Another Little One

by Mistywaterdrop

Its been about five years since Buu was destroyed and life is just going by normally. Vegeta and Bulma go through the motions and raise thier child who is quickly growing up. But another little one is about to make life a little more difficult for all.

10. Chapter 10

Trunks looked at Gohan. He had no idea what to say, he didn't even know what to think either. His mind was going crazy with too many things and the frustration started to grow inside him again. After a few minutes of silence he walked over to the water and picked up a rock and threw it in the ocean that was washing up on the narrow shore. Gohan just watched. He knew somewhat of what Trunks was going through. Years ago after Cell had been defeated, and his father was gone, his mother informed him that she was pregnant. He was excited because at least he would have someone to play with but at the same time he had so many other things going on he didn't know how to handle the news.

Much of the time his mother was pregnant, he was the one who had to step up and help. His father was not around so someone had to do it. Bulma had come around from time to time with toddler Trunks and he would get to play with him while Bulma helped Chi-Chi clean the house or rather let the robots she brought do the work. He figured Trunks didn't remember playing with Gohan due to him being so young but it was how he got the experience before his brother was born. He got to learn how to be a big brother, and what sometimes felt like a father, while playing with Trunks. He was such a trouble maker but while Trunks was around Gohan didn't think about all the other problems he was dealing with. When Bulma and Trunks would leave though, everything would come rushing back.

Many times he would go out in the woods after he was supposed to be asleep to get rid of the rushing frustrations. The first time it ever happened, Piccilo, Vegeta and Krillin had come rushing to see what Gohan had charged his energy so high. Their first worry was Cell had come back. Unlikely but their rivals always had a crazy way of coming back out of the blue after they were for sure the monster was destroyed. When they got to his location, they met was an irate super saiyan Gohan. Upon Gohan seeing them that's when he snapped. He knew they just wanted to help, but he didn't want these three to be around. 'How do they know what is wrong with me? They don't! They don't know what it's like to lose their father and gather all the responsibility of the family.' That night went on for a long time. Each one of the adults taking their turn with Gohan's rage.

Vegeta and Gohan even got in a match yelling at each other about the understanding of the situation. Vegeta had lost his whole race when he was around the same age as Gohan, but not only did he take the weight of his family, he took the weight of the race. This match resulted in Gohan's frenzy tearing the whole forest apart and eventually he collapsed. Vegeta ended up being the one who was picked to take him home since he was Saiyan and if Gohan woke up it would be slightly easier for him to deal with Gohan's wrath.

After that night, there were several other times that Gohan's rage built. Between Piccilo and Vegeta they would calm Gohan down. Soon Gohan had calmed down that he didn't have bursts any longer. To this day he was still surprised that Vegeta was one of the main friends who had helped him through his change.

He knew that this had to be the same thing that Trunks was going through. Now the trick was to get Trunks to open up completely about what was going on.

"So Trunks, what's going on?" Gohan had to try to provoke it out. "You can't just try to attack my brother because you are mad."

"Well he's the one who started it. He threw a ki blast at me. I get to retaliate."

Sighing, Gohan didn't realize that Goten might have deserved his punishment. "Obviously there is something else wrong Trunks. Your power level has never surged like that before."

'Why does he keep bugging me?' He picked up a rock and threw it into the sand. "Maybe there is something wrong, but why do you think I have tell you? What would you understand of the situation? Your dad doesn't put you down for being smart or constantly criticize you. Now with the new baby coming, I'm just going to be compared to another person."

"Trunks, my dad died when I was your age." Gohan said as he walked close to Trunks. Trunks was able to feel Gohan move closer and his energy surged and pushed Gohan away. Sighing Gohan was starting to lose his confidence in situation. 'Maybe I can't handle this situation. He isn't as open as I was with sharing my feeling. I guess one of Vegeta's traits.'

The longer Trunks stayed quiet, the angrier he became. Gohan realized that he was not controlling this feeling at all and needed to get him to spill something before it was his raw power that started to spill out. He approached Trunks and Trunks turned to look at Gohan again. This time his face was wet, his eyes were red along with slightly tan skin, and his fist were pulled into extremely strong fist. He was about to snap. "LEAVE ME ALONE!" Trunks screamed and he again went super saiyan.

Gohan instantly went super so he could counter anything Trunks would throw at him easier, "I can't Trunks. Not until you calm down. I'm trying to help you. Fight me."

An evil smile formed across Trunks' face, a face that Gohan has seen on Vegeta many times in his life. "Fine Gohan, I'll make you leave me alone!" He took off in the air and started to charge his attack.

'Damn guess I asked for this one.' Gohan thought as he waited for Trunks to attack. It would be better just to counter all of Trunks' attacks, he'll probably just tire himself out soon.

The first Kamehameha came flying towards Gohan and he returned it to Trunks to see how he would handle having the attack fly back to him. It angered him more and he ripped through the attack. Trunks' attack power went even higher and Gohan started to worry that he might not be able to handle this situation. He knew all he had to do was flash his energy and his father would be there but he preferred if he could handle this himself. Trunks then charged at Gohan and they spared with punches and kicks.

"LEAVE ME ALONE! I DON'T WANT TO BE AROUND ANYONE RIGHT NOW! WHY CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND ME!" Trunks screamed as they exchanged punches.

"WHY NOT TRUNKS? I WENT THROUGH THE SAME THING. NO FATHERLY SUPPORT AND A NEW SIBLING ON THE WAY." Gohan screamed back hoping that something would make Trunks stop, even for a moment. He was wrong, comparing himself to Trunks made him irate and he slammed his fist into Gohan's back causing Gohan to fall towards the ground. Trunks appeared amazingly quick underneath and collided his right fist into Gohan's gut.

"We aren't the same Gohan. I don't care how much you want to say that, we are not!" Trunks said as he held his hand in Gohan's gut. "My father is a prince! He tells me all the time. He says that I need to live up to the royalty status, that I am his first born and I must uphold his honor. You don't have to worry about disgracing your father because you aren't strong enough or letting your mother down because you can't build something that won't explode. Maybe all I want to do is hear my father say he's proud of me again! I've heard Goku say that to Goten all the time. I've only heard it from my father once! And that was right before he knocked me out and then sacrificed himself to save everyone! Don't lecture me that we are the same! YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO I AM OR WHAT MY FAMILY IS!" Trunks screamed and energy channeled down his arm into Gohan's body.

Bulma had fell asleep on Vegeta's arm while they sat on the bench. Vegeta didn't really know what to do with her like that. He was uncomfortable being half pinned down but he also didn't feel like moving. Concentrating hard he put his hand on her stomach and picked up the little ki signature. He couldn't help but smile. He tried to concentrate hard enough to possibly pick up the gender, even though Bulma had told him not to do this, but the child was still too early in development and the ki was so small he had no way of knowing.

He started to doze off but right as he did, he felt Trunks' energy raise higher than it ever has before. He caught himself just before he took off realizing he needed to wake Bulma before just pulling out from under her. "Bulma….BULMA! You gotta wake up. Something's wrong with Trunks. I need you off of my arm."

At the sound of her son's name she woke up suddenly, "What's wrong?"

"I need to go. I'll be back and let you know." And with that he was off at full speed. He left Bulma standing there completely dumfounded at what had just happened.

Gohan couldn't believe what was going on. Apparently Trunks' training was doing him a world of good. He was so much stronger and his rage was only increasing. Gohan pushed himself up off the ground and took off towards Trunks again.

"Trunks you have to listen to me. You are putting too much pressure on yourself. Your father doesn't think down on you. He doesn't show emotion like most people do." He moved to the right, in time to miss an attack. "Please Trunks you have to calm down."

Gohan could feel Vegeta closing in. He really didn't know if this was going to be a good thing or a bad thing but he definitely needed help. Trunks was throwing ki blast into the side of the cliff making it crumble to the ground. Gohan couldn't believe how fast he was throwing his attacks into the cliff.

Vegeta showed up just above the cliff, he was ready for some enemy but all he saw was Trunks and Gohan. He was severely confused. Why would his son be powered up so high if there was no threat? And it didn't look they were training either. "What's going on here?" He demanded.

Trunks heard his father's voice and stopped instantly. He was still powered up but he pulled his anger back in. Gohan wasn't thinking that kind of reaction was going to happen. Both Trunks and Gohan looked at Vegeta. They didn't know what to tell him. Gohan didn't want to ruin the trust of Trunks so he didn't want to speak and Trunks' head was swimming with different thoughts.

"I asked a question and I expect an answer from one of you." Vegeta forced as he lowered himself down closer to the other two.

The anger built more and more but Trunks stood his ground he was not going to tell his father anything. It would be weak of him to complain or show any of his insecurities to his father. And the last thing he needed was his dad to have another reason to make fun of him. 'No not this time. I'm going to be just like him. I am not going to show any kind of emotion or weakness.'

Vegeta looked over to Gohan, "What is going on?"

Gohan closed his eyes and looked down, he had to come up with something and quickly. "Nothing Vegeta, Trunks and I decided to have a match to see which one of us was stronger."

Vegeta didn't believe that answer at all. Trunks' power level had never been that high before and he wouldn't raise it that much because of a 'who's better match'. "I don't believe you." He turned to his son. "Trunks, tell me the truth, what's your problem?"

Trunks didn't even wait a moment and he snapped. He powered up and flew straight at his father. "I hate you!" He screamed as his fist collided with Vegeta's face. Gohan was stunned but not more than Vegeta was.

He couldn't believe what he heard. He son said he hated him and then ran his fist into his face. Time seemed to freeze. Vegeta didn't know how to even react to what had happened. Maybe he was just dreaming. He must have fallen asleep on the bench with Bulma and this was just a dream about an insecurity he was having now that he knew he was having another child. He would never admit it to anyone else but he was scared that his children would grow up to hate him. So this had to be a dream.

Vegeta opened his eyes and he was laying on the ground and he looked up at Gohan who was holding Trunks' arms. He could hear them yelling at each other.

"TRUNKS CALM DOWN! YOU REALIZE YOU JUST PUNCHED YOUR FATHER IN THE FACE?"

"I KNOW I DID GOHAN! LEAVE ME ALONE. HE IS A JERK AND I FUCKING HATE HIM! HE DESERVED TO GET PUNCHED!"

"NO TRUNKS, THAT WAS UNCALLED FOR!" Was the last thing that Gohan said as Vegeta watched Trunks blast Gohan in the chest and he went flying back in the air.

He had to get his son under control. "TRUNKS!" Vegeta bellowed.

Trunks turned his eyes on his father and slowly floated down to him. "What do you want? Do you want to tell me what a piece of shit I am? Do you want to tell me that I am not living up to your Prince standards? Well I'm sick of it and I don't want to even hear you talk to me! You are nothing but a jerk!"

Vegeta didn't know how to reply to that. He saw himself reflect back at him while looking at Trunks. Where did this come from? His mother spoiled him so he had to be the stern parent. He never thought he abused his child. He punished him when it was deserved so where was this coming from? "Son…"

"Don't dad. You have done nothing but push me. Push me to my breaking point and I am sick of your crap. I don't care if you are a Prince. I couldn't care less if you ruled everything in our Galaxy and then some. It doesn't mean that I have to be just like you. I don't want to be a ruthless piece of shit." With that Trunks charged again at his father, sending ki blast after ki blast at him. He started to charge for his Big Tree Canon move but Gohan came up from behind him. He thought that he was going to be able to stop Trunks but it did not deter him from his attack. Rather it made Trunks use even more strength and energy.

At this point in time Goku had shown up. He appeared next to Vegeta and didn't say anything. He looked up at Trunks and Gohan. Trunks' attack began to grow bigger and bigger around him and finally Gohan let go and left the range of the attack. He landed out of breath next to his father and Vegeta. "Something needs to be done. He's going to make himself pass out if he keeps this up." Gohan added.

"Maybe it'll be better for him to pass out, then we can get him home to figure out what is going on." Vegeta added. "That's what we did with you Gohan."

Goku turned and looked at the two of them. He had no idea what Vegeta was referencing to.

"He's at a higher level than I was at that age though Vegeta. It might just be best to get him to snap out of it now."

"It's not likely. Again, when we dealt with you, it lasted hours before we realized we had to wear you out. You kept wanting to talk, to ask us what your father had done. We kept egging you on and finally you continued to fight and we wore you out. It took all three of us to finally get you to use all your frenzy power." Vegeta added coolly as he stayed staring at his own son. 'But why does he hate me? I didn't disappear on him like Kakorot did. I do not get why he would be going into a frenzy like this.'

Then Trunks energy exploded from his body and he screamed. It sounds as if he was in pain. Vegeta went to take off towards him but Goku caught his arm and shook his head no. Vegeta didn't care if he had to work through whatever the hell his problem was. His scream was because he was hurting himself. He wasn't just using his energy up but because it was hurting him too.

Vegeta ripped his arm out of Goku's grasp and sped off towards Trunks. He wasn't going to let Trunks hurt himself if he was there to help it. He forced himself to Trunks and took hold of his shoulders. Trunks was still screaming and he had his eyes and fist clenched shut. "TRUNKS! SON! You have to stop this! I do not know why you hate me but we need to fix this! Come on Trunks! Stop this at once! You are going to kill yourself if you don't stop! Your mother and I don't want that to happen!"

The last line seemed to penetrate through to Trunks and his whole body just shut off. His energy level dropped to near zero and his purple hair fell back down over his head as his whole body went limp. Vegeta instantly scooped him up. Goku showed up at his side.

"What if I teleport you two home?" Goku said has he laid a hand on Vegeta's shoulder. Vegeta didn't say anything. He just stared at his twelve year old first born son. He couldn't believe what was going on. He still believed it to be a dream.

Instantly they were back at Capsule Corp house. Vegeta walked away from Goku and Gohan and walked Trunks over to the couch in the living room. "What should we do now?" Gohan asked his father.

"I think we should leave, I don't think there's anything else we can do at this point." Goku said.

Bulma ran down the stairs and into the living room when she heard the voices. "What's going on?" She asked frantically when she saw Trunks laying on the couch and him, Gohan and Vegeta in their beat up state.

Everyone turned to look at her and Vegeta approached. "He's fine. He just needs to rest."

She turned and looked at Gohan and Goku to get reassurance and when they both nodded she sighed and sat down in the leather chair. "You Saiyan's are sometimes too much for me to deal with," she said as she leaned back in the chair, resting her head.

"And just think you are adding another to the collection." Goku said with a smile.

"Don't remind me" Bulma added while putting both hands on her stomach and both Goku and Bulma started laughing.

Vegeta and Gohan weren't paying much attention. They both were looking back at Trunks. Gohan was thinking about what was going to happen when he woke up and wondered if maybe he should stay around. He felt that Trunks was his little brother as well and he just wanted to protect him. He seemed to be having a lot of turmoil going on inside and Gohan just wanted to be there for him. He had always wished he could have had even another kid to play with growing up. He was the only child in the group back then.

Vegeta on the other hand started to wonder if he was going to screw up the new child's life as much as he had with Trunks. First he wasn't the greatest father for the first year of his life. Then when he finally stepped up to the plate, it seems he made a mistake that caused Trunks to hate him. Vegeta never saw himself being a father but after the nightmare with Cell, Vegeta had started to change his ways when he saw what his son could become. Then Buu came and he almost lost his family forever. Even when he died and was in the otherworld he knew that he would never see them again because they would not be joining him there.

After Buu, Vegeta decided he was going to be a better father, and he actually wanted to. He was proud of what his son could accomplish and he wanted to build on that. He wanted to pass his heritage on the best he could and be a role model for Trunks. Apparently he had failed at this because all of this mess would not have happened if he had done his parenting correctly.

"Vegeta? Sweety are you okay?" Bulma asked. After no response she rose from the chair and walked up to Vegeta putting a hand on his arm.

This snapped Vegeta out of his trance. When he looked around he saw that Gohan and Goku had left and it was only his wife and child in the room. A grunt was his only reply to her question.

Walking over to the couch, she sat down on the very edge of the cushions and moved the hair out of his face. She looked at him, he wasn't a little boy any longer and she still couldn't believe that he was growing up so fast. His cute childish face was starting to change and he was starting to look more like the version of Trunks who had visited from the future. She put her hand on his chest and turned to Vegeta who was watching every one of Bulma's moves. "Please tell me what happened. I think I have the right to know what my son is going through."

"Honestly, I cannot tell you for sure what he is struggling through. The only thing I can tell you is he hates me. His powers surged today, greater than they ever have. He started using his energy up, even his life ki. After I spoke to him, he broke from his trance and passed out. That's all I know." Vegeta stated very monotone and crossed his arms.

"Wait…" Bulma started and shook her head. "What? You mean he almost killed himself because you say he hates you?"

"No woman. He told me that he hated me. I heard it twice. I perceive it as his rage or anger with the situation caused him to start expelling his life ki." Vegeta stated matter-o-factly and then added. "Similar to what Gohan went through it after Kakarot's death."

"I see but I did not know that Trunks was having any issues. I wonder why he didn't come to me about them."

"Dwelling on it is not going to make things better or fix the past. I'll have a talk with him. For now, just let him rest. He'll probably be out for the rest of the night and as his room is still destroyed, he can just stay here."

"I'll go get a blanket to cover him up then." Bulma said as she walked past Vegeta who was still staring at Trunks. She stopped and turned to him. "He loves you Vegeta, he's just being a pre-teen boy. You are a good father, don't doubt that at all." She retrieved the blanket and covered Trunks. She gave him a kiss on the forehead and turned out the light. Vegeta had already headed to bed. She stopped at the door way and said in, "Trunks your father and I love you very much. If he didn't love you, he wouldn't push you so hard. Goodnight."