'll really be sorry! Humph!" With that, Chi-Chi turned and stormed off toward the castle entrance, the Ox King spewing nervous reassurances in her wake.

"That girl is terrifying," said Roshi as he extracted a dazed Broly from the ground and carried him home.

Many days passed without incident thereafter. Broly resumed his original training routine, now including daily Kamehameha practice in place of the Nimbus test. But when the local news reported a full moon would appear within the week, Roshi decided to reveal the Three-Star Dragon Ball to Broly for the first time, effectively choosing the boy to protect the orb, should...something...happen to him. Further preparations included Roshi contacting his sister, Fortuneteller Baba, and his old student, Son Gohan, to inform them of Broly's nature and existence. Most importantly, Roshi also instructed Broly to remain indoors on the night of the full moon, explaining that there were super-strong monsters in the world who only came out at those times to feast on children, like Broly.