Chapter 29- Baby's Day Out
Capsule Corp's living room was lively. Bulma and Vegeta were fighting... Again. It seemed that they fought about everything. Baby Trunks stood in his crib behind them, watching with wide eyes. That's how Trunks and Pan found him. They shared a curious look before smiling. Pan picked up the baby as Trunks turned towards his parents.
"We're going on a walk..." He told them. "We have Jr... We'll be back later..." He didn't think they heard him, but he shrugged and told his Grandma Bunny, knowing that she would tell them if they started to wonder where they went.
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"You're such a cute baby!" Pan told Trunks as she made the baby giggle. They were at a local park sitting underneath a large tree that was by a small pond were a few ducks sat.
Trunks smiled softly, "is it not weird?"
"Yeah, a bit," she admitted. "I'm holding you... Yet I'm not," she said before letting her mind wonder for a few minutes. "Trunks...?"
"Hm?" He looked at her.
"Do you think I'll still be born in this timeline...? And if I am, do you think that this baby will have as close relationship with her and you and I do?"
"I'm not sure," he told her honestly. "I only know how I feel, and I know that I can't live without you, and I know it sounds cheesy," he cracked a grin. "There's not a doubt in my mind that you won't be born, Panna, Chi-Chi and Goku already love you, so really it's just a matter of time. As for them being as close as us, well I don't know... They will be us in some weird way won't they...? They might have a bond just like us."
Pan smiled, happy with the answer before turning back to Baby and making him smile again. He seemed to really like her.
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Back at Capsule Corp, Bulma and Vegeta had just finished their argument when Bulma glanced at the crib and screamed.
"Woman! Why are you screaming?" Vegeta covered his ears with a hiss.
"Trunks! Baby Trunks!" She panicked, looking all in the crib. "He was in the crib! Where's my baby?!"
"Oh Bulma, honey, that nice young man, you know the one that has the same name as Trunks, he took him to the park with his girlfriend," Bunny smiled as she poked her head in the room. "They're such a nice couple." Bulma sighed, if Baby Trunks was with older Trunks and Pan, she had nothing to worry about.
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At the park, Pan laid out a small blanket before setting Jr down on it with a few toys and laying beside him on her stomach so she could play with him. Trunks watched them with a small smile as he walked over to the nearby weeping willow and started to climb it.
"Awe," an elderly lady cooed as she passed by Pan and Jr. "He's so cute, and he looks so much like his father," she tilted her head towards Trunks, who was still in the tree.
Pan blushed; this lady thought Jr was her and Trunks' kid! Of course she would think that Jr looked like Trunks- he was Trunks! Pan knew she couldn't tell the lady that though, so she did the only thing she could think of at the moment... She played along. "Thank you," She smiled.
"Have a nice day, and tell your husband to be careful. People can break their necks from falling out of trees," the older lady said as she walked away.
"I will, and you too," Pan nodded towards her.
Pan tilted her head, Trunks as her husband... She liked that thought. He did ask her to marry him, but they wouldn't be getting married until after they went back to their timeline... She looked at Jr, who was standing up and looking at her, confused. He took a step all by himself towards her, causing her to scream with excitement and Trunks to fall out of the tree. It was a good thing he was a Saiyan or he could have broken his neck.
"What is it?" He asked ran over towards Pan as she picked Jr up hugged him tightly.
"He took a step all by himself!" Pan told him excitedly, holding Jr out to him. Trunks raised an eyebrow, but he couldn't help but smile at her. He took Jr and tossed him in the air, making him laugh.
"What was you doing up there?" Pan asked him, pointing to the tree.
"Look," he said, showing her the spot where he carved their initials into the tree. "Now were together even in this timeline."
"Awh..." Pan smiled, kissing him. A smell broke them apart and they looked at Jr, who only grinned.
"Here," Trunks held Jr out towards Pan. "You can change him, because I'm not changing my self, that's just weird."
Pan pushed his arms back in. "Well I'm not changing him. I'm your girlfriend, that's just as weird."
They looked at each other for moment before Trunks nodded. "Then I guess it's time to go back home...?"
Pan nodded, "Yeah... Bulma-San can change him."
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If was finally the day before the big fight, and everyone was fighting off their nerves. Most of the Z-Fighters had gathered at Bulma's, that way they could all leave bright early together.
"Pan," Chi-Chi spoke up. "I don't suppose you'd tell me when your birthday is, would you?"
Pan smiled softly, shaking her head. "I better not, Momma."
Chi-Chi frowned, "I thought so... It's a good thing I went ahead and made one though."
"Made one of what?" Pan raised a brow as she sat the floor next to Trunks.
"One of these," Bulma beamed, walking out with two cakes with candles on the top. Carefully, Chi-Chi took one as they walked over to a shocked Trunks and Pan.
"Wow!" Gohan beamed, all smiles as he looked at the two round cakes. Trunks' was a bright blue with 22 candles on it, and Pan's a bright orange with 19 candles on it.
"They look so good," Goku's eyes were glued to them.
"Goku, these aren't yours," Chi-Chi told him pointedly.
"Awh," he frowned.
"What is this?" Trunks asked, confused.
"Chi-Chi and I both realize that you two aren't technically our children," Bulma began.
"But that doesn't mean that we don't love you just the same," Chi-Chi smiled. "We wanted to do at least one thing for you two, for you guys have already done so much for us..."
"So we thought, let's make them some cakes and wish them happy birthdays!" Bulma grinned, "the two of us couldn't be happier that you two are here!"
"Momma... Bulma..." Pan teared up with a sniff.
"Now, now," Chi-Chi held up her cake in front of her as Bulma did Trunks'. "You two make a wish and blow out your candles!"
The two Saiyans closed their eyes, both of them thinking the same wish. 'Please, let us defeat Cell so we can return home safety to save it.'
