After a long talk between Chichi, Gohan and Yamcha, a few things were put in order. For one, Gohan released a lot of things from his mind and straightened out his feelings about his mom and Yamcha being together. She explained thoroughly that he would never have to call him dad or claim him at all. Gohan agreed; after all, his mother was moving on and now his life would have a healthy balance again.

Yamcha had moved in and a few months had passed. A few ironic things occurred at their house, such as Gohan training Yamcha when his mom was shopping and other crazy scenarios. Life was beginning to settle down and seem normal, then the unexpected happened.

"Yamcha!" Chichi screamed from her room. His eyes bugged as he ran toward her scream.

"What? What's wrong?" he clambered. He looked down at her hands to see a white something. "What's that?"

"A little something that tells me a lot. Yamcha," she trembled happily, "I'm pregnant!"

Yamcha looked at her in disbelief and fainted. Chichi blinked at him strangely and she continued to bounce around on her mattress. Gohan came into the room and quickly found out what all the commotion was about.

"I'm gonna have a little brother?" Gohan asked excitedly.

"Or sister, I don't know yet!" Chichi grabbed her face and started to roll around on the bed like a mad woman. Gohan raised an eyebrow and laughed at the passed out father-to-be and his out of control mother.

Nine months later

That night before they fell asleep Chichi snuggled next to Yamcha and sighed.

"This is what I wanted when I wanted a family," she said. "And I didn't even follow the third time's a charm rule either."

"I think I exceeded that limit," he said with a chuckle. "But I know what you mean. I guess fate threw us together in a weird way."

He put his hand to her stomach were his child grew bigger everyday. Little kicks could be felt as he gently rubbed it. Suddenly, Chichi grabbed his arm and squeezed like the life was being drained out of her. His eyes got bigger as he looked at the painful look on Chichi's face.

"M-my water broke," she stammered.

Yamcha looked around a little panicked. He started to coach her through her breathing as he picked her up and woke Gohan up. A bright golden color engulfed the three as Yamcha flew them to the hospital.

Through fifteen hours of screaming and ten gallons of sweat, finally a healthy baby boy was born. Gohan and Yamcha stood by her side as she was slowing her breathing and her eyes were slightly closing.

"See mom, I told you it would be a boy!" Gohan teased.

Chichi let out a little laugh as she adjusted her head on her pillow to see Yamcha.

"I haven't thought of a name yet," she said. He shook his head gesturing that he hadn't either. "Gohan?"

Gohan looked at the ceiling as he concentrated.

"I know!" he cried. "This should suit him fine: Goten."

Chichi smiled as she finally closed her eyes for some long awaited rest.

~*~

For a couple of months Chichi hardly got any sleep, but she wouldn't take it back for anything. She's always loved children and having them around this young was half the fun. Yamcha was very thankful that Chichi knew what she was doing because he felt so incredibly lost.

As their family grew closer and Gohan began to grow into a very formidable young man, change was around the horizon once again.

"I'm off to school mom!" Gohan shouted as he munched down some toast while running out the door.

"Have a good day! This is only the tenth time you'll be late this month…" she complained. Yamcha came into the kitchen and engulfed her in a hug and kissed her.

"Good morning," he whispered.

"Mommy!" Goten yelled as he ran into the room. She pointed to two plates that awaited the two hungry people.

Seven years had passed since Goku had passed away and Goten would be seven in eight more months. Gohan has matured into a very smart (kind of brainy) eighteen-year-old. Although she had gotten over Goku, it still pained her sometimes to see her baby Goten. He resembled Goku so much, yet his father was Yamcha. It drove her crazy to see Yamcha stare at Goten lovingly because she knew deep down that Yamcha saw the difference, too. However, nothing would prepare them for the upcoming news that would change their lives forever.

One day when Gohan came home rather late once again, Chichi sat them all down at the table.
"Mom, I've gotta tell you something," Gohan whispered from under his breath. She glanced at him as if telling him to go on. "Dad's coming back."

Her eyes bugged as she yelled, "WHAT?"

Yamcha and Goten dropped their chopsticks and stared at the two.

"Why?" She asked while trying to calm herself down.

"You know the martial arts tournament coming up? He told me that he gets to compete in it, and he'll only be here for one day."

Chichi's eye twitched as he explained everything: the money, his want to be in it, and everything else.

"Goku's coming back?" Yamcha asked. "Wow."

Later that night Gohan was finding it very hard to fall asleep.

"Gohan, who's G-Goku?" Goten asked.

"He's my father Goten."

"But I thought we were brothers!" he exclaimed.

"Of course we are Goten, but…"

"That means we have the same parents or else we wouldn't be related!" Goten said with a sniffle.

"Goten…" Gohan said sadly. "We do have the same parents."

"So Goku is my father?" he asked fairly fascinated.

Gohan glanced at him with sad eyes and said, "Yes."

"You told him what?" Chichi bellowed making Gohan wince.

"I didn't mean to, I just didn't know how to answer him. He just seemed so happy to know that dad was his dad…"

"Do you have any idea what you've just done?" she cried out. "You know damn well that Yamcha is his father and that's what Goten has been raised to know."

Yamcha turned the corner and beckoned Chichi to follow him. She pursued him outside without hesitation.

"Did you…"

He nodded.

"That was so irresponsible of him!" Chichi raged. "I never thought that Gohan would be capable of telling such a lie."

Yamcha stared at her with hurt in his eyes. He sensed she was hurting now more than ever because of the recent events and because of their situation of Goku coming back. He calmly lifted his hands to her ivory face and lifted it - waiting until she looked in his eyes once again. His dark eyes pierced hers.

"It's been so long and I nearly forgot… What are we going to do?" Chichi asked out loud, and collapsed into his arms. He held her tightly knowing they would need to find a solution, even if it would kill him.

Even though it killed Yamcha he knew that she truly loved Goku, yet he knew that she loved him too, but not as deeply as she loved Goku. Mentally he made a snap decision and held her more tightly.

"I'll be back later," he whispered. Chichi gasped at his words as her body went limp.

He's leaving me, she thought. Tears poured out her eyes as he flew off into the blue sky. Gohan watched from the porch, his eyes narrowed in sadness.

"Where'd he go?" he asked warily. Chichi didn't answer but walked by him back into the house. Goku would be back on earth in one month, why would Yamcha leave her now? Was he feeling bad about taking Goku's place?

~*~

Two days until Goku's return and still no sign of Yamcha. He really did leave me, she thought. Then a bright flash of light outside her window made her sit up quickly.

Yamcha stood at the window with seven brilliantly flashing balls. Chichi didn't know what was going on and felt so confused. She ran to the window to open it for him.

"I…" she started. He stared at her with soft eyes, and she noticed that he must have been crying for days. "Why do you have the dragonballs?"

He pointed into her room where Goten lay on her bed. He had a bad dream and finally fell asleep in her room.

"What do you have in mind?" she asked still rather confused. Yamcha placed the dragonballs in a small backpack carefully and stepped through the window.

"Come with me," he said while picking up Goten.

She followed him back out the window and toward the forest. Gohan heard them leave and out of curiosity followed them as well.

They finally came to a clearing where Chichi laid Goten on the soft ground.

"Chichi, I've thought of this for a long time and I know that I've made the right decision. I just hope that you realize that this is the only way…" he said hesitantly.

"What are you talking about?" she said growing angrier by the moment.

"Dig deep Chichi, I know you love me," he said. He walked closer to her and put his hands on her waist. She nodded but couldn't say anything. "But… I know that you still love Goku."

"Yamcha!" She couldn't believe what he was saying. "Why are you saying this?"

"Chichi, don't make this hard, please," he pleaded. "I've been searching for these dragonballs for weeks now. The solitary life I led for that time made me realize some things. You do love Goku, I know it."

She shook her head but it only made Yamcha frown.

"Don't lie to yourself Chichi, I know you do. I know that you still yearn to be with him, and I don't want to stand in the way."

"But Yamcha, listen!" she urged. "Goku will always have a place in my heart, but I love you."

He let what she just said roll off his back as he gathered the strength to tell her his plan.

"I gathered these for one reason: I want to help you change your life back to before the way it was," he said. "I'm going to ask the dragon to change Goten from a human into a Saiyajin like he was meant to be."

"You're talking crazy talk! Let's just go back home and talk about this…" she pleaded with him once again.

"Chichi, you don't understand. Goku's life was stolen from him; he wasn't meant to die that day with Cell, but he did, and left his family broken. I didn't expect to get this close to you, but I did…"

Chichi started to cry heavily as he started to choke out tears of his own.

"But I would never take that back. I love you Chichi," he said while wiping his own tears.

"If you love me, then why do you want to take it back?" she yelled. "If he's turned into a Saiyajin, you relinquish all those years together and your own son! WHY?"

"Because… it's the right thing to do," he cried out. Without any more words, he unzipped his backpack and placed the seven balls close to each other.

As he called the dragon forth, the couple cried. Those seven years healed the pain that had been inflicted upon them, but now those old wounds were going to be reopened.

Chichi finally wiped her tears and stood next to Yamcha while waiting for the dragon to fill the black sky.

"What is your wish?" the dragon bellowed, his voice booming across the vast sky.

Chichi looked Yamcha in the eye and nodded. Now that he had her approval, he could go through with the wish.

"I – we wish that Goten be changed from a human to a Saiyajin," Yamcha shouted.

The dragon, suspended in mid-air, narrowed his eyes at the two standing below him and the young child lying on the ground. Yamcha seized Chichi's hand and squeezed it. She looked at him sadly knowing this was the right thing to do. The dragon didn't reply for a few moments, which began to worry the two.

"If he can grant immortality, then he can grant this wish," he reassured her.

"It can be done!" the dragon bellowed once again, his eyes glowing a dark crimson color ensuring that the wish had been granted. A bright gold light shot from the dragonballs toward Goten, engulfing him in a bath of light.

"And for your second wish?"

They stared at each other and realized that they had two wishes. Chichi inhaled deeply and took a step forward.

"Our second wish is to erase Goten's memory of Yamcha being his father, but a family friend."

Yamcha gripped her hand again and held her close. When the second wish had been granted they turned to each other once again.

"Well, it's over I guess," she assumed.

"Over for this dream of ours, but it's not over for you or your family."

"You know I'll always love you," she said. He only nodded.

Chichi picked up her still sleeping son and carried him into the house. Gohan emerged from behind a group of trees. He gave Yamcha an approving look and followed his mother in the house.

Yamcha decided to ask Bulma if he could stay at her house for a while.

~*~

Finally the fateful day had come and everyone met at the tournament. Yamcha and Chichi gave each other a friendly hug. When Goku finally arrived, tears of happiness flowed from every one (except Piccolo and Vegeta, of course).

Goku approached Chichi with a look of longing. She inhaled deeply knowing he would not know the details of the seven years that he hadn't been on Earth.

Goten hid behind his mother's leg, staring at this strange man.

"Goten, this is your father," Chichi said, not believing that she just said that.

Goten's eyes lit up as he went running into Goku's arms. "Daddy!"

"He looks like a little me!" Goku exclaimed.

All those friends of theirs that didn't know of these past seven years were happy to see their unity but tears came from Chichi and Yamcha.

"I'm so happy to be home and with my family," Goku said happily.