Part III—A Family
"VEGITA!!!"
Bulma bellowed her husband's name with the force of the pain roaring through
her. She gripped his arm so tightly, he
thought his bone would break. Who ever thought a human woman could get
this strong when giving birth? She's as
terrifying as a Saiya-jin woman giving birth is! Iye…perhaps more so.
He could not believe he had been convinced to be in the
room with her. When she wasn't
screaming his name with rage, she was blaming him furiously for doing this to
her and was heaping curses on top of him that would have made the most foul
Saiya-jin blush. Vegita still could not
believe he was in the same room with her, let alone listening to her rage at
him.
But the last time he had tried to leave, she had screamed
his name so loudly and shrilly that the roof rumbled threateningly. She had then bellowed the question of 'where
the hell he was going?' that had brought the security guards running in and
then running out in terror.
Gokou was having the time of his life outside in the
waiting room laughing his head off. He
was enjoying watching Vegita handle what he had to go through when Gohan had
been born. Vegita blasted Gokou
once. Then Bulma screamed his name.
Finally the doctors said that with one more push the baby
would come out. Bulma gripped onto his hand
so tightly, Vegita could feel bones breaking, yet that didn't bother him as
much as the pain he saw in her face as she screamed her last scream into the
heavens.
The baby was then out, cut, weighed and bathed in a
matter of seconds and thrust into Vegita's arms as the doctors ran out. Bulma lay exhausted staring at him and her
son. Vegita gave her a perplexed looked
and then stared down at the red puckered face.
"He looks like you."
Vegita turned to his wife just to see her fall asleep
peacefully. He stared at her in a
stunned amazement he couldn't control. She had been in more pain that he could probably ever imagine for over
an entire 24 hours. Just to produce the
sleeping babe in his arms. And now she
lay there as if nothing had ever happened. He wondered if he would need a senzu bean afterwards if he had gone
through an ordeal like that.
He stared at the child in his arms and then back at his
wife and wondered how the hell had he gone from Prince of Saiya-jins, to a
salesman of planets, to a husband and father? He shook his head and the feelings inside. It didn't matter. He
didn't care.
* * *
He was starting to care and he hated it.
It was several years later, he had been brought back to
life after committing suicide to try and destroy Buu…which to his extreme
annoyance had failed…and his wife had dragged him into their bedroom to scream
at him and then attack him with her ravenous appetites.
She was pregnant again and just as moody as she was the
first time. How did he get sucked into
this mess? When had all this
happened? Trunks was extremely excited
that he was getting a younger sibling and Goten was furious that Trunks was
getting one and he wasn't.
Vegita marched into the training room to get away from
his raving wife for the moment. Her
mood swings were just not doing it for him. She was helping Kakarotto's wife and Gohan's girlfriend plan for Gohan's
upcoming wedding. They were so excited,
but he sure as hell didn't want to be dragged into it. Luckily, Trunks was not getting into the
wedding thing. He was focused on the
baby, whatever it maybe. Vegita shook
his head as he began to train. He could
not believe his son was as strong as he was. That was one hell of a kid.
Vegita smirked. At least Trunks had gotten his attitude from him. Vegita wondered what the new baby would be
like.
* * *
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Bulma screamed at the heavens as a
wail joined her. Trunks was wondering
what was killing his mother. Kakarotto
was laughing again, and Vegita was dealing with his wife's screams and curses
until she passed out from exhaustion.
The doctors placed the child in Vegita's arms and gave
him a quick bow.
"It's a girl, sir."
Vegita blinked and looked down at the squirming bundle in
his arms. Her green hair was fizzing about her head, and her huge blue eyes
stared at him curiously. The tail
swished gently behind her and Vegita blinked. She…had…a tail… He blinked again making sure he had actually seen that
remarkable thing. But when the tail
moved again, he knew he was right. His
daughter had been born with a tail…
Vegita shook his head. She would be a damn hellion…like it should be.
Trunks peeked over Vegita's shoulder eager to see the
baby and Goten was directly behind him. Vegita smirked and showed the little girl to the two boys.
"Trunks-kun? Is
she supposed to look like that? All
wrinkly and stuff?"
"Wakara nai, Goten." Trunks looked up to his father. "Otosan? Is she supposed to look like that?"
Vegita gave the boys a small smirk. "Ask your mother that when she wakes up."
Trunks nodded. "Hai."
Goten grinned. "Hai."
The two boys ran off and Vegita looked down at the big
blue eyes of the infant in his arms. She smirked at him.
Vegita turned to the wall and began to pound his head
against it. He still didn't know how it
happened or what had been done to him…but he was happy… And the baby gurgling
happily at him only made him realize all the more that he was content. Damn.
What had happened to him?
He turned back and saw his wife staring at him with a
loving expression. He stiffened, but
the child in his arms didn't seem the least perturbed. Bulma smiled at him, gently lifting her hand
to touch his face. She kept her hand
there as they met each other's eyes. But she smiled tenderly.
"Vegita?"
"Nani?"
"Don't you ever tell a living soul what I'm about to tell
you all right?" Bulma said her expression serious.
Vegita lifted an eyebrow as his daughter chortled in his
arms. Bulma just smiled at him and her
hand dropped to the baby.
"I love you, Vegita…and don't you dare laugh, ass!"
Vegita smirked. And Bulma was ready to clobber him even in her weakened state. Vegita then turned to the little girl in his
arms and watched her tug on his shirt fiercely with her small hands. He looked up to his wife and lifted an
eyebrow.
Bulma looked at him curiously; wondering if he was going
to say something, but instead he shook his head and handed her the baby girl
whose big blue eyes had won him over like her mother's had. He turned around and walked to the door, but
he paused at the doorway. Bulma lifted
an eyebrow and stared at his strong back.
"Rest well, Bulma… I need you."
And with that he left.
Bulma's eyes watered as she held her daughter close. He hadn't said the actual words, but he had
meant them. She had heard them in his
voice. He did care about her. He did need her. The Earth woman who had tamed him. The Earth woman who had tamed the King of the Saiya-jins. Bulma blinked as she realized
something. She smiled evilly.
She had to remind him one of these days that she was
Queen of the Saiya-jins after all.
Bulma grinned happily. Her family was truly complete.