*Where did everyone run off to in the last chapter? Will Chichi remember her family? Read on to find out!
Please be advised that this story was rated M for adult situations and not suitable for young audiences
Please Remember
Chapter 4
Gohan had to get out and get some fresh air. He hadn't slept much since they got the call that his parents had been in an accident, and he couldn't comprehend how his father didn't save his mother. His father was the most powerful warrior he knew, and Gohan didn't understand how Goku could have been so distracted. Now his own mother didn't know him or Goten, and it upset the teen tremendously.
Gohan flew as far as he could, deep in thought before he realized he was being followed. He turned around in mid flight and focused on the person who watched him at a distance. His father caught up with him and stopped before his son. Gohan felt dizzy and exhausted, just wishing he would be left alone with his thoughts.
"Dad, your suppose to be in bed." Gohan said to his father as he rubbed his dried out eyes.
"Gohan, I can sense that your upset."
"I don't want to talk about this right now Dad. I just needed sometime to think…alone."
"Hey I know your worried about your mother. And you've done a great job at watching over your little brother. I'm proud of you son. You just need to have faith that your mother will make it through this."
"You don't understand!" Gohan shouted. "Mom may never recover from this! And sometimes I think it might be best if she didn't remember any of us for the rest of her life."
"I know you don't mean that Gohan. Your just tired, you need some sleep."
"Have you ever thought about letting her live a normal life for once? Maybe this is our chance to let her be happy for a change! She would be better off not knowing that her children are offspring's to a Saiyan. The stress is going to kill her one day. When we fly off to battle or to another planet, that woman's heart breaks. Every time you die…she dies."
Goku starred at Gohan with frowning eyes. His father looked to be getting angry at him, but Gohan didn't care. He was to tired to care about anything at that point.
"Gohan. I love your mother, and I would do anything to save her. Just the same for you and Goten. Tomorrow morning, we will give her that chance to either walk away or stay. It will be her decision. Not anyone else's."
"Your right Dad." Gohan admitted. "I'm sorry for what I said. I'm just really tired."
Goku looked into Gohan's eyes and smiled his goofy grin to reassure Gohan everything would be ok. "Shouldn't you go back to the hospital. The nurses will think you've escaped again."
"Yea they already threatened to put me in one of those white coats that make you hug your self if I pulled another stunt like that again."
"Dad…You've needed to be put in one of those coats long before this happened." Gohan laughed. Goku stuck his tongue out at Gohan and began to fly back towards the hospital with his son to get some rest for the next morning.
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Little snickers could be heard from a small hospital room on the third floor of recovery. No one seemed to notice two young children placing sticky band aides all over a sleeping man who snored loudly, drowning out the little laughter's. Goten and Trunks had a whole box of band aides on the unsuspecting patient, sticking the bandages to his bear like hairy arms and his entire face.
"Hey Trunks, we'll make good Doctors. This guy is looking better already." Goten whispered while he stuck another band aide to the mans hairy eye brow.
"Doctor Trunks and Doctor Goten…Nah, that doesn't sound right." Trunks answered quietly.
"This guy is really hairy!"
"Yea I know. Keep putting the band aides on the hairy spots, so when he goes to take them off, it will pull some of it out." Trunks laughed evilly when placing more sticky patches on the mans arm. Goten looked at Trunks and began to sniff the air around him.
"Ah man, Trunks. Did you fart?" Goten asked while waving his little hand in the air and pinching his nose. Trunks took a whiff and made a sour face and quickly did as Goten was doing.
"It smells like dog poop." Trunks said threw his pinched nose.
"What do you think you two are doing?" A thick deep voice said from behind them. Goten and Trunks twirled around and looked straight up at an annoyed Vageta.
"Uh oh, busted."
"Busted isn't even the word to describe what I'm about to do to you brats." He threatened through his teeth and smirked down at the two frightened children. Vageta let out a low laugh as he looked over at the sleeping band aide man and crossed his arms. "You missed a spot. Try putting one on those bushes coming from his nose. That will be a real stinger."
"What on earth…Oh my God, what did you do to that poor man?" A shocked voice said from behind the three. They turned and found Bulma with widened eyes and a hand over her gapping mouth.
"Busted." Vageta moaned.
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The next morning
Gohan, Goten, and Goku waited in Dr. Hotto's office early the next morning. Goten wiggled in his chair impatiently just like his father. The two look a like, father and son sighed heavily and soon went into a battle of rock paper scissors. Their attention spans were greatly getting on Gohan's nerves, driving him insane from their child's play. They were about to see their mother for crying out loud, and the two played like nothing ever happened.
"Hey you cheated." Goku whined to his son after he lost many times in a row.
"Nu uh. Your just not that good." Goten defended himself.
"I am to!"
"Are not!"
"Are to!"
"Will you two please stop acting like children and grow up!" Gohan interrupted.
"Gosh Gohan, you sound like mom." Goten snickered just as a hand came down on his head. The little boy reached up and grabbed his head with small tears forming in his eyes. "And you hit like her to. I think I bit my tongue." Goten stuck his tongue out and tried to look at it.
The door started to open, catching their attention from their bickering. Goku shot straight up from his chair he was sitting in and focused completely on the door as it creaked open. Dr. Hotto and a nurse came into the room, holding a scared looking Chichi by each arm. She looked like she could run at any minute even though she had a really bad limp.
Chichi locked eyes with Goku and stopped in the middle of the room. She seemed to be panicking and becoming weak in the knees.
"I cant do this. I'm not ready…" Chichi whispered over to the Doctor.
"Now Chichi, I know we got off on the wrong start. But this is your family, and they love you. They just want to help." Dr. Hotto said with a comforting voice.
Goku didn't like seeing how the Doctor was holding his wife. Even though the Doctor was trying to be helpful, he still held her hand and allowed her to lean on him. Goku felt the emotion of jealousy rising up within him, and quickly pushed it away as they walked father into the room.
"Oh, please don't make me do this just yet." Chichi whispered, not remembering that her family could hear the slightest noise with their Saiyan ears. The Doctor led Chichi over to an empty chair, forcing her to sit.
"We talked about this remember? Just relax and take some deep breaths." Dr. Hotto whispered back, removing his hand to Goku's relief.
Chichi looked into the faces of the three strangers staring at her with the same expression of confusion. From the last time she saw them, she was confused herself when she didn't recognize them even when they claimed her as mother and wife. She felt the fear dwelling in her chest, but the Doctor said to breath, so she breathed deeply, thankful it was helping.
"Ok lets start off with introductions. Chichi, meet your family." Doctor Hotto said as he got out his clip board and started to write.
"Hi mom…I'm…Gohan…your son." The teen said looking straight into his mothers eyes, hoping that maybe if he hoped enough, she would remember him right then and there.
"Hi…Gohan." Chichi smiled, noticing similar features as her own.
A little hand came up and placed it her own, and looked down at the small boy that had jumped into her lap the first time she had seen him. He looked so much like the man that claimed her as his wife, knowing by just looking that the child was his son. The young child seemed to be nervous just like her.
"Hi." Chichi cooed, feeling the need to comfort him.
"Hi." Goten whispered shyly, then climbed up into her lap to hug her. "I'm Goten Mommy. I'm sorry your brain got hurt."
Chichi just held Goten in her arms, not wanting to let him go. She felt tears flowing down her cheeks and a motherly instinct kicked in.
"Oh I wish I could remember you." She whispered into his smooth black hair.
Goku got a little closer to his wife, watching her tears fall freely as she hugged their son. He wanted to hold her, kiss her, and wipe those tears away. The agony he felt in his chest was far worse than any wound he received in battle. He would rather fight the evil Buu all over again then seeing Chichi this way. Goku knelt down beside the chair she was sitting in, and caught her eyes with his. Goten saw his father kneel down and got down out of his mothers lap, jumping up onto Gohan's knee.
"Hi." Goku smiled as he spoke. "I'm Goku. Your husband. I'm sorry that I startled you yesterday. It wasn't my intention to scare you."
Chichi looked Goku over, trying to see if any memories came to mind. But her mind drew a blank. It was overwhelming to feel so empty, and she couldn't find any emotions for this man that called himself her husband. But his eyes were warm, and his smile innocent as Goten's. He looked like a very loving man and strong to by the size of his muscle bulging from under that strange orange uniform she didn't recognize. She blushed at Goku when the thought of him knowing every little thing about her, even what she looked like naked. His looks were breath taking, and it made her feel embarrassed when she knew she looked like a mess. Chichi was shaking when he took her hand in his, holding it gently even though he looked like he could crush it in a blink of an eye.
"Chichi. The boys and I will do everything we can to help you. Even if you don't get your memory back, I hope that you come to love us, just as we love you."
"Mom, we just want the best for you." Gohan softly spoke.
"Will you come live with us Mom?" Goten asked as he wiggled out of Gohan's lap and ran back up to his mother. Chichi looked over at the Doctor who was still writing things down on his clip board and caught his attention when the room went silent.
"I think that is a great idea. Chichi, if you go home it may increase your chance of remembering. In some cases, Amnesia victims can get their memories back when being around a comfortable environment they lived in prior to the trauma. If you feel secure about this, I strongly suggest you try it out for a couple of weeks. And if by any chance that your memory is still impaired, we'll do further tests and go from there."
"Come on Mom! We'll help you remember stuff!" Goten said happily up to his mother.
Chichi couldn't refuse Goten's happy smile. His eyes hopeful that she would say "I remember you" but in her mind, it was barren. She wanted to remember, she wanted it to be a bad dream and wake up.
"I…guess if the Doctor thinks it will help…then yes, I'll go home."
"Yay!" Goten squealed as he leapt into the air, almost touching the ceiling. Chichi was shocked at the young child's jump. It was like he flew?
"Goten…cough…easy…cough." Gohan coughed as he noticed Goten still floating in the air.
"Oh yea." Goten snickered as he came back down to the floor. Gohan placed a hand to his head and sighed heavily. The three had decided before the meeting that morning they wouldn't show Chichi any of their powers, afraid it would cause her to run away. They would have to be very careful not to break anything or show off their tremendous strengths.
*And so it begins! Will this idea of bringing Chichi home give her memory back? Will the three Saiyan's be able to restrain themselves from showing off their unique abilities? Find out soon!
Thanks again for reading!
