Pure Progress (Solo)

Tadeo was still in his ascended Super Saiyan form. He was starting to get the feel of it, starting to get used to it. However, his capabilities were still foreign, and he wanted to test his limits. Unfortunately, he didn't think Christel was strong enough for it. That, and if he turned out to be much more stronger in this form than he could've imagined, he'd really rather not hurt Christel. He thought about it for a moment, or he'd try to if Christel didn't keep fussing to him about him leaving so early in the morning.
"You don't have to do this every time, ya know? Take me with you. I can fight for myself and stand my own."
"It's not that I didn't want you hurt or anything, or that I don't think you can fight for yourself. You were sleeping. I didn't wanna wake you up."
"Well, maybe I wanted you to wake me up. Ever thought about that?"
"No, 'cuz usually you'd be all pissy whenever I woke you up."
"Well, this time might've been different."
"How was I supposed to know if it'll be different or not?"
"You're supposed to know these things. You ARE my boyfriend, right?"
"I'm not a telepath. And, just hang on a second here, what's going on? You've been throwing around boyfriend with me a lot more than you usually do."
Christel laid down on the floor on her stomach, swinging her legs from side to side, almost childlike. Her hair hung beside her face and covered her eyes a bit. It was like she was a more simple, satisfied person. She wasn't complaining about sleep, or work, or lack thereof, or even Tadeo leaving. Well, not as much as she normally would. She seemed so loose and carefree, Tadeo was genuinely scared. In addition to that, Christel was so quick to use "boyfriend," and without blushing like she normally would. Tadeo had to wonder what was going on. He stayed transformed, however, staring down at his girlfriend.

"What do you mean? You ARE my boyfriend, right? What's wrong with calling you that?"
Christel stood up, slowly strutting around Tadeo, arms crossed. Tadeo almost didn't like this. He was wondering if this was another one of her sadomasochist ploys, or if she had actually changed. Chances are, it was the first. Tadeo decided to play along, as annoying as it was, only to see where it went. Maybe he was wrong with this one.
"Of course, not, but you almost never call me that. You'd usually say 'significant other,' or abbreviate it, which is kinda annoying, anyway."
"Well, I'm not abbreviating it, and 'significant other' is just too hard to say, ya know? I think I'll just stick with boyfriend."
"Okay, but what happened that made you wanna call me that so quickly? The last time this happened was at the convention."
"That we agreed was only a dream."
"Right! So, the last time you called me it was after that weird anime dream, thing. In fact, ever since last night you've been acting weird."
Christel suddenly stopped and got up closer to Tadeo. She looked actually worried.
"Wait, 'weird?' Something I did was weird? What'd I do? I'm sorry! I promise I can change it!"
Tadeo blinked a few times.
"That."
"Huh?"
"What you just did now, and calling me your boyfriend. That's what you did that's weird."
Christel took a step back, confused. Tadeo sighed.
"You're usually more calm, not as caring about what people think about you, and a lot more manipulative. But, ever since last night, you haven't really been any of that. What the hell happened?"
Christel did nothing but sit down on a table in front of Tadeo, still looking at him. Another thought occurred to Tadeo.
"Oh, and you're not grumpy in the morning, anymore. Which is good, but scary."
Tadeo saw that confronting her like this wasn't going to get anywhere. He sighed and took a seat next to her, still not coming out of his transformation.

"Talk."
"Huh?"
"Talk about it. I thought you were just trying to manipulate me again, but obviously it's not that."
"I was originally trying to."
"Since when?"
"Since I stood up."
"What the hell? So, you were actually being innocent there?"
"Well, not innocent. Just, more comfortable."
"Wait, you're being-"
Christel put her head down on Tadeo's shoulders. He wasn't used to this sort of thing. He had a first love, but she died right in front of him, along with the rest of the village he was apart of. Right in front of his poor, sorry eyes. And the worst part about it was HE was the reason why the village was destroyed. If it hadn't been for him, she'd still be alive. And who knows? Maybe Tadeo would've ended up with her? Or maybe not. Anyway, Tadeo started feeling something, and he started getting what was going on with Christel. She was actually settling down, getting comfortable with being with him. This was practically revolutionary for Tadeo. He hadn't gotten this far with a girl, but they'd already been together for a year. So, maybe it was the right time to finally settle down to get attached. Then, Tadeo thought about it some more.
Either that, or she's really attached after what happened last night. I dunno if this is a good thing, either way. Regardless, I'll have to take her mind off it for now. She's getting moody and I don't want her to get moody. 
"Hey, Christel can ya do me a favor?"
Her head shot up and she looked to Tadeo, who kneeled down in front of him.
"You think you can go all out on me while I'm like this? I wanna see how much I can take in this new form."
Christel sized him up a bit, sensing his energy. Her eyes widened at his request. She didn't know how anything she'd do would faze him. Tadeo looked at her, confused.
"What's wrong?"
Snapping out of it, Christel shook her head and chuckled.
"It's nothing. I'll try my best!"

The couple left Tadeo's old mansion, walking out the front door and walking down the road a little bit. Originally, the Saiyan was going to open up a Gate to take them to the city. However, Christel grabbed his hand as he put it up and brought it back down again. She floated up into the sky again, still facing Tadeo and not going too far.
"I'd rather fly there."
Giving in to Christel's wants, Tadeo floated into the air, leading Christel towards East City. They landed in the middle of the city, looking around to see if there was anything to do. The skyscrapers stood high, in this city Tadeo was oh, so fond of. The streets were pretty busy today, so it'd probably be harder for the couple to find something to do. That's when an idea came to Christel's mind.
"Hey, let's go to a fair."
Tadeo groaned a little bit.
"Are you kidding me? Remember what happened last time we tried to go to a fair?"
"I doubt one of Tuksen's men are going to be there, again. That was just coincidence."
"Still, it's kinda boring, don't you think?"
"Then, can you think of anything better?"
"Fi-"
"That's not fighting."
Tadeo paused, thinking of some stuff to do with Christel. He'd succeeded in getting her outside, but now was the hard part. Women were so confusing. They want one thing for five seconds, then they want something else. On top of that, those days where you got something from her was a lucky day. Some days, she didn't even know what she wanted.

The two ended up going to a fair in the city, which was against Tadeo's wishes. However, he wasn't able to think of anything better, so the two ended up going there. As they were walking, Christel spotted multiple different activities she wanted to play. To satisfy her wants, Tadeo stopped at multiple games to play them, such as a balloon popping game, a "test of strength" game, which he had to hold back on a lot, and a game where he had to shoot stuff, but not with his Ki. After some time passed, Christel wanted Tadeo to get her some food.
"Why can't you just get it yourself? Or we both go together?"
"I'm too tired from walking so much."
"I trained you myself. I highly doubt just walking is gonna make you tired. Also, it's not like you were playing a whole buncha games just to get you these ticket things. And all for what?"
"I just wanna get you to play some of the games and enjoy yourself."
"Holding back on the 'Test Your Might' game definitely made me enjoy myself."
"Aw, that's great!"
"I was being sarcastic."
Christel fake gasped and put her hand to her mouth.
"How dare you!"
A short pause came from Tadeo before he dropped his head and asked Christel what she wanted. Afterwards, Tadeo went and left her, going to the cafe they had there to get her some coffee and some breakfast. It just occurred to Tadeo that they didn't have breakfast at all, and his stomach was growling because of it. He'd have to get a bunch of stuff somewhere else to satisfy his hunger.

As he was leaving, he suddenly heard a scream and felt a power spike from the fair. Quickly, Tadeo turned around again, confused. He felt Christel's power and ran to the fair again, where he'd left her. When he got there, she was fighting some kind of tall, pink man, with a very long ponytail, and strange skin. His eyes were blue, and he laughed a little, like a child, while he was fighting Christel. Feeling Tadeo nearby, Christel looked to him.
"Tadeo! This guy came at me looking like some woman in a suit and skirt, and then tried to flash me! So, I punched him, I mean her, in the face and then it turned into this."

Tadeo had seen something like this before. Some years ago, Tadeo and his friends had fought something similar to this, only more powerful. The Saiyan looked at the monster in front of him, confusion all over his face.
"A Majin?"
"You know who this is?"
"No, I just know what it's kind is. Back out, I'm taking care of it."
"Like hell I will."
Christel started backing up, aiming her hand to the Majin. A blue-green Ki channeled into her hand.
"Lucero!"
Christel fired a Lucero towards the Majin, but he dodged it and snickered, cackling the whole time. Christel backed away completely, and Tadeo stepped up. He was ready and itching for battle. Chances were, this Majin could test his new form for him. Tadeo walked in front of the Majin and squared up. The Majin's eyes widened, sensing his power level.
"Oooo, you're much stronger than the Christel girl."
"Okay, ass wipe, how do you know her name?"
"Tycho can read minds."
"The fuck's a 'Tycho?'"
"Tycho is 'Tycho.'"
The Majin pointed to himself, possibly referring to himself.
"Speak English."
"Tycho is speaking English."
"Are you referring to yourself in third person?"
"Tycho is."
"Stop it."
"Tycho can't."
"I said stop it."
"But, Tycho can't."
"That's it. I'm kicking your ass."

"Stupid fuckin' neck trap!"
Tadeo tugged at his bow tie, trying to loosen it up a bit. His neck felt cramped, tight, and he felt like he could hardly breathe. Of course, he could breathe just fine, but the fact that it was there made him think otherwise. Christel walked out of the bathroom, and into the living room, watching him tug with his tie. She sighs and walked over to him, grabbing his hands and pulling them away from his neck.
"It's supposed to be on like that. Calm down."
"It just doesn't feel right. It's like something's always around my neck, trying to choke me."
"Tadeo, you can decimate city blocks by flying through them. I doubt this bow tie will do much in choking you."
"If I could choke on a papaya, I can choke on a tie."
Christel proceeded with loosening up Tadeo's tie a bit. For their date, she was wearing an almost see-thru dress, going down all the way to her ankles. She wore heels, but still didn't come close to his height. Her beige-gold dress matched with her beige heels, and she wore bracelets on her left arm. Compared to Tadeo, who just had a simple tux and bow tie appearance, she looked like she had the wrong date. However, despite being so simple compared to his Android girlfriend, he was pretty decent.

Once finished, Christel backed up a bit and smirked.
"Looking good, handsome."
Tadeo grumbled and looked at himself.
"Thanks. I guess."
"Don't you have anything to say to me?"
"Yeah. How the fuck aren't you breaking your legs, walking in those things?"
"Okay, jackass. Just ignore your beautiful date right in front of you."
"I'm not ignoring her. I'm wondering how the fuck she's able to walk in those."
"It's simple for me. I've had practice. I'm still pissed that you can't even give a simple 'you look stunning' to me."
"Stunning is you naked, which I've seen more than once and still get flushed over. And you can't exactly wear nothing outside, 'cuz I'd kill anyone who looked at you."
"Or, you know, it's public indecency and I could possibly get arrested. Not to mention I could get cold."
"You're a super-powered cyborg who could possibly withstand the arctic cold and easily wipe out the planet. Do you really think the police or the temperature is gonna stop you if you were naked?"
"You...make a fair point."
Tadeo smiled and pointed a finger gun at her.
"Exactly."
Pouting, Christel persisted.
"Still doesn't mean you could ignore me like that and not call me beautiful."
At this point, Tadeo snapped and turned to Christel, staring her dead in the eyes and telling her some of what he felt. He spoke quickly, monotone, and bluntly.
"The way you look in that dress is making me so motivated to strip you and keep you locked in here, that I barely feel like I can resist. But somehow, since we're going on this date, I'm finding it slightly easier to control myself. Even so, I don't think I'll be able to control myself when we get back. So, if you'd please do me a favor, and shut up, 'cuz you don't needa hear that beautiful shit or whatever coming outta my mouth."
With that, Tadeo turned and opened the door to their apartment, walking out and holding the door for Christel. She stood there stunned, however. She didn't think Tadeo had it in him to say stuff like that. Slowly, she shuffled over to the door and met him outside, playing with her hands a bit.
"Sooo, about tonight-"
"Let's burn that bridge when we get to it."

Christel wanted one thing that night: a normal time out with Tadeo. No fighting, no Majins, no other Androids, no Saiyans, no nothing. She wanted to feel a sense of normalcy with her not-so-normal boyfriend. Of course, she didn't expect things to go exactly as planned, but overall she expected things to be somewhat normal. They walked into the restaurant, a fine and expensive establishment. Tadeo knew how nervous Christel probably was, and he didn't want to embarrass her in front of all these people. Hands in his pocket, he followed their waitress to be seated. Christel took into account Tadeo's enormous hunger, and seemingly endless stomach. They prepared for this by just letting Tadeo eat what he wanted. However, he did it normally. He used a fork and knife where he needed to, and all that jazz. About halfway through the date, Christel realized her dream date wasn't going as planned. There wasn't that bonding experience, and it was mostly filled with Tadeo eating. She needed something to break the ice.

Slamming her head on the table briefly, Christel then looked up and spoke to Tadeo.
"So, how's things at your new job?"
Tadeo finished chewing and raised an eyebrow.
"What? Capsule Corp? I mean, it's fine and all, but my boss is pretty weird."
"Your boss? Who?"
"Some Bianca chick. Like, Bianca Gero, I think?"
"I've heard from some of my co-workers that Capsule Corp had been corrupt in the past. You sure you wanna keep working there?"
"It doesn't really matter. If the police end up on me for being apart of them, I'll plead innocence. I just started working there anyway, and Bianca doesn't seem to trust me all that much. This is only to get by. Even so, she seems super weird, though. Like, sadistic weird."
"So, another you?"
"Probably worse. Given, she's super weak, too, but there's just some sorta authority her body and personality just exhibits. It's kinda scary."
Tadeo paused for a bit.
"Well, I guess it could be worse."
"You guess, huh?"

Things were turning up for a bit after the first half. They were talking more, and it seemed like they were actually bonding. However, there was still something missing. Along with this came a few mishaps, like when some other guy stared at Christel for too long. Tadeo threatened to kill him and set one of his hands on fire. Black flames licked the air and threatened the poor man, who squealed in fear and hid behind his chair. Recognizing he posed no threat, Tadeo tisked and turned back around. In another instance, the server tried to discourage Tadeo from ordering so much food, which he only got angry about. They complied in the end, but this only stressed Christel out a bit. Just when she didn't think things could get any worse, as they were ordering desert, tragedy struck.
"All right! Everyone on their fuckin' knees, right now!"
The cocking of a gun was heard at the entrance. Six men, all in masks, were standing at the entrance, ready to lay waste to anyone who moved. Christel and Tadeo didn't move and inch, but stared at the lot of them. Everyone else was in a panic and got to their knees. There was something unusual about this particular group of people, though. Tadeo narrowed his eyes and scowled.
How the fuck do scrubs like these guys have power levels? And they're pretty high, too. Somewhere around Christel's strength. 
When one of them noticed that Tadeo and Christel hadn't moved, he ran over to them and pointed the gun straight into their faces.
"What about you two?? Huh?? Ya think you're so tough, you don't gotta listen to us? Well, tell me this: who's the one with the gun, right now?"
Tadeo sighed and slowly stood up.
"If you really wanna turn this into a shooting contest, just stand back and lemme-"
Suddenly, Christel stood up and grabbed the man's neck, holding him up and then quickly slamming him through the table they were sitting at. He crashed into the floor, cracking it severely, and becoming incapacitated. Furious, the Android looked at the remaining men.
"Oh, okay! I see how it is! So, you guys think you could just walk in here and ruin my fuckin' date with my boyfriend!? Do you know how hard I worked on this shit!? I had to plan this yesterday! YESTERDAY! And it was going so fucking well, too! Despite us having a hard time trying to get Tadeo's food out, and that one fuckass who kept looking at me, this night coulda turned out real promising. But, then you dumbfucks come around and decide, 'Let's ruin this crazy bitch's night by holding up the restaurant she's in.' Why the fuck did you pick a restaurant to hold up, anyway!? SERIOUSLY!! And, just for that, I'm gonna wreck all a y'all shit!"
"Uh, sweetie, maybe you should calm down a bit. They have power levels-"
"If you don't shut up, I will straddle your face to make sure you do."
"Do it, you smut. You won't."
Christel turned immediately and shot a Ki blast at one of the hustlers, singeing his front side and making him squeal in pain. They then opened fire on her, but she deflected the bullets with ease. Blinking behind them, she engaged in combat with one of the fighters, who pulled out a knife. Another guy, watching the battle, didn't realize Tadeo right behind him. It was unfortunate, since Tadeo grabbed ahold of his face and sent him into one of the walls, breaking through it and crashing into the outside world. Christel, on the other hand, was still fighting a few of the other guys. All the training she'd done with Tadeo had really paid off. Her technique was flawless, her motions so fluid and smooth, and if it weren't for the fact that she was much faster than them, you'd think she had a foresight. She doesn't, though.

The ranks slowly dwindled down. Christel finally took out two of the remaining three, and she was working with the last guy, who pulled out a sword out of nowhere. While Christel was too busy fighting, and Tadeo was watching, something started creeping from the shadows of the hole in the wall that Tadeo made. The figure took aim at Christel, charging a Ki blast for a bit. Then, the figure fired, full speed at Christel. She barely had time to look when the Ki blast was right in front of her face. Suddenly, the blast was deflected, and Tadeo was standing right in front of Christel, glaring at the figure. He immediately and effortlessly powered up into a Super Saiyan, Christel feeling his rage.
"What're you doing here, Noah?"
Noah, another Android who killed Tadeo's family, and the one right above Alexis in strength, walked into the light. He showed absolutely no emotion, and fear crept into Christel. Immediately, she felt she needed to carry on with her fight and take care of the straggler. Tadeo would hold himself up just fine with Noah. The murderous Android spoke in a monotone voice.
"How'd you kill Alexis? You must've gotten strong."
"That doesn't matter right now!"
Tadeo roared and blinked towards Noah, and they engaged in combat, as well. Christel and the straggler fought for some time as well, until Christel finally ended hers and fired a Lucero from point-blank range to his face, downing him for the count. She turned to see Tadeo fighting Noah. They were both fairing pretty well against each other, no one getting an advantage, but no one getting hurt. It was at this moment that Tadeo figured he wanted to end this before he had a chance to leave. Getting his distance and powering up, Tadeo's hair grew longer and flowed backwards a bit, and more and more electricity danced around his body. His Ki grew larger, and he transformed into his Super Saiyan 2 form. Noah took note of how strong he'd gotten, and staggered a bit.
"Tuksen would be pleased to hear that you off'd Alexis, and that you've grown so much in strength. Now's not the time to fight you."
Immediately, he transformed into a rocket and dashed off quicker than Tadeo would be able to catch up to him. A little angered, Tadeo powered down and clenched his fists together. Christel ran behind him to check up on him.
"Nice fight. Are you okay?"
Tadeo turned to look at Christel. Her dress was tattered now, shredded up from top to bottom. At this point, she was showing more cleavage than she wanted, but she didn't seem to notice. Her body was unscathed, but the dress turned into a cut up silk rug. Tadeo stared at her. Immediately, he opened a Gate behind her and tackled her through it, as she squealed in surprise as he did so.

Tadeo woke up in the morning to the sound of the shower. It was still pretty early, and the sun wasn't out yet. He decided he'd wait for her to get out before he walked in. Turning on the TV, Tadeo laid in bed and waited. His banged up suit and bowtie was thrown on their table, and Christel's tattered dress was caught in the closed bathroom door, at the top of the door jam. Hours passed, and the sun was starting to come up. As Tadeo started wondering what was going on in there, the shower finally stopped, and he stopped worrying. Suddenly, Christel came out of the door with a triumphant face and threw a stick at Tadeo. His foresight went off and he grabbed it out of the air, reading it. It said "positive," but he had no idea what it meant. He looked to his girlfriend with an eyebrow raised.
"What's this?"
"A pregnancy test."
"Okay, so what the hell does this mean."
"Simple: you're gonna be a daddy."
Tadeo chuckled a bit.
"I'm gonna be a-"
Immediately, he realized what she said and paused, reflecting on it. Then, he sat up straight and slowly looked towards her. His eyes were opened wide and the look of betrayal settled in on his face.
"The fuck did you just say?"
"We're gonna have kids. I'm pregnant."
"No, the fuck, you're not."
"Yes, I am, Tadeo. The test says so, right there."
"Why would you do this? When did this happen??"
"Last night, and the last time we did it."
"YOU FUCKIN' SABOTAGED THE CONDOMS!?"
"A little, yeah."
"ARE YOU FUCKING INSA-"

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