Chapter 26: Why?

"Marry you?" inquired the black-haired man and the girl reluctantly nodded when she heard him "I'm sorry, Chichi, but I won't do it" Goku denied completely and Chi-Chi opened her eyes quite surprised.

Part of the public was disappointed to see that there was no fight between the two opponents and another part seemed intrigued by what was taking place.

"Why... why... WHY?" Chi-Chi was devastated by that answer given by the black-haired man.

She had hoped that Goku would accept since he was the one who proposed to her when they were children. For him to dismiss her like that was undeniably highly disconcerting.

She traveled many miles to find him, the boy who stole her heart when they were children.

They met when the black-eyed man went to look for him at the request of his father Ox Satan, both young men rode on the flying cloud and reached the burning castle that Master Roshi extinguished thanks to his powerful kamehameha attack.

Over time, she began to feel something towards him, something that turned into love and that is why she decided to meet him on Papaya Island, where the tournament was taking place.

When she saw how much Goku had grown her heart started pounding and she had to hold back the urge to run and hug him.

She was disappointed to see that Goku hadn't recognized her until a few minutes ago. Just when she thought he was going to accept the marriage, she saw that he hadn't.

"No, Chi-Chi! Wait!" Goku yelled as he saw tears welling up in the black-haired girl's eyes and he ran off the platform, entering an enclosure of those who were present.

"Ooohhh!"

The audience cried out in surprise as the girl ran off. The referee wiped his face with his handkerchief, before proclaiming the verdict of the fight that had more talk than action.

"Since the anonymous participant has withdrawn, the winner of this match is Son Goku!" The golden-haired man spoke, and there was immediately a burst of applause from the audience.

"Well done Goku!" Akemi shouted quite happy to see that her friend had gone round, although she didn't understand why that girl was talking to him and she ran away.

'It will be that Goku will have broken her heart, it is most likely' Akemi reasoned that with a beautiful smile impregnated on her face.

Goku smiled scratching the back of his neck and walked to the place where his friends were waiting.

"What's wrong Goku? Who was that girl?" Krillin asked when he saw the face of his friend.

"A friend named Chi-Chi" everyone opened their eyes quite surprised, they knew who that girl was but they didn't recognize her due to her physical changes "I promised her when we were children that we would get married" added the black-haired man.

"WHAT!?"

It was the common cry of most of those present including Master Roshi, he never thought that his disciple would ask someone to marry him although Roshi was not sure if Goku knew about the marriage or not due to his naivety.

"M-marry that girl? You know what it means?" Yamcha asked somewhat alarmed remembering with a shudder the blow Chi-Chi gave him when they met years ago.

"Well..." Goku murmured, these months he had not only learned to change diapers but to know much more about social relationships, including marriage "I think I know but I don't want to marry Chi-Chi, she's my friend".

"Then why did you promise her? The most logical thing is that she would have been excited about it during these years and now that she came to claim the promise you made to her, you have denied it and that is why she ran away" Master Roshi concluded, explaining the reasons for Chi-Chi's flight .

"It's just... when she said we were getting married, I thought she was referring to the fact that we were going to eat a big banquet" explained the dark-haired man, leaving a drop of sweat on Yamcha and Krillin's heads.

Chaotzu did not understand very well what they were talking about, much less his friend Tenshinhan, both were not very good at relationships.

Yamcha couldn't help but feel a little envious of the boy's situation.

He, who had always been a top-notch "heartbreaker", now saw how his friend usurped the throne from him without him being able to do anything.

"What should I do Master Roshi?" Goku asked seriously, regretting having made a promise to a great friend without being fully aware of what he did when he promised her.

"Go talk to her and explain your reasons, I'm sure he'll understand" answered the old man and Goku nodded, turning around to follow the steps Chi-Chi had made earlier.

'My intuition was not really wrong... Goku has really changed since the last time nine months ago, he seems a little more mature and aware of his decisions' inquired Roshi having a first impression of his disciple.

The Goku of a few years ago might have let the Chi-Chi thing go and concentrated on the fighting. However now the current black-eyed seemed to be a bit more worried.

Krillin crossed his arms wishing his friend luck, that girl seemed to have a bad temper.

"I guess it's my turn," Yamcha snapped, outlining a smile, he had to fight an old man named Chen. "This will be quite easy, he's just a decrepit old man" the boy added upon seeing the appearance of the man called Chen.

Both Master Roshi and Tenshinhan frowned, something about this Chen guy didn't seem normal and as expert fighters they knew that relying on their opponents' appearances was something they couldn't afford.

Yamcha confidently walked out into the arena as did his elderly opponent. "Chen" knew that his disciple Goku had gotten stronger lately but even so he still didn't think he was ready to face Piccolo Daimaō's son.

In the corridor.

The dark-haired man was walking through the corridors of the building where Chi-Chi entered a few minutes ago, he was going to do what Master Roshi told him and explain to her the reasons why he didn't want to marry her.

Goku knew what the meaning of the word marry encompassed, he understood that two people became engaged "in something called marriage" when they loved each other and both wished to spend the rest of their lives with each other.

The boy didn't know about the former but he was sure that he didn't want to spend the rest of his life with Chichi.

More than anything because of the promise he made to Bulma nine months ago when he told her that he would always be by her side, also now that they were both going to be parents he couldn't get away from her and abandon her to her fate. .

Sure, Chichi was her friend and had fun with her, but Bulma was more than that. Goku didn't know how to explain it but he saw Bulma in a different way than he saw the rest of her friends, maybe because of the time he spent with her or maybe because Bulma would be the mother of her daughter.

'I love Bulma?' more than an affirmation, it was a doubt that came from the deepest part of the boy.

Something in him made him cling to the option to stay with Bulma and not separate from her, something much deeper than the promise they had made that night full of emotions.

He wanted to talk with Bulma, eat with Bulma, laugh with Bulma, play with Bulma, get hit and chased by Bulma, watch movies with Bulma, go shopping with Bulma, eat ice cream with her, sing with Bulma, and see the sky with her. she.

These nine months had served to redesign the future he imagined. If before he imagined a future fighting against powerful beings, now, in addition to that, he imagined a future with his daughter and with Bulma.

He definitely wanted a future with Bulma. The dark-haired man did not contemplate a future without her.

Goku stopped when he saw a dark-haired girl sitting on the floor with her back against her wall while he hid her crying face with her hands. Without a doubt it was her... Chi-Chi.

"Hey Chi-Chi..." Goku scratched the back of his neck before crouching down to his height, while he searched for the most appropriate words to express himself.

"G-goku? What are you doing here?" asked the girl looking in another direction so that her beloved would not see her face full of tears.

"I came to apologize and explain..." Goku spoke with a nervous smile and Chi-Chi fixed his eyes, now angry, on the boy's figure.

"Why?! Why don't you want to marry me now if when we were little you did want to?!" The girl demanded with an angry tone.

"Because when I was little I thought that if we got married I thought we would eat a great banquet, and now I see that you didn't mean that when you asked me if I wanted to marry you" Goku answered with all sincerity and Chi-Chi narrowed her eyes, Goku really had changed.

"But why don't you want to marry me? Don't you want us to live forever together? I love you..." Chi-Chi mumbled looking at the dark-haired man with pleading eyes "I love you Goku..."

"Because..." Goku whispered doubtfully, trying to organize his thoughts to explain it to Chi-Chi. "Because... I want to be with Bulma... I don't want to marry you because I want to be with Bulma and the two of us... will be parents of a baby in two weeks... that's why I don't want to get married Chi-Chi"