Hello there! For those of you who don't know me my name is LadyRitsu! This is not my first fanfiction but this is my third or fourth story I have written for DBZ. I hope you all like it. To be perfectly honest, I have not come up with a title yet. Nor do I have any idea where I am going with this. But I do plan for the story to take place before DBZ begins. For this story, I think I'm gonna need a Betareader...or whatever they are called. If you are interested please PM. Once again, I hope you all enjoy!

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Having a kid for the first time is one of the things Goku never had in mind. But here he is, holding his son for the first time. He looked so small and fragile, Goku cannot believe he was his. Then again, Goku cannot understand how the fragile little creature is his son.

"But where did he come from?" Goku asks the nurse. At the inquiry, the nurse had no idea whether to chuckle at the new father or raise an eyebrow quizzically at him. Upon seeing the seriousness on the young man's face instead, had enough sense to smile and say, "He's yours. That's all you need to know." With that remark, the nurse finished gathering the used, empty plates and other eating utensils and left the room.

Goku frowns. She still didn't answer his question.

"But why is he so small? How come he can't talk?" Goku had a million questions. Which is a rare thing for Goku. For he never is the one to ask questions. His wife, Chi-chi, who is sleeping on the hospital bed after her labor could not answer them all.

"He's only a baby, Goku." His father- in- law says gently, "Don't worry. He will get bigger later."

Goku looks down at his sleeping son. So that's what he is. A baby. That answers one question. Goku begins to recall a time how his grandfather told him how babies were small and fragile and needed to be given special care.

"So you have to be gentle with them if you get one." His wise grandfather told him.

Slowly, Goku begins to put everything together piece by piece.

"So…he's a baby?"

The Ox King nods.

"And…he's my son?"

"Yes," the Ox King replies.

"Then…" Goku pauses for a second to think, "I have to take care of him….because…I'm his daddy?"

"Yes," the Ox King repeats.

Goku stares down at the sleeping child in his arms. A daddy. That is what he is now. Goku had more pressing questions to ask his father- in- law, but he decides to set those thoughts aside for later. Goku then smiles down at the child, "Okay, then lil' fella! My name is Goku and I'm your daddy!"

At that moment, the infant twitched and gradually turns his tiny head. He slowly opens his eyes.

Goku cannot help but to grin ear to ear. "Hey!" Goku cries excitedly, "he's awake!"

Then, then baby squirms and a small, monkey tail pops out from the blankets.

"He has a tail too!" Goku blinks several times in surprise. "Weird," he adds. Since he was a boy, Goku had thought that all boys had a tail. But after he, Krillin, and Master Roshi went to a hot spring together one day, he realized that it was only he who had a tail. Yet he never questioned it. Until now. How come the baby has a tail?

"Yeah," the Ox King says, "He's more like you than you'd thought he'd be."

"Hmm," Goku says as he watches the baby staring at him. He smiles, "I guess,"

Well? How was that? I'm not sure how I feel about how this chapter turned out. But please, read and review! Happy Holidays!