Life With You

Part I: Second Thoughts

He did it. He finally did it! After six years of training and fights, Goku became the strongest under the Heavens! Out of the three World Martial Arts tournaments he appeared in, this was the strangest one yet. He predicted victory for himself. He never thought he would get a wife.

But that's what he did and she was riding with him on Nimbus.

Goku thought back to that infamous day six years ago when ChiChi's father, Gyu-Mao, offered to give his daughter to him as a wife as thanks for getting the Bansho fan from Master Roshi. Goku asked, "What's a wife?" but Gyu-Mao never answered and only showed him a picture of ChiChi saying she was a hot head but a cutie. Goku didn't understand what Gyu-Mao meant by that. He only understood he had to find his daughter and bring her with him to Master Roshi to get the Bansho fan. Now that Goku understood what Gyu-Mao meant, he was even more confused. Why would Gyu-Mao offer his daughter to live with Goku for the rest of his life for finding a fan? It was a huge offer for such a small request.

Later on, ChiChi approached him and ask when she's older, if Goku will return to make her his bride. Goku, confused, asked what she meant. ChiChi thought Goku was pretending he didn't know. He wasn't pretending but reasoned he was going to get food. It made the most sense. Grandpa rewarded him with food when he completed a task, and Goku did complete one bringing Master Roshi to Gyu-Mao so he could put out the fire surrounding Gyu-Mao's castle.

In hindsight, Goku realized he should've thought it meant something else since Gyu-Mao offered ChiChi to him as his wife and ChiChi asked him if he will make her his bride. It should've clicked both were the same but he didn't know. Of course Gyu-Mao and ChiChi thought he knew what they meant. He was twelve years old. A twelve year old would know what being a wife and a bride meant.

He had to be the anomaly. He always was. Goku always known he wasn't the smartest person and not aware of things that other people were. It never bothered him except now his lack of education affected someone else.

If Grandpa was still alive, I would've known. He knew everything.

Grandpa told him if he ever met a girl he should be nice to her. He also told him when he makes a promise he should honor it. That's what he was doing now although he had second thoughts. He had the option to back out of it. He didn't know the promise he made meant living with a woman for the rest of his life. He could've explained and ChiChi would've accept his backing out. In fact, ChiChi looked ready to accept the promise was a misunderstanding when he told her he thought bride meant food, but ChiChi looked so sad, close to tears and it was his fault. ChiChi waited on him all this time because he promised to marry her.

He promised to marry her.

Something clicked in Goku's head. He didn't agree to marry ChiChi because Gyu-Mao offered ChiChi to him. He did it for ChiChi. He didn't know what ChiChi meant when she ask if he will make her his bride but there was something about her face he liked. Perhaps it was the way her cheeks turned red, her smile, or what she wanted made her happy. Whatever it was, he liked it. He liked her, too, and because of that, he agreed to marry her. When she smiled again after he proposed, that same feeling returned.

Maybe his brain really didn't know what his mouth was saying but his heart did.

It didn't erase all the second thoughts he had but for the time being he was going to give this marriage thing a try. Being married to ChiChi could be a really good thing. From what he remembered, ChiChi was a good person. She could ride Nimbus when none of his friends could. That said a lot. She was a hot head though. She pushed him off Nimbus but she only did that after he patted her down. Bulma always smack him for that, too. He was glad he finally figured out the difference between a boy and girl. He was getting tired of getting smack for that.