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Making A Decision
Epilogue Two: Fifteen Years Later: Marron
Trunks and I have been married for fifteen years now. I'm still his Golden Angel and now we even have two of our own. Two Golden Angels and one little miracle.
But let's start from the beginning. The five of us live in a huge house about three miles away from Capsule Corp., five miles from Kame House, and two miles from their Aunt Bra and Uncle Goten. Let's continue with our three little angels.
Anika is the oldest. She's thirteen now, and I swear if I was ever like that as a teenager, Mom and Daddy, I am so sorry. She is the most stubborn girl I have ever met. Ani has my blonde hair and Trunks' fixed blue gaze.
After we had Ani, we were hoping to have a boy. But we got another Golden Angel, Atarou. She's seven now, but she is our little baby still. And she is smart, too. She gets that from Bulma, that's for sure. Atarou, like Ani, has golden hair and blue eyes.
Our youngest is Little Chi. Her full name is Chi-Chi, of course, but everyone calls her Little Chi. She's our little miracle, and the only Briefs kid without blonde hair. She has soft lavender hair and Pacific blue eyes. There's an interesting story to Little Chi…
It was four years ago. I remember Chi-Chi was so sick. We all knew she was going to die. Anika and I would go over there everyday and sit with her for about an hour. She'd be in bed, with Goku sitting next to her, holding her hand, Gohan and Videl on the floor, talking to her, Pan at the foot of the bed, and Goten in the living room.
Trunks and I were trying to get pregnant and have the boy we wanted, but the doctors said I couldn't have any more children. I was visiting with Chi-Chi and she squinted at me for a moment.
"Dende, Marron. You're pregnant."
I smiled. "I'm sorry, Chi-Chi. I can't have any more children, remember?"
She shook her head firmly. "Marron Briefs, I'm going to tell you one thing before I die, and I want you to listen to it good. You, my dear, are pregnant. Believe it or not, but it's true," she argued.
Goku shook his head sadly.
"Okay, Chi-Chi. Thank you for telling me. I have to go, Ani is in the living room with Goten and I need to go make Trunks and Atarou dinner. Bye Chi-Chi," I gave her a kiss on the cheek and stood up and walked out of the room.
Chi-Chi died that night.
So the next day, I took a pregnancy test. And it was positive.
"Ani! Get your father on the phone right now!" I yelled. Just to be sure, I read the directions on the box over again. And again.
Ani came running in the bathroom with the phone in her hands. "Hold on, Dad." She handed me the phone.
"Trunks get home right this instant. I need you here. Now Trunks!" I yelled into the phone.
"Angel, calm down and tell me what's wrong," he said soothingly.
"Is Goten still here, Ani?" I asked. She nodded. "Go make him some more coffee. He needs it." I took a deep breath. "Yesterday, when I went to visit Chi-Chi, she told me I was pregnant. I tried to tell her it was impossible, but she stood firm. So I bought a pregnancy test, and its positive. Trunks, I'm pregnant."
He gasped. "Oh Angel! That's wonderful! I'll be home in an hour. Love you."
"Love you too. Bye Trunks." I hung up the phone and ran into the living room, where Bra and Goten were sitting on the couch drinking coffee, and Ani and Atarou were next to them.
"What was the emergency Mar?" Bra asked.
I sat down next to Goten and put my head on his shoulder. "I'm pregnant," I whispered.
I remember Goten didn't take that news very well. But Mom and Bulma were happy. Daddy was ecstatic, and Vegeta, well, he was Vegeta. The girls were happy, and Goku smiled and said it was Chi-Chi's doing. So I guess that's the 'story' of Little Chi.
Another thing I think I should add is Goten Jr., Goten and Bra's baby boy. He's six months old, and he looks exactly like Goten. Goku just loves having a baby around the house. Oh, did I forget to tell you? After Chi-Chi died, Bra and Goten wanted Goku to move in with them, but he didn't want to leave his house, so they moved in with him. So the four of them live in Goku and Chi-Chi's house.
You might be asking yourself, what happened to Pan? Well, she's doing well. She lives with her parents still, but trains a lot, and found her true calling in art. Yep, Son Pan became an artist. Bet you didn't see that one coming.
Trunks is an amazing father. He cut down his hours at work, so now he gets off at six-thirty. And Bulma doesn't object. Every year on our anniversary, we go to the garden. And on each of the girls' birthdays, we take them there. They can almost recite the story of Trunks' proposal, but they love hearing it, and we love telling it.
Nope, I don't work. I know that's what you were thinking. I continued to be Trunks' secretary until I found out I was pregnant with Ani. Then I quit. Four years of college never really took me anywhere, but when I think about my life now, I think if I didn't go to college, I wouldn't be sitting here right now with this life. And I don't know what I would have done with my life if I hadn't married Trunks.
Ani has big ambitions. She wants to be a singer, and she damn well has the voice for it. She can write her own stuff, too. And Dende, does she have the talent.
Atarou, on the other hand, has the simple ambition of getting married. She's not one for glamour or ritz, but being a Briefs kid, she grew up in the spotlight.
When I asked Little Chi what she wants to do with her life, her answer, like everything else she says, brought tears to my eyes. She said she wants to go to heaven and meet Chi-Chi. So I showed her a picture of her and Pan and I told her a ton of stories. And when I tucked her into bed that night, she said she still wanted to meet Chi-Chi, so she would try to be as good as possible so she could get to heaven.
Atarou thinks Little Chi is a miracle. A miracle sent to us so that we could bear the pain of losing Chi-Chi better. And I believe her.
Trunks always wanted to train the girls like his father trained him. But I said I didn't want the girls to fight. So we compromised. If any of the girls decide they want to learn how to fight, Trunks will train them and I can't say a word about it. So far Ani is the only one being trained.
Another thing we had to agree on was schooling. I wanted the girls to go to Orange Star, but Trunks was fixed on private schools. The girls decided on Orange Star, so that's what they attend.
And now there's the subject of Capsule Corp. Do we want the girls to take over the family business? Ani already made it quite clear she wouldn't do it. But there's always Goten Jr.
A couple months ago, I was having coffee with my mother. She asked me if I had any regrets. I looked at her strangely and told her no. Then I asked her if she had any. She smiled sadly.
"The only regret I have is that I wasn't better. Marron, I was never a very good wife or mother. You and your father always deserved better. Other than that, I have no regrets."
Now I went home and thought about that for a long time. I know Mom was never the mother of the year or anything, but nobody's perfect. But when I thought about it for a long time, I realized I never saw Mom show any affection to Daddy. And I think that's what she was talking about.
One person I totally forgot to tell you about is Uncle Yamcha. He came to our wedding, and stayed in town for a while before he was off again. But when he read I was pregnant with Ani, he came back to town and stayed for about five years. A year later, though, he was back in town for the birth of Atarou. He left when she turned one. The last time I saw him was at Chi-Chi's funeral. We lost touch and he doesn't even know I had a third child. Unless he read it in a newspaper.
Trunks and I have tried to tell the girls everything about their families without altering their somewhat normal life. Each of them is one-eighth cyborg and a quarter sayian. Try telling that to three young girls who have a father, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and family friends who can fly and shoot ki beams. Atarou thought it was awesome, because technically, she is a princess. Ani wasn't too thrilled with the idea, and Little Chi just smiled and said she didn't want to take part in any of it.
Our girls are growing up so fast. And fifteen years have gone by since I married Trunks. My life is amazing, and I know Trunks enjoys every minute of his. Every decision I ever made was right. Our little girls are reflections of us, in more ways than one. I love my family and I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world. So I sit here now and write this down, one day to give it to one of my girls, so they can see just how they impacted my life, and how much I love my life.
I have just one more thing to add on this outlook of my married life: never be sorry, girls. Never have any regrets and of course, never look back. Never, ever look back.
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