Apocalyptic Sign
"So what do you think it is mom?" Bulma observed baby Hotaru. "She seems fine. But what's with that sign on her head?" Vegeta, who was standing next to Bulma unknowingly, said "Apocalyptic sign." Bulma shrieked; grabbing Hotaru fast so not to drop her. "Darnit! Don't do that!" He smirked, looking at Hotaru. "Apocalyptic sign." Vegeta repeated. "Sign of Saturn…Goddess of Destruction." Trunks looked at his father. "Dad? Are you okay?" Vegeta burst out laughing like a mad man. "You don't get it, do you son? This baby is special! She bares the sign of Destruction and---" "What?!" He paused. "Death…" Bulma covered her mouth with her hands. Trunks was in shock. "The Great Kakkorott has the BIGGEST burden. His own daughter! What he stands for, she will do the opposite!"
"So lemme get this straight. My daughter is a 'Goddess of Destruction and Death?'" Bulma nodded. "Vegeta said-" "VEGETA?! WHAT THE HECK DOES HE HAVE TO DO WITH MY DAUGHTER?!" Chi-chi shrieked. "FOR ALL YOU KNOW HE COULD BE LYING!!" Goku touched his wife's shoulder. "Let Bulma finish." "So anyway, he was saying something about an 'apocalyptic sign'. Do you think that means the 'H' like sign on her forehead?" Goku looked confused. "Uh. What's an apocalypse (He pronounced it 'ipoxcolips') "An apocalypse is a marking of the end of the world." Chi-chi explained. "Or in which meaning, Vegeta is claiming that our daughter is a Devil." "Oh."
Goten burst into the door and rushed up to Chi-chi. "Mom, what wrong with Hotaru?" He looked anxious. Practically teary-eyed. Goku tried to explain. "Well, Goten. Um-" "There's not a thing wrong your baby sister," Chi-chi cut in, glaring at Goku. "Not a thing." "YEAH Goten!" Goku exclaimed. "She's just healthy as ever." Goten gave his parents a suspicious look while leaving the room and shutting the door.
"Bulma?" asked Goku in a whispered, "Can you keep this our little secret? I mean we shouldn't tell anyone else about this. This is a secret between the five of us." Five of us?" asked Chi-chi. "Well Goten and Trunks found about this first, right? And the three of us know. So there's five people that know." "Guess you right." Bulma noted. "But I don't see how Vegeta can claim such a cute, adorable baby, to be a D-E-V-I-L." "Videl?" Goku asked. Chi-chi smacked on his head. "Ouch! Why…" "This is serious Goku!!"
"So do you think you can help her Bulma?" asked Chi-chi as she stepped in the car. Bulma looked thoughtfully. "How about you bring her to me every month so I can see her condition." "Alright Bulma! Bye!"
"So now what are we gonna do?" asked Gohan, "Is she possessed?" Chi-chi put down her baby in her bassinet. "I don't know…" Tears filled her eyes. "My poor baby." Goten looked over the bassinet corner to touch her forehead. It was no longer hot. He touched the sign on her forehead. Goten could feel something. Was it love that he felt in her heart? He smiled and kissed Hotaru affectionately on her forehead. "Don't worry mom," Goten reassured his worried mother. "She'll be okay. I promise."
