Super Dragon Ball: Redux Kaizen

Arc 1: C7

(Previously, On Dragon Ball Tenkai From The Last Chapter. . .)

"Man, an even better meal comes after a good sparring match!"

Bulma sat in the middle of Chi-Chi and Videl as she watched her childhood friend scoff her expensive food as if it were fast food. Next to him was her husband doing the same thing; the two were covered in dirt and scratches, indicating the two had a pretty intense training session. Ill-mannered and with little regard for appearances. Saiyans were experts at doing such that, and the only one who wasn't looking like they were hit by a running train was her nephew, Gohan. Then again, unlike his father and her husband, he still ran through papers and assignments while eating. He was still trying to figure out his new job, which seemed more hassle than intended.

Sighing, Chi-Chi looked to Bulma apologetically, "Sorry about this, Bulma. I wasn't feeling well enough to cook and put the burden of feeding my man-child on you." Chuckling at the accurate description of the hero of Earth, Son Goku, Bulma waved dismissively.

"It's alright, nothing I can't handle. This saves you a few hundred dollars on groceries, right?" Bulma noted.

"We hunt most of our food. . ." After flipping over a page of one of his many papers, Gohan pointed out.

Hearing this, Bulma corrected, "Several hunts for groceries then. Anyways, you get the point."

"I guess so, anyways, I can't understand why our husbands can't take a break for once and slow down with their training," Chi-Chi noted loudly.

Hearing this, the strongest duo on Earth placed their bowls down as Goku answered, "I can't, Chi. If I do, I feel sluggish and don't like feeling sluggish."

"And I don't want this clown to leave me behind," Vegeta grumbled.

Exasperated, Chi-Chi threw up her hands and, despite Videl being on call, exclaimed loudly, "Ugh, you two will never change. We're at peace! You should enjoy it with your family more. Do not gear up for your next life-or-death battle. I bet nothing will happen for a while now!"

"I get what you mean, Chi, but—!" Goku began before nearly choking on his food. Something was off, and he wasn't alone on that. Vegeta and Gohan both perked up, not necessarily shocked but intrigued. Although, contrasting their impassive look to the lurking dangers, the three wives of each Saiyan watched in shock. It took a moment for them to process what was happening until they finally noticed a black mist surrounding them. Now alarmed, the only one who had gotten a word in couldn't have said a better follow-up to his better sentence, "Hey, look! Something interesting is happening—!"

Goku didn't finish his sentence as the world went completely black around him, and the three Saiyans disappeared before their wives' eyes. Silence filled the air as the wind blew against the tablecloth from being outside on the balcony of the Capsule Corp home. Though, breaking the silence, Bulma placed a hand on a shocked Chi-Chi's shoulder while Videl hung up the phone.

"Well, you got what you asked for. .," Videl noted, a deep feeling that things were about to go wrong in conjunction with her mother-in-law's words suddenly becoming more of a premonition. She just hoped it wouldn't be too bad this time. Yeah. . .

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(Continuing From Where the Last Chapter Left Off, Around the same time. . .)

"Phew, looks like we managed to lose it! That's the police's problem now. . .,"

Sighing with gleeful relief, Kize stretched his arms as the group walked out of an alleyway they managed to slip into to avoid the onslaught from the robot. Luckily, the exit lead them to a part of town that wasn't going through chaos or, instead, was waiting for the circus to come to them until the police secured the "problem" that was wreaking havoc. Shikuro sighed and looked at Ace, who was exhausted compared to himself and the other two athletes. Due to being trained by the Earth's strongest and being a Saiyan, it was no surprise that he wasn't even the slightest bit winded. Normally, this would bring attention to himself, though, since the news of him breaking the school record by accident, he was sure he'd be getting some leeway to work with. Hence, his biggest concern was the robot itself rather than his appearance.