It was a beautiful day atop Mount Paozu, the birds are singing, the cool breeze is blowing… the women are yelling…

Wait, what?

Chi-Chi had been yelling at Goku for the whole morning. Usually she is the mellow type of person. Yes, she was aware of the changes from her personality now to back then when Gohan was just a young child…but this was different.

A few days ago Bulma had been planning for a family get together, inviting the Z-Fighters and other people in their group circle. This gathering also served as a purpose to show everyone her new invention that she had been working on. It was a surprise, so nobody knew what it is yet.

The thing is, Chi-Chi had told Goku that he HAD to be there, since he was always going off early, almost never being present. That was one thing that would have really annoyed her about him if she was younger, but that didn't really bother her now. Still, it sometimes does ticks her off. When she caught Goku out waking up early to train, she decided that she finally had enough and is willing to set things straight…which lead to where we are now.

"C'mon Goku! Can't you actually come along with us once in a while? Take a break from training! "

"Aw c'mon Chi… I need to train every day to get stronger and to keep my energy up! And I have come along with you once! Remember Bulma's other party back then? "

Chi chi folded her arms and looked him straight in the eye "You weren't there for the first half… you only came because that Destroyer God Beerus showed up! " She said. Not like that was a bad thing. In fact, the whole earth would have been destroyed if Goku hadn't showed up to save them. She was proud of him.

She sighed and uncrossed her arms. "look… I know how much that training is important to you and you always try your best to be at our parties… but… I don't know… recently you've been going away a lot, even missing out more special events than last time. I know I can't blame you… you're the world's strongest man in the world! Our hero… but…

ChiChi's mind was in a tangle. She was having all of these pent up emotions inside of her, but she could not say them right. She did not mean for tears to be falling right now… but she was starting to notice how her husband was going away more than he should. All he was doing was going off with Vegeta to train with Whis. She knew that she was sounding selfish right now, but she needed to vent out her emotions. Unlike Bulma, she had lost her husband more than once, even twice and the thought of him going out to face some ruthless villain had left remains of stress from her past life in the present…always worrying for him…

"I'm sorry Goku… I didn't mean to…never mind, you can go off to wherever you were going… "She sighed again in defeat as she slowly made her way to the bedroom. She was suddenly stopped when a large, but gentle grip to a hold on her hand.

"Hey, if that's how you feel… then I'll take a whole day off, really! "He says in a gentle tone. "You're probably right! Training and excersising is good for the body, but too much training twenty four seven doesn't help you either! I'd say if you didn't talk me out of it, I would have turned into a mindless fight-programed robot! "Goku laughed, throwing in a joke to cheer her up.

That did the trick. ChiChi couldn't help but to laugh along with him. Even though there were some aspects of her husband that frustrated her greatly, at the end of the day she could not stay mad at him.

It wasn't long until the whole Son family had to go. Goku had took the liberty to drive with the family instead of flying there by himself. He thought it was fun. A few minutes later, the family had arrived at the Capsule Corporation building. Some people were already there and were all conversing with each other.

"Hey guys! What's up! "Goku had turned to see his long time childhood friend, Krillin. He was with 18, who had little Marron in her arms.

"Hey guys! How are things going?" Goku greeted back with a grin as he made up a conversation with Krillin, leaving 18, Chichi and Marron for themselves.

The party was sailing smoothly. Goten and Trunks were playing a humorous trick on Gohan and Videl, Roshi was up to no good trying to get his grabby hands on Bulma and Vegeta was giving him a glare that possibly said " If you touch my woman I will kill you ". Everyone else, totally fine!

After a few hours later, it was time for Bulma's new invention reveal. Everyone was curious to as what this machine would look like and what it could do. The mystery machine itself was covered with a giant white cloth. People were trying to peak, but they were caught by Dr Briefs who laughed at them. He couldn't blame. His daughter had made an invention that has gotten people wondering.

Bulma suddenly stepped out, a smug expression present on her features. She was equally just as ready to show off her invention… or she probably just rubbed some of that smugness of Vegeta, who knows?

"Alright guys! The moment you've been waiting for! This! "She declared as she pulled off the cloth with gusto. Sounds and murmurs of awe were followed afterwards.

The machine resembled to some kind of futuristic walk in pod, big enough for eight people. It had many wires, cables lights decorating and weaving around the machine. There was a slide up doorway, which at the top had a large light, blinking softly.

"What you are looking at here is my own unique version of a cloning machine! It's my only prototype because it's a test, but if this thing works out successfully, then it would go worldwide! "Bulma's speech followed with a round of applause from her audience.

"Now, here comes the fun part… who wants to try it out? Don't worry, I guarantee that it is safe, it won't harm you at all! Well, maybe you'll feel a little tingle… aw whatever, I tried it out on scratch so now he's got someone to play with! "

Krillin was the first to put his hand up, eagerly to try this out. 18 however nudged him a bit firmly.

"Hey! Babe what was that for?"

"You know you're quite a handful yourself right? I don't want another version of you running around the house… your other half might become a troublemaker and gang up with Roshi… "

"Aw bummer… alright I'll pass…" her husband sighed in defeat. 18 just chuckled with amusement.

"Fine… I'll choose someone then! I'll pick… " Bulma scanned the crowed for her experimental guinea pig. She finally pointed at a particular person.

"Goku! I pick you to be my lucky experiment!" She announced.

Murmurs went around the group. Chichi on the other hand needed to have her say.

"Uh… on second thought, are you sure this is safe Bulma? I mean, what happens if there is an unexpected technical malfunction? Goku could get hurt! "She really was concerned and unsure, even if Bulma said that it will be alright.

"Relax Chichi! I'll be fine okay? Don't worry! "He bent down to kiss her on the cheek before making off to the machine, leaving his wife speechless.

Bulma had assisted Goku into getting in the machine. As she closed the door, she saw Vegeta sulking next to her.

"I know what you're thinking…" She spoke

"Oh really now? Pray tell…"

"You're probably sulking about why I picked Goku instead of you…"

"I don't dwell on things like that…" He replied back.

" Alright… but I'm just saying, I wouldn't have picked you because if I made my second more successful one, I would have picked you for that instead… "She then gave him a smile "Only the best for my Prince…"

He looked away, but a slight smirk appeared on his face. "Yeah right… "She sworn she could have seen a faint hint of blush, but that's probably her mind talking.

Getting back to the task at hand, Bulma gave the door a knock "Are you ready Goku!? "

A muffled "Yeah! "had answered back.

"Okay! Here we go! "She pressed multiple buttons on a computer built on the machine before pushing down a giant leaver. The lights on the machine started to swirl around the interior, growing brighter.

This continued for a few more seconds, until a beeping alarm had sounded out. Chichi was the first to catch it on.

"Wait, what's that? Is that normal?" She had questioned. Surprised, Bulma had turned and pressed a few buttons to look at the stats of the machine. A worried expression had appeared.

"No, this isn't… oh my god…" she immediately started typing on the button keys furiously, trying to override it with a code or something to stop the machine. It didn't work and the beeping got louder, which scared Chichi and unnerved the rest of the group.

"Goku! " She yelled and attempted to make a dash for the machine, but Gohan had to hold her back.

"Wait Mom! It's not safe! "He told her, but it only made Chichi wanting to go after even more, attempting to get out of his hold.

The lights continued to get brighter a brighter, the whirring machine of the sound getting louder… until it finally stopped, and the lights turning off.

The door slided open on it's own, but Chichi was about to cry.

"No! My Goku is hurt! I knew I shouldn't have let him get up on there! "she wailed as Gohan tried to comfort her.

Suddenly, a figure tumbled out the pod. It tried to stand up, but staggering a bit.

"Wow that felt weird! So many lights in that machine… I think I'm going dizzy…" That familiar voice rang out. Everyone was dumbfounded about what had just happened, but Chichi immediately leapt forward and brought him in a tight embrace.

"Oh my gosh, Goku! You worried me so much! Are you alright? Do you feel anything different/ "

"No… not that I can see or feel… do I look different?" he wondered, inspecting his appearance.

"Wait guys! Something… or someone is coming out of the machine! "Hercule pointed out. Everyone had immediately ran up to get a closer look.

Indeed, a clone of Goku had walked out of the machine. Most of the group were looking at this with amazement, while some particular few just did not know what to think. The thing was, they weren't just amazed that the clone looked exactly like Goku in every detail… well actually, there were a few things about the clone that was different to him…

Oddly enough the Goku clone was in his first Super Saiyan form, as if the look was permanent.

"Huh? There are more clones coming out! " Yamcha was the one to point it out now.

Indeed there was Goku's Super Saiyan 2 clone walking out, then a separate clone of Super Saiyan 3, another form which nobody knew of. This Goku form seemed to resemble more like an ape, with majestic red fur, a tail that seemed to have grown back and piercing golden eyes. Everyone thought that maybe this was some secret form that had been hidden, but Goku never unlocked. Bulma thought that maybe it would be called a Super Saiyan 4. The last two clones everybody recognized was the redhead Super Saiyan God and the blue haired Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan.

"Hey what's wrong? What are all of you guys staring at? " The real Goku questioned as he turned around. He almost did a double take at what he saw.

"Whoa! They're all me! Bulma your invention really does work! " He cried out. The other Saiyan forms looked a bit confused with the situation, wondering why their forms weren't merged as one.

"That's… That's not how it works Goku… that was not meant to happen…" Was all Bulma could say, looking lost for words.

"What… What an earth is going on here!? " Chichi cried, finding it hard to grasp the concept. Yes she has a general understanding with how cloning works… but this…

It's as if she's now looking at seven different alter egos of Goku…