~*****~

Everyone was enjoying the feast. It was nice to have everyone together, even if it was in the wake of watching the Earth blow up. Elara and Eschalot were just about done with my constant affection towards them after the whole ordeal, and managed to slip away from me.

"You know, I think you need another baby." Chi-Chi laughs as I pout at Elara standing near her dad, gazing up at him as if he wasn't gone for so long. "The twins seriously prefer Vegeta."

I grunt. "As soon as they get older, and Vegeta wants to train them, they'll want me more than him. This image they have of him is so blown out of proportion, it's not fair. I'm the one taking care of them!" I rub at my temples and turn towards Goten, Mars and Marble all chatting happily with food being shoved into their mouths. "And those three are thick as thieves. Wait, am I literally whining over the fact that my kids don't want to hang out with me anymore?"

Chi-Chi giggled again. "I think one more baby will be good for you. Maybe another little boy, who wants nothing but his mother."

I sigh. "Yeah, no. I have four kids, I don't need anymore." I finally laugh. "I should just be happy they're healthy and happy. Besides, I have to keep my head up, since those idiots are going back to train with Whis."

Chi-Chi sighs. "We'll just start going out more."

"Please, I think Whis is tired of spa days." I laugh.

~*****~

Soon enough, I was home alone with the kids again. We only spent a few days together-- although, we didn't leave the bed for most of it-- but it still wasn't enough. Even now, I was still craving my idiot husband more than ever.

"I don't know, Bulma, I might be going through menopause, or something, because I want nothing more than sex." I explain irritably. "Why does he have to be gone!" I whine.

"There are toys, you know." Bulma mentions with a laugh.

I grunt. "Listen, toys are fine and all, but it's not the same as an actual living-- Oh, I just want my husband! Is that too much to ask for!?" I snap at her. Bulma shrugs. "Yeah, you're right. Apparently, it is too much."

"How about we go to the stores and find something new for you to try out?" Bulma suggests. "It's high time I get something new. Yamcha is.... fine, but I'm starting to have trouble. Maybe I'm going through menopause, too."

I huff before tugging my purse over my shoulder. "Yeah, we can do that. Although, I can't really do anything right now, I was only able to come out for lunch." I explain. "I'll let you know when I have the time."

Bulma sipped at her drink as she nodded. Just as I enter my office, I can feel my cheeks flush with heat at the thought my dumb husband. I grunt irritably and slam my purse onto my desk.

"Stupid, inconsiderate--" I start rummaging through my desk for my paperwork.

"Mara, if I could have a moment of your time." Whis' voice echoes out. I shriek and fly back in my seat. "My, I didn't expect we'd be that much of a surprise."

"Sorry, Mara!" Goku apologized. "We just got back to Earth and we need your help with something!"

"Well, spit it out, I've got a lot of work to do!" I snap angrily. "And you! Don't think you're going to get my help just because you ask!" Vegeta grimaces and scratches at his head. Vegeta explains the situation quickly and I have to stop myself from throwing my bag at him. "How did you get yourself into this kind of situation?" I ask angrily.

"I don't know! It sort of happened! It's not like I notes!" Vegeta retorted angrily.

"It is really important that we come up with the the device capable of finding the remaining Super Dragon Ball. I don't suppose you can help with that, Mara." Whis hums in a polite tone.

I scrub at my face for a moment before fishing out my dragon radar. "If they're that huge... I think it'll compensate for the distance of the dragon ball's signature. Although, if he wasn't so pigheaded, maybe he could've figured it out for himself." I mention as I glare at Vegeta. "You could've just used Earth's Dragon Balls to wish for the location of the last one."

"Oh, good work!" Whis hummed.

"Oh, yeah!" Goku giggled.

"I must admit, I'm impressed. Turns out you really are more than just an overbearing--" Beerus stops short as I stand up from my desk.

"Now, Mara--" Vegeta stammers.

"What have we talked about, Beerus?" I snap as if I'm scolding a child. "You do not speak to me unless you're speaking with respect, understand?" Beerus doesn't say anything, so I reach up and grab his ear, and pull down. "You answer me right now, Beerus!"

"Yes, I understand, now let go of me!" Beerus complained.

Whis giggled. "Try not to feel to frightened, you two, Beerus was hardly able to stand her mother, the previous queen of Empatio. I think Mara is much calmer than her."

Beerus grunted. "That woman is probably the only creature in the universe I wouldn't dare disrespect." Beerus comments. "Vegeta!"

Vegeta flinched upwards. "Y-Yes sir!" Vegeta yelped

"Go fetch." Beerus simply said.

He got up like a literal robot and held his hand out for the radar. "The Dragon Radar! Honey! Bye!" He snatched it quickly and flew off immediately.

"Hey, tell me how you get him to listen like that." I mention to Beerus. "The man hardly knows how to take care of the house."

Goku hummed curiously. "Huh? But we do house chores all the time on Lord Beerus' planet."

"What?" I ask through my teeth.

"Yeah! We sweep, clean up, and make the bed for Lord Beerus!" Goku laughed.

Whis giggled. "I think you've quite literally dug a grave for poor Vegeta."

Goku flinched. "Oops..." He murmured.

~*****~

Vegeta is back in no time at all. I don't bother to speak to him. I was furious with him now. I do all the damn chores when he's here, and he has the gall to clean up in Beerus' place? I scoff and summon the damn dragon. "You really get things done quickly, don't you, Vegeta. Precisely what I look for in a Gopher."

"Beerus." I snap as I turn around. "No one gets to humiliate my husband while I'm around." I trot past them and slip my hand around Vegeta's bowed head, grasping his hair and tilted him upwards before kissing him roughly in front of the others.

"Mara--" Vegeta stammered as he shoved himself away. "Don't do that in front of--"

I grunt. "Stop acting shy, who do you think is putting all those dirty pictures in your stuff? I ask Whis to deliver all of them."

"Wh-What?!" Vegeta snapped.

"Really, Vegeta, you aren't as subtle as you think you are when you open those." Whis and Beerus mention.

I don't think I've ever seen Vegeta get so red. Although, its cut short by Shenron finally rising from the Dragon Balls. "I am the Dragon Shenron! I shall grant you any three wishes! Now speak your first wish!"

"Here!" Beerus snaps.

"Oh, Lord Beerus, sir!" Shenron greets in that uncharacteristically nervous tone. "What a humbling surprise! You seem to be on Earth quite a lot these days!"

Beerus grumbles. "Yes, well, at the moment it's turning out to be most crucial for the sixth and seventh universes."

"Oh, really?"

"Anyway," Beerus sighs. "We could use a little bit of assistance today, which is why I'm willing to put up with your whole pompous routine." Shenron groans. "Now, go ahead."

"Shenron, we want you to tell us if you'll be able to find something in the sixth universe. It's the last Super Dragon Ball." I recite calmly.

Shenron is silent for a long moment. "I can't." He finally states. We all exclaim in shock. "Space is so very vast, I'm afraid my powers are not so all mighty, that I can pinpoint one object floating in its endless expanse-- let alone located in an entirely different universe!"

"I see... So, it seems we've bumped up against the limitations of Earth's Dragon Balls. Well, that's disappointing, isn't it?" Whis asked Beerus.

I sigh and pull out my phone. "All right then..." I call the office. "Lola, you're going to need to take over for a bit."

"Is it the usual?" Lola asks in a deadpan tone.

"Yeah, the usual Goku and Vegeta drama." I explain briefly. I end the call and shove my phone into my pocket. "I'll get to work." I sigh out before turning around and walking off. "I always seem to get stuck with the grunt work, when do I ever get appreciated?"

"You really are useless, aren't you?" Beerus commented to the dragon.

~*****~

"Really, Mara, your food is top notch!" Whis sighed happily. "Earth's bountiful delicacies never cease to satisfy my palate!"

"Yes, and that's why I refuse to lose Earth to Champa!" Beerus sighed. "That was excellent!"

"Now, then..." Whis sighed. "I'm afraid we really must be getting back. Obviously we still have to tell Monaka of the competition so he can prepare."

I grunt, my eyes still fixated on my dragon radar. Goku stood up suddenly, knocking my drink onto my lap. Luckily, out of the way of the radar. "Wait, hold on! Who's this Monaka guy?"

"Oh, we didn't tell you?" Whis asked. "He's a warrior Lord Beerus has chosen to fight for him."

"Really?!" Goku squealed.

Whis waved his hand. "You and Vegeta go fill the remaining two slots and let me know when you're done. You got that?"

"Wait-- this guy you know! Is he super strong?!" Goku's chair topples backwards as he leaps up onto the table. "C'mon, tell me!"

"Well, of course. He's tremendously strong." Beerus commented.

"Tell me more! What's he look like? Is he an Earthling? Or is he from some other planet? Is he-- OW!" Goku whined as I got up and pinched the back of his leg.

"Be polite." I snap threateningly. With a slight tug, Goku topples from the table and hits the ground. "I'm not about to have my ear drums busted simply because you decided to annoy Beerus."

Goku whined pathetically and sat on the ground like a child. "If you must know, Monaka just happens to be the strongest opponent I've ever gone up against." Beerus finally explains.

"What? Strongest ever?" Vegeta snaps.

Goku whined. "Aw, for real?"

"Come now, Saiyan. Don't tell me you thought you were the toughest I'd ever faced. I thought I'd made that clear to you before." Beerus smirks. "You're number two, Goku. Second best. Disappointed?"

Goku just beamed. "You hear that, Vegeta? Another fighter! Is that awesome or what?! I can't wait to meet this guy!"

Vegeta sighed and rubbed at his head. "I will never understand you, Kakarot."

"So! When do I get to spar with this Monaka guy? Like is tomorrow okay?!" Goku asked excitedly.

"Not a chance." Beerus snapped. "Your opponents are the five fighters from the Sixth Universe. Focus all of your attention on them."

Goku sagged. "Okay... but who knows how the competition will turn out to be. And if you're worried, it can't really affect us for the tournament, so does it really matter? I mean, even if we lose, and the Earth moves to another Universe, nothing changes for us."

"WHAT?! Bite your tongue! Have you forgotten that you owe me for not destroying your precious little planet?!" Beerus shouts at Goku. "If you don't try as hard as you can to win this thing, you'll have to answer to me!"

"Okay, okay, I got it, chill!" Goku giggles. "And any, just so you know, I always give it everything I've got. No matter what!" Whis and Beerus sigh before leave. "Tell Monaka I said Hi!" Goku calls after them.

I swipe at the sticky mess Goku spilled on my lap before walking inside without a word.

"Hey, Mara! Are you going--"

"I'm going to shower." I snap at him. "And try not to stay up too late, I shouldn't take too long to work on this thing."

~*****~

Eschalot snores against my chest as I work on the Super Dragon Radar. I grumble irritably while working while Vegeta just watches me work as if I needed the supervision. I hear a loud yawn come as the door slides open. "Morning. You're up early!" Goku chirps as he steps in. "Hey, what's that?" Goku asks.

"The Super Dragon Radar, of course!" Vegeta snaps at him.

"Quiet, please." I say lightly.

"Whoa! No way!" Goku chirps, disregarding my call for silence. "Wow!" He picked it up and gazed at it. "I can't believe you built in one night! That's so cool!"

I heave Eschalot upwards and cradle her against my chest. "How can you be so laid back about this? We're short on time, so will you please take this seriously! Have you forgotten what they said yesterday? Whis will be back in five Earth days. You need to be ready at one o'clock on the fifth day. If that deity doesn't get our Earth, he might get rid of our entire universe, you idiots! Or Beerus will gather the Super Dragon Balls somewhere in our universe to get rid of our earth so Champa doesn't get it!"

"Mara, calm down--" Vegeta tries.

"Yeah, Mara, it's just a joke! Calm down!" Goku stammered.

"Just a joke?" I ask, my brow raising. "And you're one hundred percent sure of that?" Neither of them answer me. "If what Beerus said is right, then there's a possibility our universe has Super Dragon Balls, too. That way if he does make a horrible wish, we have a chance to cancel it out."

"Will you cut it out?" Vegeta asked irritably.

"Oh? Why should I?" I snap at him.

"Beerus may be the God of Destruction, but he'll still act rationally if he feels respected!" Vegeta retorts. "I really don't think Beerus would wipe out all in existence without a good reason!"

I roll my eyes and step around them. I pick up my phone and dial up a familiar number. "Unbelievable. They're insufferable morons, I tell you what." I grumble irritably. Eschalot shifts in her sleep but remains surely passed out. "Your idiot father hasn't even realized that you're not feeling good. Hey, it's been a while!" I chirp happily a man answers it.

"Hey, who are you calling?!" Vegeta yelps.

"Oh, be quiet, you." I snap. "It's one of my ex's."

"Like the letter?" Goku asks curiously.

Vegeta is sputtering. "No, idiot-- hang up the phone!"

Roomer laughs before speaking. "Hey, Mara. I see your husband still doesn't like me very much."

"All is good. Listen, I've got a question and maybe a huge favor. You're pals with Jaco, right? Last time I saw him, he mentioned something about upgrading his ship. He was inspired by the Frieza Force's tech?"

Roomer hums. "He was psyched, all right."

"Has he mentioned how long it will take to get to Earth with that upgrade?" I ask.

"I wanna say... fifty minutes?" Roomer says. "He told he his ship was gonna be way faster now. So fast it'd be down right nauseating. Can you believe that?"

"Knowing Jaco, absolutely. Listen, can you ask Jaco to come over to my place? Like now?" I plead.

"Sure. I'll tell him, no sweat!" Roomer laughs. "Hang on, just give me a second..." Roomer trails off. "Let's see..."

I hear ringing before I hear Jaco. "I am an elite patrolman who's doing supremely important things! What do you want, Roomer?!"

Roomer laughs. "Hey, Mara wants you to get over to her place as quick as possible."

"Oh, Mara? Whenever she's involved trouble is close at hand. Uh, tell her you couldn't get through to me, or just make something else up." Jaco says.

I nearly crush my phone. "Jaco." I say warningly. "I can hear you." Jaco whines about spending so long on something. "Quit whining and get your butt here pronto! Or else I'll send my husband to attack Galactic Patrol Headquarters!"

"But in the time it'll take me to get there..." Jaco whines.

"Vegeta?" I snap.

Jaco screams. "Okay, okay, Mara, I'm coming!" Jaco cries. "I'll be right there, lickity split!"

"Thanks, Roomer! I'll treat you to a fancy dinner the next time your in town, 'kay?" I chirp.

"Ah, it'll be like old times! Except this time, we'll be stared down by your angry husband again!" Roomer laughs before I end the call.

"I'll thank you not to use my good name to threaten people." Vegeta mentioned once I set the phone down. "And stop talking to that clown!"

"Yeah, Mara, but what good is calling Jaco here gonna do?" Goku asks, ignoring Vegeta's jealousy.

I turn around. "First of all, I'm not going to tell either of you anything since you're too hard headed to listen. Secondly, you've been away so long, what's the point in asking? You clearly don't care what I do?" I snap. Eschalot wakes up and rubs at her eyes. "Sorry for yelling, go back to sleep." I murmur to her. "Why don't you try out that dragon radar?" I ask in a sickeningly sweet tone.

Goku doesn't think anything of it, but Vegeta gives me a scathing look as if he knows I'm going to talk down to them. "Hey, what's the big deal? It's not picking up anything."

"Wanna know why, you dolt?" I ask haughtily.

Vegeta clicked his tongue. "You can be such a pain!" He mentioned irritably.

"We're on the edge of the universe, there's no way we can search every part of it from here." I explain. "And I can't make the radar anymore powerful. So, to find the Super Dragon Balls, we're going to have to go to the center of the universe."

"Well, how long's that gonna take?" Goku whined.

I scoff. "Depends on the ship. There's no way in hell I'm letting Beerus get his wish! I'm getting to those Super Dragon Balls first no matter what!"

"Hey, that's fine and all... But try not to let it get in the way of our tournament. Okay?" Goku giggled.

I threw my hand up in exasperation. "Once again, you're betting your strength for the sake of the universe once again. Let me make a tally, shall I? There was Buu, oh, who destroy the earth simply because you two couldn't wrap your fusion brain around the fact that hey, maybe we should finish him off while he's weakened. And oh, oh-- that last attack from Frieza! Y'know, who destroyed the whole planet, and most of us had to feel the agony of losing our families-- AGAIN!" I snap. "How many more times are we going to keep going around in circles. At least I'm trying to be productive, because I'm sick and tired of being torn apart by something so stupid, like YOU UNDERESTIMATING EVERYONE YOU FIGHT!" I shout at Goku. I give a grunt and glance down at Eschalot. "Let's go take your temperature."

Eschalot grunts in response and curls back onto my chest, her thumb shoved into her mouth.