Chapter 2: Problems Begin to Reoccur

~Two weeks later~

"WHAT?! YOU'RE PREGNANT?!" Gohan shouted.

Chichi blushed and said, "It's no big deal honey. We're just going to have a new addition to the family. Hopefully he'll make up for your father…"

"Woah! How long have you been pregnant?"

"Two weeks."

"TWO WEEKS?!" Gohan repeated.

"Ah! But… Chichi… how?" The Ox King asked.

"… Before Goku went to fight Cell… we…," Chichi trailed off.

"Oh! I see… well, I guess I'll have to help out a lot more from now on," Gohan said.

"Yep. You sure do Gohan! But your studies always come first, remember that," Chichi said strictly, "Now, if you two will excuse me, I'm going to go prepare dinner."

Chichi walked off, leaving Gohan alone with his grandpa.

"Hey… grandpa? Can I ask you something?" Gohan asked hesitantly.

"Sure Gohan," the Ox King replied.

"Well… why does… I mean… when I go fight evil creatures to protect the planet… do you ever feel like stopping me?"

"Of course not Gohan"-

"Then why does mom?"

"…. I think your mom is just too worried about you. She just wants the best for you and she doesn't want you risking your life… she just wants you to be happy."

Gohan got up, "If she wants me to be happy, then why does she force me to study all the time?"

"… Gohan…" Ox King walked up to Gohan and put his hands on his shoulders, "Your mother was always hard on you, but you had your father to help you. Now… well, your mom won't be so hard on you anymore. So, just try to forget it. You know as well as I do that your mom loves you very much, and sometimes, love comes in more than one form."

Gohan remembered when the glowing figure had held him in his arms when he fought Cell and remembered what Piccolo said about that being Goku.

"Yeah," Gohan smiled," it does. Thanks grandpa," Ox King put his arms down and smiled, "Hey grandpa, when mom wakes up, tell her I went to tell everyone that she's pregnant ok? Heh, something this big is pretty important."

"Ok Gohan. Bye!"

A few minutes later, Gohan was on his way to Master Roshi's house with a smile on.

"I can't believe mom's pregnant," he looked up into the sky, "I just wish you were here dad."

The time flew by as Gohan chatted with his friends while at their house and before he knew it, the sun was beginning to set.

"CHICHI'S PREGNANT?!" Bulma exclaimed.

"Mm hmm!! Hehe, I just found out today! It's been two weeks!" Gohan said.

"That's great!" Mirai Trunks said, "I just wish I could stay in this timeline long enough to see your sibling."

"Speaking of which, when're you leaving Trunks?" Gohan asked.

"In about… four or five days."

"Ok… um… Trunks… can I talk to you in private for a minute?" Gohan asked shyly.

"Sure."

Trunks and Gohan walked to baby Trunks's room, leaving an excited Bulma alone.

"What did you wanna talk about Gohan?" Trunks asked as he shut the door.

"Well… it's just… are you sure Cell's gone from your timeline? I mean, I don't mind going back to help, but I just want you to be sure that he's gone," Gohan said.

"Well, we went there and felt no energy. We searched for him and found nothing. We even raised our powers to their maximum so he could sense us and yet he didn't come out. My guess is he's gone."

"But how?"

"I don't know… but the area certainly seemed safe," Trunks said, thinking back to that time.

"Well, if it turns out that he's still alive, you can come back at any time!"

"Heh, I know Gohan," Trunks said with a smile.

Gohan smiled back, "I wish you can your future mom could just move here, to this timeline."

"Hehe, that would be pretty cool."

Suddenly, their smiles vanished. Their looks became shock. A strange energy floated around the air and it was extremely close by.

"What is it?" Gohan whispered.

"I'm… not sure… but, I've never felt a power so great before! It's even stronger than Cell's!"

Suddenly, baby Trunks began to cry. The mysterious power vanished, and Gohan and Mirai Trunks were left with their confusion.

"That thing was… was like, right outside the window," Trunks said looking at the window. It was fogged up from the night's cold air.

"What do you think it was?"

"I… I don't know. Something that strong… Gohan!" Mirai Trunks instantly turned to Gohan, "Did you sense the evilness in its energy?"

"Mm hm," Gohan nodded, "Yeah, it was incredibly evil… it sent chills down my spine."

Just then, the door opened quietly and Vegeta walked in, looking at the two with a stern look. He shut the door and said, "Did you two sense something just right now?"

"Yeah. It was right outside the window!" Trunks said, pointing to the window.

"Hmm… I too sensed it. It had an incredible power, and was full of evil," Vegeta said, "I was about to go fight it, when it suddenly vanished. It didn't trail off and slowly disappear, it literally vanished in an instant."

"Yeah, just like that," Trunks said, snapping his fingers.

"Gohan!" Bulma came into the room, "Hey sweetie. It's getting kinda late, and knowing your mom, she's not going to be very please with you being out this late."

"Ok Bulma," Gohan said, a little bit of fear in his voice.

Bulma closed the door, not knowing what kind of reaction she had caused in the room.

"Gohan! That thing was so close! If you just walk out the door"-

"But it disappeared in an instant"-

"It could still return"-

"How could something so powerful vanish in an instant?"

"It doesn't matter how, all that matters is that it was here and could return at any moment," Mirai Trunks ended the conversation.

"Hm, Gohan," Vegeta walked up to Gohan, not a bit of concern showed in his eyes, "As the son of my rival, I don't care whether you live or die. But, as the only person on the planet stronger than I, well, you'd just better be careful Gohan. If you die, I will have no one to compete against in strength. Heh, so you'd better stay alive kid."

"… Vegeta," Gohan said in awe, "Hm, don't worry. I'll be fine!"

A few minutes later, Gohan was out the door in the cold, night air.