THREE YEARS LATER

After the encounter with the Brief family, Gine became fast friends with the blonde Panchy. While she acknowledged that the woman was far from the smartest woman she had ever met, she enjoyed her company anyway.

The day they had met, Panchy invited the family over for dinner at their compound in West City. Not one to pass up a meal, to the company they went. The Briefs family was more than able to satisfy their metabolic needs. The inquisitive Doctor Brief inquired about their large food intake to which Bardock casually remarked that they were aliens. Needless to say, the scientist begged the family to stay nearby for all the scientific reasons. Seeing as these people were in his visions, and the food was good, Bardock decided they could stay there and there they remained.

After a particularly strenuous workout, Bardock approached the doctor. "The gravity on this planet is so much weaker on this planet, I feel like I'm getting weaker as well. Don't suppose you can find a solution to that problem?"

The doctor looked over his work and smiled. "I think I may be able to create a training room with artificial gravity generator, if that's what you mean."

Bardock let out a gruff agreement turned to walk out of the lab. The warrior had hit a wall about a year earlier, and only trained to keep in shape. He did use some of that time to give his son basic combat training and simple ki-control, but his power overshadowed the boy's and thus his son could not grow much stronger. The sharp boy had expressed a deep interest in becoming a warrior like his father on numerous occasions. He may have been a little over three years old, but he was very outspoken and was not afraid to speak up.

Speak of the devil. Bardock thought as his son ran up to him.

"Poppa!" the small tailed boy said with a worried expression.

"Is there something wrong, Kakarot?"

"Well, I was trainin' and stretchin' out my energy to practice control, like you said,"

"Spit it out before you choke."

"Momma has two energies!"

This caught Bardock's attention. "Two? Are you sure you you were doing it right?"

"Just come an' see!" he challenged, running towards their capsule house.

"I guess I will." he muttered.

The two, or rather the young Kakarot, burst into the capsule house.

"Momma! Momma!" The young saiyan shouted.

"Not so loud, Kakarot. Where's the fire?" the petite mother scolded.

"Feel her energy, poppa!" he cried, ignoring his mother's words.

Bardock approached the confused woman, searching for her life energy. His son was right, there were two energies. "You're right, sorry for doubting you. But what does this mean?" he mused out loud.

"Will one of you explain what's going on?" the irate mother said.

"Kakarot came to me yelling you had two energy sources. I don't know what this means, though.." her mate answered.

Suddenly both of their eyes widened as they looked at one another. "Bardock, you don't think…"

"I suppose it'd be possible… I'm more surprised it hasn't happened until now."

Gine blushed. "This is a wonderful thing, if it's true!" She clasped her hand together.

"I don' get it. What's wonderful?" Kakarot said, looking up at his parents. He took his tail in his hands. "What's goin' on. Is momma splittin' in half or somethin'?"

"No, not at all. Your mother and I just have to go to the infirmary to check on something. Why don't you go play with Bulma, or something. We'll be back okay? We'll probably just have to draw some blood."

At the mention of needles, Kakarot seized up, nodded, and ran to find Bulma. The capsule Corporation heiress was just getting home from school, so the young saiyan reached out to find her energy as practice. Finding it, he ran in her direction to find a very glum Bulma pacing in front of her house. "What's wrong, Bulma?"

The girl looked down towards the young boy. "Oh hey, Kakarot. Nothing's the matter."

He raised his eyebrow. "That's not true. You're sad or somethin'."

She sighed. "Just some trouble at school, don't worry about it."

Kakarot shrugged. "If you say so. Anyhoo, my momma and poppa went to the infirmary just now. I'm s'posed to play with you, okay?"

That caught her attention. "The infirmary? Why?"

"Well I was practicin' usin' my energy, and I felt that momma had two! One was pretty weak, so I'm afraid she's slowly becoming two people!"

The smart girl smirked. "I think you're right, but not how you think."

Kakarot looked like he was about to cry. "My momma's gonna be two people?" he sniffled.

"No no no! Kakarot, I think she just might be having a baby!" she said, trying to cool him down.

Kakarot turned his head and raised an eyebrow. "A baby? People split in two to make a baby? Is momma gonna be okay?

Bulma became red. She was much smarter than the average seven year old, even going to middle school at such a young had some idea of how such things work. "Well, I'm not entirely sure myself, but she'll probably be okay. Are you alright?"

Kakarot rubbed his eyes of tears. "Okay." he said. "Can we play now? How about hide and seek and then your momma can give us sweets?"

"You can sense me, right? That wouldn't fair."

Kakarot's face was filled with a cheeky grin. "I don't know what unfair means."

The trip to the infirmary had confirmed that Gine was indeed, pregnant. Saiyan pregnancies were very difficult, which is why after the association with the Planet Trade Organization babies were removed from the mothers and placed into incubators. A known natural saiyan birth hadn't happened since long before Frieza.

Mothers remained relatively normal through the term, most saiyans did not ever begin to show. This caused the infant to be very close to the mother's internal organs, and on the way out they could cause serious damage. Gestation lasted about four months. This was theorized to be because of a saiyan's love for battle, It was not unheard of for a mother to simply give birth on the battlefield and continue to fight. These were the fighters, however, and Gine was not a fighter.

"This is a wonderful thing, Bardock, but I'm scared." she openly admitted. We're not humans. We have no idea how long I've been carrying a pup for,"

"We'll just have to be ready. I'm not going to lose you." he embraced his mate.

"If I do die, I need you to be strong for Kakarot and this little one," she asked with a shaky voice.

Bardock nuzzled his head next to her neck. "The Brief's have the best medical staff money can buy. I'm certain you'll be fine,"

"Please don't lie to me. This will be the first natural saiyan birth in a while. Even warriors sometimes die in childbirth, I'm no warrior."

"Stop looking for a reason to be afraid. Why would the gods let us come so far for you to just die?"

Gine mulled over his words. "I don't suppose so."

oXo

That night, the two saiyan parents, instead of wishing their son a good night, lingered in his room.

"Kakarot. Do you know why I had to go to the infirmary today?"

"Bulma says you're preg-nut."

Gine got a shocked expression. "How did she know?"

"I explained and she said you probably have a baby in you. I don' understand though. Why would you eat a baby?"

"That's not how you have a baby" she said, blushing. "We'll tell you when you're older. But that's not all, Kakarot. The baby is a girl. You're going to have a baby sister! Kasava."

"Wow. A real baby sister? That's amazin'!" were some of the things and questions Kakarot said.

RIght before Kakarot had tuckered out, and Gine had gone to bed, Bardock spoke up. "Kakarot. After your sister is born, momma may not be the same. I hate to tell you, son, but your mother may die."

And almost die she did. The birth was a very difficult one, and Gine was left very weakened. Kasava had thrashed and caused damage to a lot of Gine's internals. The day he realized that his mother could no longer run and play as long as she used to was a sad one for Kakarot,

The birth of his sister was a very uplifting moment, though. Kasava was a very small baby, but her hair was very large. It was almost as long proportionately as the brother she and Kakarot didn't know existed, but she had very messy bangs and large eyes like her mother. Her brother was very protective of the small child, but she very quickly became slightly taller than her brother, much to his chagrin.

By the time Kakarot was twelve, Kasave was nine, and Bulma was sixteen, the blue haired heiress approached the siblings, regaling them with the tale of wish-granting powers. All she had to say to them was 'any wish' and the two instantly agreed to accompany Bulma on her quest for the wish-granting orbs. They both had a single wish in mind.

"They're called the Dragon Balls!" Bulma exclaimed.

A/N: Are you enjoying the story? If anything doesn't make sense, please PM or review. The upload schedule with be every three days. Please criticize constructively. I must apologize in advance for upcoming fight scenes. I have never written them before.

Thanks, Sergeant Plopp