Living In Silence

Prologue

It was a sunny, but cold February day. Bulma, her parents, the Ox King, Oolong, Tien, Yamcha, Puar, Chiaotzu, and Master Roshi were all in the hospital's waiting room. ChiChi was giving birth and her voice could be heard all throughout the hospital. Goku was in there with her. She had been in labour for 24 hours already and was very tired. So was Goku, but he stayed with her. The doctor told ChiChi to start pushing. A minute later, a head was out. Some more minutes later and the baby was entirely out. ChiChi and Goku both sighed in relief. But unknown to them was that they were having twins. Suddenly another set of contractions set in and ChiChi was voicing her pain. The doctors looked puzzled, then realized that she was probably having twins or more. So the doctors went back to work, delivering the second baby. The first baby, a little boy with black hair, black eyes, and a brown tail was screaming at the top of his lungs. The nurse almost passed out when she saw his tail but pulled herself together. An hour later and the second child was born. However, this one was a little girl. She also had black hair like her brother and a tail but she had deep sapphire blue eyes. Also unlike her brother, she wasn't crying. In fact she wasn't making a sound. The doctor checked her over. Other than she wasn't making a sound, she was perfectly healthy. This was abnormal. "We're going to have to run some tests on your daughter."

ChiChi and Goku were alarmed at this. ChiChi was given her son to hold. "Why? What's wrong with her? Is she going to be okay?" She was worried, what could possibly be wrong with her? Goku looked up from his son to the doctor.

"Well, she hasn't made a sound yet. I want to see if its because there's some fluid that's preventing her from making a sound, making it a temporary problem, or if its something more serious that we might not be able to fix. I'll be back as soon as we find out something." After he left with their daughter, the nurses moved ChiChi and her son to another room. She was in tears at what the doctor said and hoped the problem was only temporary.

"Everything will be okay ChiChi. You'll see. She'll be fine. She just has to be. I think you need to get some rest. When you wake up the doctor should be back and then we can name them okay?" ChiChi nodded her head in agreement, then started to drift off to sleep. Goku picked up his son from her arms and placed him in his bed. Then he went out to the waiting room to see the others.

"Hey Goku. How is she?" asked Bulma.

"She's okay, I guess. She's sleeping right now." Goku wasn't being his usual cheery self and everyone found this strange. Even with lack of sleep, he should have been happy. He was now a father.

"So, what is it? A boy or a girl?" asked the Ox King.

"Well, we had twins. A boy and a girl. There's just one problem though."

"A problem? What is it?" asked Bulma.

"Well, our little girl hasn't made a sound at all. He said it's either a temporary problem that can easily be fixed or its one that they can't fix at all. They're doing tests right now." Goku looked like he wanted to cry, but wasn't going to. Bulma walked over to him and put a arm around him.

"Everything will turn out okay. It always does. Anyways, have you two decided what you're going to name them?" said Bulma.

"Not yet."

********* A few hours later...

Goku went back to check on ChiChi and his son. We he got there the doctor was already there and ChiChi was up, holding their son while the doctor held their daughter. The doctor handed her to Goku. Goku looked at his daughter for the first time. He was mesmerized by her. He put his finger in front of her to play with. She instantly grabbed onto it and a smile showed on her face. It was obvious she was happy but she wasn't voicing it. It was then that Goku realized that they couldn't fix the problem. The smile disappeared from his face as he looked up at the doctor and at ChiChi. "I'm sorry, but there was nothing we could do. We tried everything, but nothing worked." stated the doctor with sympathy as he answered what he knew Goku would ask.

"That means she'll never be able to talk, doesn't it?" asked Goku as he looked back down to his little girl as she was happily sucking on his finger. The doctor nodded his head. ChiChi looked sadly at her husband then gave her son a hug. He played with her hair. The doctor left the room. "Oh well, it doesn't mean I'll love her any less. She's my little girl and I'm going to make sure she's happy." Goku gave his daughter, who was still playing with his finger, a kiss on her forehead.

"I agree. Anyways, Goku, we should think up names for them. I was thinking that we should name him Gohan, after your grandfather. What do you think?" said ChiChi as she rocked him in her arms."I think that would be wonderful Chi." replied Goku as he sat beside her in the bed.

"Then it's settled. Your name is Gohan." Gohan giggled as if in agreement. "I think he likes his name. Now, what to name her? Any ideas?"

"Umm..I was thinking of calling her Angelina." replied Goku. As Goku said this, her face lit up in agreement. "I think she likes it. What do you think Chi?"

"I think its beautiful. Gohan and Angelina."

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I know its short, but it's only the prologue. the first actual chapter will be up as soon as I have time to write it. It'll be when they're 3 years old. Please review. Thanks. :)