" The Great Brief War" Chapter 4

Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball z, but I do own sapphire.

AN : Hi, everyone. Here is my 4th chapter of " It's in the past, or so they thought". I hope you enjoy it. ( Blaze

"Why did we not deserve to know. This isn't making sense. We are your family." Trunks states.

" It's history... it is in the past.it does not matter anymore! It's not like she is still here, trying to ruin our lives or something. YOU ARE MAKING THIS WORSE THAN WHAT IT REALLY IS!" Vegeta says as he tries to defend himself. The room is frozen with tension. The room seems like it is made of glass, and if anyone moves it will break. Among the silence, young Bra is about to snap. She feels like there is no trust between her and Vegeta. Their father -daughter bond has developed a crack. Bra clenches her fists and begins to cry.

"ENOUGH!!!" Bra screams. " Daddy... why . it feels like you don't trust us . W-Why couldn't you tell us . We ..would have understood." Bra just stands there as tears continue to stream down her cheeks. All she can do is look at her father. Vegeta doesn't answer. He loves his whole family a lot(even if he doesn't show it)Him and Bra have a special bond, and it hurts him too see her cry. Trunks decides to walk over to his sister to put his arm around her to console her. He soon gets a rude awakening when Bra pushes his arm away.

" What was that for?" Trunks asks in shock

" I blame part of this on you Trunks."

" Why me. What did I do?!?! Trunks blinks trying to figure this out.

" You had to trip over the stupid box, and had to know right this minute. Why couldn't you have waited till everyone had left INSTEAD of making this PUBLIC BUSINESS.!!! Bra shouts.

" Oh so your telling me if you found a picture of dad with another woman, you would have kept it to yourself."

" YES, I would have." Bra says as she crosses her arms.

" Oh please.miss gossip queen, Keep a secret. Don't make me laugh. I saw the look on your face at dinner when you found out. You about died. Not to mention that your eyes were shooting daggers at the picture of Dad's ex." Trunks states sarcastically

" Hey, that is before I knew who she was. I just wanted to make sure she wasn't some Hoe trying to move in on my Dad. Besides you were the one who started all this. I am still going to blame part of this on you."

" Hey don't blame it on me. It's dad's secret, so this is his fault." Trunks says

" What did you say boy!" Vegeta broke from his silence. " I don't think we should be blaming anybody. This whole thing was blown way out of proportion." Vegeta, Trunks, and Bra start a three way argument. Goku is still sitting there trying to comprehend the fact that he has sister, and that fact that her and Vegeta were engaged. Chichi is still mumbling to herself. Everybody else is sitting back and watching., trying to take in everything that is being thrown at them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " I didn't know we were going to be an audience to a talk show today." Krillin says to his wife.

" I know, it is classic after dinner theatre." 18 says as she eats some popcorn

" Mom , Dad isn't this kind of serious." Marron whispers

" Were there for Goku, but Vegeta is on his own." Krillin says as he watches Vegeta continue to argue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " Gohan, this is definitely out of hand." Videl says holding Pan

" I know, but there isn't much we can do. I tried talking to mom, but she didn't answer. She just kept mumbling something about the saiyans and how there nothing but trouble, and dad just kind of sat there." Gohan says with concern.

" How do you feel about the news Gohan. I mean you just saw your aunt up there?"

" Well, she seems decent enough. She is on better terms than my uncle is. Then again she didn't try to kid nap me, or take over the world." Gohan says with a smile.

" Will you take this seriously." Videl says as she slaps Gohan on the arm. " Hey , What do you want me to say. I can't exactly ask any questions. Nobody will answer them." Videl just looks at him and turns back to the fight.

Vegeta , Trunks, and Bra continue to fight. Bulma is sitting on the floor. She has been pretty quiet through the whole thing. She is deep in thought about the whole situation. Her concentration breaks, when the fight before her starts to get out of hand.

" STOP IT!!!" Bulma yells as she stands up. Vegeta, Trunks and Bra just stop and turn to Bulma. " What is the matter with you guys. We are a family and we are supposed to be working this out. NOT fighting. Now Trunks and Bra, I know your upset. I am to, but putting the blame on someone isn't going to make it better. I have thought this through and I think we can work this out if we just calm down." As she spoke, Bulma walks toward her family. Vegeta crosses his arms in disgust, wondering what could his wife possibly have to say.

Bulma starts to speak trying to keep her temper down" Look, I have known your father for a long time, and he has never been one to tell his life story. Yes, I am angry that he kept something this BIG from US.. but I do think that we can work this out. I mean look at me and Yamcha. We were in love once. Then, me and your father found our path to each other. That is just how life works sometimes." Bulma turns to Vegeta and stares into his eyes for a moment. " I'm sorry Vegeta." Bulma says as she hugs her husband. She whispers into his ear 'Don't worry, we will talk about this later. Vegeta hugs his wife back, but he still has a sense of uneasiness in his eyes. Trunks and Bra apologize to their father as well. Then they apologize to all their dinner guests. Bulma decides to take everyone into the living room, and Vegeta decides to stay behind. He walks out onto the patio, where he finds himself looking up at the stars. His thoughts are soon interrupted.

" Vegeta".

To be continued. AN: Sorry folks, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please check out chapter five. Well until then Have fun! ( Blaze