Chapter One: Finding Out

Bulma Brief was sitting in her lab working on one of her new inventions when a feeling of dread that caused her to drop her screwdriver and her plans for her invention. She tried to continue working, but the feeling would not go away.

"Are you alright Bulma? You've seemed out of it all day."

Bulma looked up at her boyfriend. "I don't know Yamcha I just have a feeling that something bad has happened."

Yamcha looked down at his girlfriend with a slight look of concern. "It's probably just the convention that you have next week. You probably thinking that one of those scientist has stolen your plans or something like they did last year."

Bulma looked up at her boyfriend trying to convince herself that Yamcha was right. "Yeah your properly right some good for nothing scientist has gotten their hands on my plan again."

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The next morning Bulma looked terrible. Her hair was a mess, her skin pale and her eyes were bloodshot. She did not sleep well at all. Every time she closed her eyes she kept dreaming about Goku. Fun dreams about how they met, the adventures they had. Meeting Chi Chi and the Ox King for the first time. The martial arts tournament which was the last time she had seen Goku and Chi Chi. Those happy fun dreams then turned into nightmares.

She glanced at the clock. 4.50am. She was not going to be getting any more sleep. She looked out the window not really paying attention to anything outside. She hadn't seen or heard from Goku and Chi Chi since the two of them since they got married right after the 23rd martial arts tournament almost two years earlier. It wasn't unusual not to hear from Goku for years on end. He sometimes got so intense in his training he didn't realise how much time had passed.

"Goku, I hope you haven't gotten yourself into trouble." Bulma sighed. Trouble seemed to follow Goku wherever he went so it was very likely that he had got himself into trouble.

The ringing of the phone interrupted Bulma from her thoughts about Goku and her night's dreams. She glared at the phone wondering who could be calling her at this hour. She picked up the phone after a few rings.

"I don't know who you are, but you better have a good reason for ringing at this early in the morning and getting me out of bed!" Bulma shouted into the phone. The person on the other end of the phone didn't need to know that she was already up.

"Bulma, it's me Chi Chi's dad." The voice of the person on the other end of the phone said sounding rather upset.

Bulma recognised the voice immediately as that of Chi Chi's father, the Ox King. "Oh my goodness, sorry for yelling at you like that. Are Chi Chi and Goku ok? I had a feeling that something bad has happened." Bulma rattled off.

The Ox King had started crying at the mention of Chi Chi and Goku "They were in a car accident late yesterday afternoon."

"Are thhhhey ... Okay?" Bulma asked not believing what she had just heard.

"They didn't make it," The Ox King informed her.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT, I'VE SEEN GOKU GO THROUGH WORSE THEN THAT. A CAR CRASH COULD NOT KILL GOKU!" Bulma yelled to the Ox King in disbelief.

"The crash didn't kill Goku; he had a heart condition that we were unaware of. He crashed the car when he passed out. Chi Chi died on impact. The only survive was Gohan."

Bulma listened to the Ox King. This had to be a dream. A continuation of her nightmares. She had seen Goku go through way worse situations before and come out fine. And Chi Chi they had a rough start but had been on their way to becoming friends. She could not believe that she was gone and her best friend that she thought was invincible was gone. She was rerunning the words that the Ox King had told her moments before. Gohan was the only survivor. Gohan was the name of Goku's adoptive grandfather. He had died a long time ago so how was he in the car?

Curiosity had got the best of her. "Who's Gohan?"

"He's my grandson."

Bulma let the words sink in. "I didn't know you had any other children," Bulma said but then realised that if he did have any other children why would they name their child after Goku's Grandpa Gohan. Then the realization hit her. "You don't have any other children do you?"

"No, I don't."

"Gohan is Chi Chi's and Goku's isn't he?"

"Yes he is, I've had Gohan here since I got back from the hospital. He was fine after what happened to Chi Chi and ….." The Ox King paused before continuing. "Would you be able to come over sometime today, I have a video that Chi Chi gave me if anything was to happen to her and Goku; she made it when Gohan was born. She insisted that if anything was to ever happen to her and Goku that I needed to contact you."

"Of course, I will be over there first thing, I just have to get ready. Do you want me to tell the others what happened?" While saying this Bulma was wondering why Chi Chi wanted her to see it first. Chi Chi was not had to of had other friends beside her whom she was closer with. Why not have one of them see the tape first?

"I think that it is best that you see the tape first before deciding anything." The Ox King replied.

"I'll be over ASAP, um sorry for yelling at you when I answered the phone" Bulma apologised.

"That's fine. Sorry for waking you. I would have rung yesterday but ..." The Ox King started crying on the other end of the phone making Bulma burst into tears.

Her best friend had just died he was meant to be invincible.

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Bulma hung up and let it sink in what she was told thinking over the first time she had met Goku as a child. It all seemed so surreal. After a good cry, Bulma finally got ready to go to the Ox Kingdom. She walked into the kitchen made a cup of coffee and something for breakfast. She wasn't hungry but knew she needed to eat.

"Not hungry this morning are we?" Yamcha said as he walked in. "Relax Bulma those other scientists wouldn't know what to do with your plans if they stole them."

"YOU THINK THAT THIS IS ABOUT THE STUPID CONVENTION!" Bulma yelled at Yamcha.

Bulma didn't say anything picked up her purse sculled her coffee slamming the mug onto the table, stomped out of the room slamming the kitchen door on her mother's face. Forgetting about having anything to eat.

"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed; did you and Yamcha have another tiff?" Mrs Brief asked.

Bulma glared at her mother, not answering her. She stormed out the house. Yamcha stood in shock wondering what he had done this time as Mrs Briefs walked in as cheerful as always even though her daughter just slammed the door on her face.

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Goku, who had been dead for not even for 24 hours, had caused a whole a lot of trouble up in the other world by eating all of the food. Goku looks up at King Yemma. "So is there any more food because I am hungry."

"But you already ate all of the food we have," King Yemma said in shock.

"That's why I am asking you if there is anymore." Goku looked up with innocence in his eyes.

"I am not taking this man, he is dead and he still gets hungry, he will eat me out of house and home." King Kai stated knowing that King Yemma intended on him training Goku in his style of martial arts.

"I'm dead?" Goku said looking quite shocked by the fact.

"See he doesn't even know he is dead. How come he got to keep his body anyway?" King Kai asked King Yemma.

"He saved the Earth from King Piccolo and the Red Ribbon army," King Yemma said to King Kai. The large man than to Goku, "how did you find enough to eat when you lived on Earth?"

"Um," said Goku as he scratched his head. "I don't know, I was almost always hungry until I meet Chi Chi. She is the best cook in the whole entire world!" His stomach growled once again at the mention of his wife's cooking. "Hey, if I'm dead and Chi-Chi is alive that mean that I will never get to eat her food again."

"Actually, Goku Chi Chi is dead also," King Yemma told a very confused Goku.

"What! How? What about Gohan? Come to think about it how did I die? I wasn't even fighting or anything."

"You died of a heart virus while driving your car home after shopping. Chi Chi died when you crashed the car," King Yemma explained to Goku.

"I killed my wife!" Goku said looking quite upset. "If Chi Chi is dead then how come she is not up here?"

"She didn't keep her body like you did," King Yemma said.

"But who will feed me?" Goku asked, still more concerned about food than the fact that he is dead.

"Um, Goku can you just stay here while I console with the rest of the Kai's?" King Yemma said to Goku.

"But what about Gohan? He was in the car with me. Did I kill him too?" Goku asked very concerned for the safety of his family and worried that he may have killed them all off.

"Hello, Goku," a small elderly lady with Pink hair said. "King Yemma I will look after Goku and make sure that he doesn't cause any trouble."

King Kai and King Yemma both disappeared to talk to the Kais leaving Gohan in the care of the elderly lady.

"Baba, what are you doing here? Are you dead too?" Goku asked the lady with pink hair.

"No Goku. I'm going to show you that Gohan is safe" Baba told the man who was once one of her brother's students.

Goku looked into Baba's crystal ball and sees Bulma going to his father-in-laws.

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Bulma arrived at the castle where the Ox King lived. She was lead in by one of the butlers and taken to a room on the third floor by a bubbly maid with blond hair named Compass.

"The Ox King will see you shortly," Compass told her. "Please wait here and make yourself comfortable."

Moments later Compass returned holding a small baby, the Ox King following close behind.

Compass came up to Bulma, "Would you like to hold him?"

"Sure," Bulma said as she took the small baby.

"Would you like anything else, your majesty?" Compass asked the King.

"Tea and coffee should be all right thank you Compass. Bulma would you like anything?"

Bulma shook her head no. Compass then left the room. Bulma didn't take her eyes off the baby. He looked so much just like Goku, but she could see Chi Chi in him too. Slowly something wound around her wrist. Bulma looked down as smiled.

"He has a tail just like Goku. So you are Gohan; you look so much like your mummy and daddy?" Bulma said to the small baby who looked up at her and smiled.

Bulma turned back to the upset Ox King. "How are you coping with what happened to Chi Chi and Goku?"

"I never thought that I would outlive my baby. I never in a million year imagined her dying because of a car crash. I thought that it might have been someone hurting her to get to Goku or protecting Gohan."

Compass came back into the room putting a tray of coffee, tea and biscuits on the table. Bulma noticed the tape on the table next to where the tray had been placed. The Ox King saw her looking at it. "I guess that we should get this over with." Chi Chi's father said to her looking said. The Ox King loaded the tape and they both sat down on the chair that was beside the table, Bulma moving so that she and Gohan were both more comfortable. She hadn't held many babies, so this was new to her.

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"Hi Dad, hi Bulma if you are watching this it means that Goku and I are both dead." Chi Chi on the tape said. Chi Chi was sitting there by herself. " And Gohan, our son, has survived. I have made this tape knowing how much trouble seems to follow Goku. If what caused Goku and I was not the usual trouble and devastation I would appreciate if you didn't waste a wish just to bring us back. Save your wishes for times when there is trouble. Bulma what I am about to ask you is one of the hardest things that I am ever going to ask. Bulma I would like you to bring up my baby, Goku's son as your own."

"But Chi Chi, why me? I can't bring up your son. Why not one of your other friends, I am sure that they can do a better job then what I would ever do," Bulma asked the TV when Chi Chi finished her question.

"The reason that I would like you to bring up my son is that you are one of Goku's best friend. You are more use to the weird things that followed Goku around than any of my friends. One of my old school friends saw Gohan had a tail and ran away screaming. I know that you would be able to look after my son ….. your son. I would like you to bring Gohan up as your son. You are the most cable of looking after him. He needs a mother figure more than a father figure. I am sure that Krillin is the only other Z member who is cable of looking after a child. Launch has schizophrenia so that takes her off of the mother list, Yamcha cares more about baseball and girls than anything else and I don't care if he is your boyfriend or not I do not want him as Gohan's adoptive father." Chi-Chi said getting angry and pulling out her frying pan. "And I DON'T EVER WANT MY SON TO EVER EVER EVER BE BOUGHT UP BY THAT TURTLE HERMIT ROSHI!" Gohan whimpered and moved in closer to Bulma when his mother on the TV started to wave her frying pan around. "My father has already bought me up. He doesn't need to bring up my son also. I do want Gohan to always know who his grandfather is."

"Off course, I would never take Gohan away from his real family," Bulma said to her friend on the TV despite knowing she couldn't answer.

"So on to important business. I want Gohan to be a scholar. I don't want him learning martial arts because martial arts causes way to much trouble. Also, I want grandchildren so you are responsible for finding a suitable wife for Gohan that will give me lots of grandbabies." Chi Chi told her.

"That's my Chi Chi for you. He main reason for her having children was so that she could get grandchildren one day." Said the Ox King.

"I also leave you my frying pan, Bulma because you will need it." At that moment Goku walked in.

"Hi, Chi Chi is dinner ready?" Chi Chi hit Goku over the head with her fry pan.

Goku rubbed his head, "Ouch that hurt, what did I do this time?"

"See," Chi Chi said.

The tape went blank. The Ox King and Bulma sat looking at the black TV leaving there tea and coffee untouched.

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Goku looked up from Buba's Crystal ball. "So Bulma is going to care for my son." Goku grinned. "I'm so happy that Gohan is safe. He doesn't even look like he got hurt when the car crashed."

At that moment the King Yemma came back from his talk with the kais. This time, he didn't have King Kai with him. Yet he wasn't alone. Goku looked up and grinned seeing who it was.

"Chi Chi!" Goku yelled out. Running to his wife and pulling her into a hug. "I missed you so much."

"Goku I am so glad that you have a bottomless pit as a stomach. The Kais would have never given me my body back otherwise," said a very happy Chi-Chi. "Our baby is safe. I would never forgive myself if Gohan also died."

They listened to King Yemma as he explained what was expected of them.

Goku then took hold of Chi Chi hand and together they both walk down snake's path to King Kai's planet, where King Kai is waiting for them.

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"Bulma are you serious about adopting my grandson?" the Ox King asked already knowing the answer.

"Yes, I am not going to let Chi Chi down. I will bring Gohan up to the best of my ability," Bulma said never more sure of anything in her life.

"I have some of Gohan's things that I picked up yesterday when I was over there." The Ox King said. "In these capsules, there are a few of Gohan's toys and clothes plus photo albums. If you need anything, just ask."

"Are you sure that you don't want the photo albums?" Bulma asked.

"Chi Chi gave me copies of every single photo that she ever took. The others in there are from when you and Goku were kids. I have taken a few of those photo's out." The Ox King said to Bulma.

"I bet that some of those pictures are embarrassing," Bulma said thinking of the day that Goku had looked up her skirt to find out if she was a boy or a girl and Oolong had been standing there with a camera.

"Gohan is my first heir and only heir to the Ox Kingdom now that Chi Chi is gone. Chi Chi wanted to wait until he had finished high school before she told him because if anything ever happened to me, she was ready to take over my thrown. Now if anything happens to me, he may have to take over." The Ox King said.

"We'll work all that out later," Bulma said to the King.

"I already had a fair idea what Chi-Chi was going to ask in her will. I have all of the adoption papers ready," the Ox King said.

The Ox King walked over to a sideboard that had the adoption papers and Gohan's birth certificate he looked at them briefly before handing them to Bulma. Bulma looked down at the birth certificate that she had been handed; the name on it read Oxania Hector Alexander Mouf.

"Is this Gohan's real name?" Bulma asked as she read it.

"Yes, it's a family name, when Gohan was born Chi-Chi told Goku ..."

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Goku and Chi-Chi were looking down at their baby son.

"Wow he has a tail just like I used to have, what's his name hun," Goku said looking down amazed that this little boy was his son.

"His name is Oxania Hector Alexander Mouf," Chi-Chi told her husband.

Goku just looked at her confused. "How am I going to remember that?" He asked his wife "And what type of name is that anyway, it's really long".

"It's a family name Goku," Chi-Chi said wishing she had her frying pan.

"Oh if you wanted to name him a family name you could have named him Gohan. Son Gohan, I think that suits him more than Ostain Hammer Sander Tooth. Gohan was the name of my grandfather," Goku said to his wife.

"His name is ... Never mind your right I think that Son Gohan suits him and I know that you will remember that too." Chi-Chi said to her husband quite proud that he came up with such a suitable name for their son. She also thought of when people heard the name Gohan they weren't going to automatically believe that Gohan was the Ox Prince.

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"Well, I think Goku's right when he said that Gohan suited you more than Oxania. So to the people of the Ox Kingdom, his name is Prince Oxania." Bulma said.

"Yes to most people," the King said. "Compass and a couple other employees' know him as Gohan."

"Being my adopted son, Gohan is going to get a lot of media attention. If some of the media sharks dig deep enough they are going to work out that he's your grandson." Bulma said.

"I guess we cross that bridge when we come to it," the Ox King said.

Bulma handed the Ox King, his grandson when she signed off all of the adoption papers. One of the advantages of being so wealthy was everything happened faster than normal. After she had finished signing everything the Ox King handed her the baby.

"Well Prince Oxania your name is now officially Gohan Brief," Bulma said to the baby in her arms.


Edited 1st July 2016