DonSani: Thank you very much for this comment :)

arwens-light: Yes, silly Goku XD a non-silly Goku is OOC! Lol. They kinda showed the reaction of others when it is revealed that guy from the future = Trunks though (well at least they did it with Vegeta) so there is not much room for me to invent... but you will see!

Kuroda Asuka: Lol yeah he did spoil it for the baby, but that's how it occurred in the anime so I kept it like that. I think this would be why he kept it a secret to both Bulma and Vegeta though, Goku (although he's naive and, when you think about it, not a good person to have as a father/husband/friend) is the perfect hero, and the perfect hero does not act against anyone's life whatsoever ^^

Syve: I don't know if his choice to allow Cell to be complete should be called arrogance. After all, he acted just like Goku when he refused to attack Frieza while he was powering up thus vulnerable (even though King Kai kept yelling him to finish Frieza while he could). I think it's a mixture of his Saiyan blood craving for a real challenge (because he was kicking incomplete Cell's ass BIG TIME), and his honour as a warrior. Vegeta never holds back (not even against a punching machine hehe), he gives every opponent everything he's got, expects the other do to the same, and is very upset if it is not the case (think about how angry he was at Goku when he discovered that Goku didn't fight at his best during the fight that awoke Majin Buu, because Goku didn't transform into a SS3 for him, Vegeta felt that he was holding back, as though Goku didn't think Vegeta was worth his best, and that is extremely insulting).

As for Bulma's parents, well, it's very easy to reply for her mother: the woman's damn OUT OF IT! XD (I'm sorry but to me, she isn't mentally sane, I mean... well, you know. She's funny and all but I think she should be in a hospital or something lol. She's senile!). Her father does know that they had sex one but as far as he knows, it happened only once, and since it was pretty much around the time she was dating Yamcha, he can't really know for sure who's the father. Bulma didn't tell them because she didn't want embarrassing questions and awkward situations in the house.

miikodesu: Lol, indeed he is! As for the Z fighters' reaction, I copied the scene from the actual one (as much as I remembered it), so you'll have to blame the DBZ writters ^^'

Madam Midnight: Thanks ^^

Jezzi1996: Lol! Well Vegeta too considered Bulma to be a witch (at least in my fanfic), it must be a common thing among Saiyans to mistake her for that. I don't think Goku is an idiot (although he's clearly not as smart as Vegeta), he's just very naive and sometimes too spontaneous for his own good XD Like how he showed that he knew about Trunks' name... Mr. Undercover, that's totally him!

LadyDisdain89: Thank you very much :D

Chapter 21: Careless

Bulma closed her eyes.

She remembered falling down. She remembered holding Trunks in her arms in hopes of protecting him from the crash.

She sighed.

She remembered someone flying very fast towards the falling jet, someone wearing a Saiyan armour.

Vegeta.

And then, she had been caught in strong arms, her body had been pressed against a man's chest. She had closed her eyes, too scared to look at the explosion. They'd landed meters away, far enough to be safe. She'd smiled, but the smile had disappeared when she had moved up her blue eyes and they had met with her savior's face. Instead of seeing Vegeta's dark eyes, her sapphires had met with their exact copies.

He'd let go of her, and she had watched him flying up in the sky, towards...

Towards Vegeta.

Vegeta, who hadn't moved a damn finger to help her and their son.

"Bulma?"

She blinked, her father's voice having brought her back to reality.

"What are you doing down here so late?"
"I'm..."

She rubbed her nose in an attempt to stop her headache.

"I'm working on something important," she replied.

He made a few steps towards her.

"What is it? Perhaps I could give you a hand."
"I'm working on... it's those androids... they're much stronger than we expected, but we may have found a solution..."

She slightly showed him the plans that had been stolen from Gero's laboratory.

"Dr. Gero created a device to turn off his androids whenever he wanted to," she explained. "In case they were malfunctionning, or if they disobeyed him or misbehaved in any way. I'm trying to make another one, so we can stop them without fighting."
"Mmmm..."

Dr. Brief looked at the plans carefully.

"This looks kinda complicated, why don't you just try to find the original instead of creating a copy? Wouldn't you be saving time?"
"Because it was destroyed," she sighed. "The androids remembered that Gero had used it to put them to sleep, and smashed it as soon as they were reactivated so they could not be turned off again by him, or by anyone. But they did not know that we could get our hands on those plans and make another one!"

He gave her a warm smile.

"Well, Dr. Gero was a very clever scientist - but if someone can outsmart him, that person will surely be you, dear."

She grinned back at him.

"Thanks."

In his crib, Trunks made a little noise: she turned her head to see if he was awake. As she did so, he started to cry and she stood up to take him in her arms.

"Bulma..."

Her father's voice had changed: it sounded softer and even a little embarrassed.

"How come you never told your mother and I about... you know, about Trunks?"
"Uh?"
"Don't play dumb darling, it doesn't fit you at all - why didn't you tell us that he was Vegeta's son?"
"Well, I did," she replied, looking away.
"But why not before? We thought he was Yamcha's-"

The blue-haired young woman laughed a little bit.

"Yamcha's child?" she said. "As much as I like Yamcha, Trunks doesn't look at him at all."
"He looks nothing like Vegeta either. He looks more like you."
"Well, yes, but when you look at him carefully..."

She lifted the baby a little, staring at him under the light. She smiled.

"When you look at him carefully, he's got most of Vegeta's features. The nose, the chin, the shape of his face... he even looks just like him when he's mad. You know, how he frowns and everything... that looks just like Vegeta. I'm sure he'll look a lot like his dad when he grows up, won't you my little boy?"

Bulma kissed the baby's cheek and tickled his belly, causing him to laugh. Her father, however, seemed more concerned than happy.

"What is it?" she asked.
"Just... just how on Earth did it happen?"

She blushed - that wasn't really a matter that she wanted to discuss with her father, after all.

"Dad, I mean... you're one of the most brilliant minds in the world, don't tell me you can't figure that out."
"Of course I can! It's just that I... well, I've never seen him taking care of Trunks, and I've never seen him acting nice with you either, so I thought... listen, darling, this might not be of my business, but... I'm worried. I want you to be happy, you know."

Bulma shook her head and gave him a comforting smile.

"I'm all right, dad - I promise."

He stared at her for a while.

"You know, this might not be any of my business, but, knowing how he is, I must ask... does he at least... care?"
"He-"

Her voice stopped, searching for the truth.

The most burning kiss she had ever received.

His voice speaking the usual "I've got to go". God, how many times had he said that to her?

Her body pushed against the wall as their bodies became one for the very first time.

"You know I am not one to be carried on a leash!"

"You smell good."

Her flying jet falling while he stayed motionless in the air.

Bulma bobbed down and closed her eyes. She used to know that he cared, she used to feel it although he would never say it. But tonight...

"I wish I knew," she whispered.

End of the chapter: There you go guys ^^ sorry for being a little late, I was working on the end of another fic! I hope you enjoyed this little chapter ;)