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Aside from their heritage and family, Gine never talked to him much about her past and she hoped that she would never have to. The painful memories of her serving as a planet-purging warrior still haunted her. Dozens of planets she helped conquer and millions of people she helped kill. There was nothing that would ever erase what she had done, even if she hated doing it. What was done couldn't be undone...
"Just try it!" Kakarot urged.
There was no way she could delay further. Bracing herself, Gine leapt onto the Nimbus without thinking...
...and landed on the soft and fluffy cloud like it was a mattress. Her jaw dropped.
"See? That wasn't so bad." Her son beamed at her.
How? Gine wondered to herself, still not believing what she saw. How could she be considered good enough to ride a cloud that somehow knew if you were a good soul or not?
"Alright, let's go!" Kakarot said as they took off, tearing her attention away. The cloud picked up great speed, flying faster than even Gine could. Below them, the mountains and forest of Paozu she had grown used to receded behind them. Once they reached a cruising altitude, the land before them gave way to grasslands and a vast desert way out on the horizon.
They didn't talk as they flew since the wind was blasting past them loudly, so Gine was left to dwell on her thoughts. She was still struggling with the little revelation she was literally riding on.
She was pure of heart after all? Even after all of the horrible things she had done? It was hard to accept, but a small part of her felt a weight lifted from her soul. She may not have been a bad person. But that would be for a higher power to decide, if there ever was one.
"Here we are!" Kakarot shouted over the wind.
Gine snapped out of her thoughts and looked around. They must have flown for a while since she didn't recognize this place at all. A single mountain jutting out of the desert, looking recently burnt but lush greenery was growing back on it.
She could see a village down below, dots that were people moving about. They all stopped and looked up at them as they flew over, then started waving and cheering. Gine felt a pang of anxiety take hold as she was already getting attention in a very unfamiliar place with unfamiliar people. Even if it was a small village like the one near Paozu she visited before, it still made her chest feel tight.
"KAKAROT!" A voice called out from below.
In the midst of the crowd, she spotted a towering hulk of a man she assumed was the Ox-king. Kakarot did mention that he was a giant, but didn't think a human could be that large. Next to him was a young girl, probably as old as Kakarot. Clad only in a blue two-piece armored bikini, cape, and a pink bladed helmet, she was waving to them and called out to them again.
"Is that Chi-Chi?" She asked him.
"Yep." Kakarot replied, sounding nervous.
She could at least be a bit more modest, Gine thought.
They made a slow arch on their descent and came to stop just a few feet off the ground in front of Chi-Chi and her father. After leaping off the Nimbus, the girl gleefully ran up to Kakarot and hugged him, squeezing him tightly. The small crowd of villagers around them cheered.
"I knew you'd come back!" Chi-Chi squealed with delight. Kakarot tried to look pleased to see her, but he looked anything besides that.
"Great to see you again, Kakarot!" Ox-king said as he approached, towering over them.
Chi-Chi let go of Kakarot and held his hands, her smile was wide and full of joy.
"I'm so happy you came back so soon!" She said, then noticed Gine standing behind him.
"Oh, hello. Are you Kakarot's mother?"
Trying not to look too nervous in front of these strangers, she bowed politely. "Yes I am." Then extended her hand. "My name is Gine."
"Hello, Gine. I'm Princess Chi-Chi!" She said as she bowed in return and shook Gine's hand.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Chi-Chi. Kakarot has told me a lot about you."
Chi-Chi waved dismissively. "Oh, please. The pleasure is all ours. My brave Kakarot here saved our kingdom twice already. He's my hero!" She said with hearts in her eyes.
Then Chi-Chi turned towards the giant behind her. "And this is my father, the Ox-King."
"It is a great honor to meet you, Gine." He said with a smile.
"Oh, well, thank you so much for that." She said cordially. Gine had never been welcomed with such high praise before, making her feel ever more awkward.
"Oh no, thank you. Without Kakarot our kingdom would've long been destroyed by the fire and the Red Ribbon Army. You should be very proud of your son, Gine, he is a brave young man." Ox-king said appraisingly.
Kakarot didn't like the spotlight he was in, shifting and looking away embarrassed. Gine felt his discomfort with being the center of attention amplifying her social anxiety, but she couldn't help but smile with pride at how humble he was acting while being hailed for his heroic deeds.
Ox-king continued. "We're so glad he came back so soon too, since Chi-Chi here was anxious to marry him."
"And now that we are all here..." Chi-Chi stepped in. "We can finally get this wedding underway!" She declared aloud, and all the villagers broke out into celebration.
Kakarot looked very uncomfortable now, and his mother even more so. She knew that telling this lovely young girl that Kakarot couldn't marry her was going to be a difficult task for them, but would she really humiliate her in front of an audience including her own father? It made her want to just disappear. But she knew what she had to do.
Gine cleared her throat. "Yeah, about that. I'm afraid there has been a misunderstanding."
"Huh?" The smile on both Chi-Chi's and Ox-king's faces fell.
"I'm terribly sorry I have to say this but... my son cannot get married yet." She said, hoping to get to the point but added the 'yet' to soften the blow of such news.
"What?!" Chi-Chi exclaimed in shock. The villagers suddenly fell silent.
Gine felt all eyes were now boring in on them. Kakarot fidgeted nervously and she squeezed his shoulders reassuringly for him as well as for her to keep her courage up.
"Kakarot cannot marry you today...I-it's, uh... it's a little embarrassing but, he misunderstood what you said about coming back to be married. He thought he would come back for a feast or something, rather than be wedded to you, Chi-Chi."
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