1- A Love is Born

Trunks- 3
Pan- Newborn

"Trunks," Bulma wobbled into the kitchen, placing a hand on her growing stomach. "Shouldn't you be getting ready for trick-or-treating?"

Trunks shook his head, sitting at the table next to his father. "Don't wanna go."

"What?" Bulma blinked in surprise, "you don't?"

"No,"he shook his head. He was staring at the table, but his eyes seemed so far ff.

"Are you talking to her?" Vegeta asked quietly, and Trunks nodded slowly.

"Talking?" Bulma repeated softly. "You don't think-"

"I know," Vegeta cut her off, his voice strangely soft. "Bulma, you saw how they are back then, just because this is a different timeline, doesn't mean that they won't still have that strong bond."

"I know," she admitted. "It's just... I had no idea that they were this close."

"Is everything okay?" Vegeta asked.

Trunks shook his head, "she's scared..."

"Why...?" Bulma raised a brow, taking a step behind her son's chair.

"Everything is getting tight, she says," he whispered. "She says it feels like she's almost being pushed, and it scares her..."

"Trunks..." Bulma said gently. "I think it might almost be time for Chi-Chi to give birth... Isn't that exciting?"

"No," he told her seriously. "It's scaring her so I don't want her to come out. She's-"

"Trunks, you can't see her unless she comes out," Vegeta cut in, hushing his son.

"I can't...?" He whispered.

"No," Vegeta looked down at his son. "You're telling her it's okay for her not to come out, aren't you?"

Slowly, Trunks nodded, "she's scared..."

"Being born is a natural part of life, son. She has to be born in order to come into this world."

"She has to be born... In order for me to see her...? In order... For me to have her?"

"Yes," Vegeta nodded.

Trunks was silent for a few seconds, and Bulma wondered if he actually understood anything Vegeta had said. However, what he said next made her certain that he knew.

"I want you to come out!"

Her and Vegeta shared a look. It was silent as they waited and when the phone suddenly went off four minutes later, Bulma jumped.

"Hello?" She answered softly. Gohan's panicked voice rushed through the receiver and she listened quietly. "Okay, Gohan, calm down," she ordered. "This is not your mother's first go-around. Get her to the hospital ASAP. We'll be there soon..."

"Let me guess," Vegeta grinned down at Trunks as Bulma hung up the phone.

"Chi-Chi is in labor..." She spoke mostly in shock.

"Hear that?" Vegeta asked Trunks. "Pan is coming."

Before either him or Bulma could react, Trunks took off into his room. He came back only a minute later, carrying a stuffed dragon.

"Trunks, what's that for?" Bulma raised a brow.

"Panna," he answered simply. "The first time I talked to her I was playing with it. So I told her I would give it to her."

Bulma was shocked... Again. He was already calling her Panna? The girl hadn't even been born yet! "Trunks, how long have you been talking to Pan...?"

"A long time," he told her. "Before Chi-Chi knew about her."

Bulma shared a look with Vegeta and she was pleased to see that he was in just as much shock as she was for once. Chi-Chi knew she was pregnant with Pan as soon as it happened- that was Goku's main reason for visiting in the first place! Though... She didn't take a test until she was two weeks along. Had Trunks really started talking to Pan in that time?"

"Can we go?" Trunks asked, grabbing his parents attention. "I want to see her..."

XxXxX

"It's already nearing seven," Bulma yawned, holding Trunks' hand as they walked down the hallway to Chi-Chi's room. She had stayed with her friend the whole time durign the delievery, but once Pan had arrived she grabbed Gohan and Goten so they could see her. Trunks had started being impatient from the start, but Bulma made him wait at least five minutes before they went to go see Pan. "Looks like you won't be able to go trick-or-treating."

"That's fine," Trunks told her, his eyes focused ahead of him.

Bulma smiled gently as she made it to the room and creaked the door open. "Up for some visitors?"

"Of course," Chi-Chi smiled, holding a tiny white bundle in her arms.

"Thanks for coming, Bulma," Gohan smiled, standing beside his mother.

"Anytime, kiddo," the woman beamed. "I can't wait to meet her!"

"Hey Trunks!" Goten ran up go them. "Have you seen my new baby sister?"

"That's why we're here," Trunks told him. "Let me see her."

Gohan, as well as Chi-Chi, shared a look with Bulma. The bluenette shrugged softly, "he's been talking about her all day..."

"She's over here, Trunks," Chi-Chi smiled.

Trunks walked over to the bed before climbing up on it and leaning over Chi-Chi.

"She sure is pretty..." Bulma commented. "Right, Trunks?"

"She's beautiful," he answered immediately.

"Yes, yes," his mother smiled. "She sure is..."

"I want to hold her," Trunks looked up at Chi-Chi. It was suppose to be a simple question, but it came out much more like a demand.

"Trunks-" Bulma started.

"It's fine," Chi-Chi cut her off gently. "I think she knows you're here, Trunks," she told the boy gently. After a few weird experiences while she was pregnant, it was pretty clear to her that the Pan and Trunks in this timeline would be just as tight as they were in the other one. Carefully, Chi-Chi sat up before placing Pan in Trunks' arm gingerly.

"I can hold her by myself," Trunks mumbled.

Chi-Chi chuckled softly, leaning back and watching the two with Gohan and Bulma.

"Told ya she was beautiful," Goten climbed on the bed and sat down beside Trunks.

"Well, duh, of course she is," Trunks spoke as if it were obvious. He looked down at the sleeping baby and couldn't help but stare. Somehow, he knew she was his, or would be anyways...

"Panna..." Trunks whispered, a small smile on his face. His voice was quite, but it calling her name woke her.

Pan's onyx eyes opened slowly, staring straight into Trunks' cerulean eyes. The way she looked at him was as if they had met before... She knew who this person was, and he was very important to her.

"I finally get to see you," Trunks smiled more. "I told you coming out wasn't so bad... You get to see me after all, and don't worry, I'll protect you... Always."

XxXxX

"Dad," Trunks whispered as Vegeta carried him to his room. They had spent as long as they could at the hospital- mostly at Trunks' demand.

"What?"

"Panna is mine, right...?"

Vegeta let out a soft snort; the boy was already claiming Pan as his... No one would ever be able to understand their bond, not even himself, who was a full fledged Saiyan. That bond... It was something special. Something, not even death could break...

"In a way," Vegeta finally answered, unsure of how to answer. "Right now, Pan is still small, so she needs her family for a while. Don't worry, Son, when she gets older, and when you get older, she'll be yours... You like her a lot for you?"

Trunks nodded his head on Vegeta's chest, "I love her."

Vegeta didn't know if he wanted to laugh or cry. His son was already in love and he wasn't even four yet.