"I'm not kidding, Goku: you need to go!" Chichi hissed as Goku continued to protest. It had been an hour of arguing for the two: Chichi was insistent that her husband should leave to help the others, but Goku was refusing. "What if the others are killed?" Her hands came up to her hips to emphasize her point. "You need to go! The earth could be in danger!"

"The others are strong enough to take care of this themselves, Chi! I'm not leaving you alone."

"How many times do I have to tell you? I'm fine."

"No, you're not!" Goku yelled in frustration. "You said it yourself – you heard his voice again. What if he comes after you?"

"He's dead, Goku… DEAD! You and I both saw him die."

"What if he didn't?" Goku had never felt so frustrated in his life. Running his hands over his face, the normally cheerful warrior groaned. "What about Frieza? We thought he was dead and he wasn't, so you can't stand here and try and convince me that someone who was dead stayed dead! For crying out loud, Chi – I'm living proof of that!"

"Why are you arguing with me, Goku? Why can't you just trust the fact that Nobuyuki is gone? I'm just having nightmares! Things like this take a while to get over, that's all."

"During the day? You said you saw him, Chi!" His fingers tousled his unruly hair in exasperation. "I don't think you're seeing things; I'm not convinced he's dead and I just don't want to take a chance! You're so close to having our son… I just want to make sure you're okay."

"I am."

"I can just send Gohan to-"

"Oh no, you don't! You will not send my baby boy out there to fight God-knows-what alone!"

"He won't be alone, Chi: he'll be with the others. Besides, Vegeta-"

"Don't even go there, Goku! You know I don't trust that stupid prince; he's arrogant, overbearing and too much of a God-damn hot-head!"

"Watch who you call a hot-head, harpy!" Vegeta hissed as he stood against the door frame of the house .

"Who the hell let you in?" Chichi wheeled round to face him.

"The door was unlocked, you stupid witch!"

"You are such a-"

Chichi's sentence was cut short as Goku placed his hand over his wife's mouth. Turning to Vegeta, he said, "I'm sorry you came all this way, Vegeta, but I'm not leaving Chichi here alone."

"Goku!" ChiChi yelled as she pushed away from his arm. "Obviously you're needed!" She pointed an accusing finger at the arrogant prince. "If you weren't, then this wouldn't be standing in my doorway!"

"Do you ever shut up?" Vegeta growled. "Kakarot, finish this ridiculous argument and let's get going! Your damn harpy-of-a-mate is right: this thing has already destroyed half the city!"

Goku sighed as he rubbed the back of his head. "But what about Chi-"

"The bitch can take care of herself!" Vegeta screamed. "Now, do whatever it is you need to do and let us be on our way; I want to get this over with."

Goku turned to Chichi, a pleading look apparent in his eyes, but the raven-haired woman only raised her hands in annoyance. "Go," she hissed, pushing the tall Saiyan and his proud prince out of the house, slamming the door in his pouting face. "Don't come back till that thing is dead!" she cried after him.

With a sigh, Goku did as his wife said and flew towards the city.

oOoOo

Chichi wiped the sweat from her brow as she smiled at her clean counters. "Finally," she said contentedly, turning to the rest of her now-spotless house. "Now it's time to work on your little room, Goten," Chichi said, rubbing her large belly. "First, let's get your sheets from the clothes line."

The sun shone down on her as she unhooked a light-blue blanket from the clothes line. Her satisfied expression soon turned to a frown as a shadow cast itself over her.

"Been a while, Princess." The blanket fell to the ground in front of her legs as the familiar voice caused the Ox-Princess to jump away, her eyes widening in fear and anger. "Nobuyuki?"

oOoOo

Coming to a stop, Vegeta and Goku looked confusedly around the seemingly perfect landscape before them. "The city looks fine," Vegeta said skeptically.

"That's weird – I don't sense anyone other than our friends."

"Dad!" Gohan yelled, flying towards his father.

"Gohan, where's the bad guy?"

Gohan shook his head as Piccolo and the others joined them. "That's what we're wondering; the news said that the city was under attack… But when we got here, there was nothing…"

It was at that moment that Goku felt a familiar surge of urgency that he was needed elsewhere. "Chichi!"

oOoOo

"Get away from me," Chichi hissed as she backed away from Nobuyuki. "I thought you were dead!"

Laughter trickled from his lips as he advanced on her. "No, though you did injure me with that little attack."

She felt her body come to a stop as she turned her head to see that she had made it to the edge of one of the many deep canyons on Mt Paozu. "Shit," she cursed, desperately holding a hand protectively over her stomach. 'Goku, help,' she thought as a surge of pain ripped though her lower back. 'No! Not now!'

"I see you're developing wonderfully, my dear!" Nobuyuki casually reached out a hand to touch her protruding belly; Chichi quickly slapped his large arm away.

"Don't touch me!" she hissed, catching herself as her foot hit the edge of the cliff.

Grabbing her arms, Nobuyuki smiled. "Watch yourself, Princess… You wouldn't want to fall!"

"CHICHI!" Goku screamed as he landed behind Nobuyuki. "Let her go!"

"Ah… The monkey finally appears! Tell me, Goku, did you and your little lackeys enjoy my illusions?"

"Goku!" Chichi screamed as Nobuyuki pulled the pregnant woman to him roughly.

Goku took a step forwards, his hand stretched out towards his wife and a worried look contorting his features. "You're hurting her!" he yelled as he watched Chichi grab her stomach and scream in pain.

"Kakarot, either your woman just pissed herself or she's 'bout to give birth to your brat!"

"Goku," Chichi cried, tears filling her eyes.

Gohan, who, by now, had caught up with his father, immediately turned to his mother to notice the liquid sliding down her legs. "Mom!"

"Let her go!" Goku screamed as Chichi let out a painful cry, her body bending over in Nobuyuki's arms. "Please, let her go!"

Nobuyuki's voice practically rumbled with sadistic pleasure from watching the horrific scene unfold. "Oh, this is too wonderful!"

sorry its taken me so long to update guys, I've just been super busy with my MBIC classes. MEdical terms are no fun lol anyway heres chapter 7.

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