His Special Gift
Part Two: Discovery
"Hmm, six pounds," Chi-Chi thought as she looked down at the scale. Normally, Chi-Chi wouldn't check her weight. She weighed the same ever since she lost her weight from being pregnant with Gohan but lately her dresses seem a little loose around her waist. "I guess I haven't been eaten much lately. How could I? My husband is dead. I haven't felt like eating."
Chi-Chi shrugged and walked out of her bedroom. She went to check on Gohan. She found him studying. It surprised her that Gohan went to studying without her making him. She knocked on the door lightly before entering.
"Gohan? Don't you want to take a break?"
Gohan looked back at his Mom. "No, I'm fine. I have a lot to catch up on. I'll take a break in an hour."
"All right. I'll just bring you a snack," Chi-Chi said and closed the door. As Chi-Chi headed for the kitchen, she felt dizzy and leaned against the wall. The room was spinning. She continued to lean on the wall as she made her way to the kitchen. She was able to sit in a chair but the room was still spinning. Slowly, everything stopped spinning. "Maybe I better eat something, too."
Once the dizziness completely faded, Chi-Chi went to make a snack for Gohan and a lunch for herself. However, as soon as she ate her lunch and brought Gohan's his, she rushed to the nearest bathroom to throw up.
Gohan followed his Mom as she abruptly left and heard a retching noise coming from the bathroom. He slowly opened the door to find his mother's head in the toilet and her vomiting badly. He rushed to her.
"Mom, are you okay?"
Chi-Chi pulled her head from the toilet and Gohan quickly grabbed a towel and gave it to her. She wiped the vomit off her face, stood and cleaned her face at the sink. "Something didn't go down right."
Gohan felt it was something else. His mother never thrown up before. She was sick and she wasn't telling him. "Mom, maybe you should rest."
Chi-Chi dried her face with another towel. "I'm fine, Gohan. I told you. Something didn't go down right. Now can we please drop it." She tossed the towels in the hamper and left the room.
****
"I don't know what to do, Piccolo. She's been so quiet about her feelings lately. I know something is wrong, but she won't admit it." Gohan explained to Piccolo on the Lookout.
"Still in mourning is she?" Piccolo questioned as he sat in mid-air during his meditation.
"Yeah, but I know something is wrong with her and it's all my fault. If I had finished Cell off when I should've, Dad would be alive now and--AAAHHH!!" Gohan yelled as Piccolo threw a ki blast in his face. "What'd you do that for?"
"Stop kicking yourself over what happened. It's over. It's done. It's been six weeks. Your father is dead. You're not doing yourself any good by feeling guilty over your father's death. He wouldn't want you to be mourning. He'll want you to help your mother." He sighed in exasperation. "Can't you get Bulma to talk to her?"
"Um, no. Mom and Bulma aren't close. Mom said Dad was her best friend and she felt more comfortable with him and talking to him about her feelings."
Three years ago, Piccolo would find that hard to believe but after spending three years near the Son household when he was training for the Androids, he had come to see that the married couple really cared for each other and learned more about the love though he never wanted it himself. Sometimes their love would force Piccolo to mediate or sleep further from the house and Piccolo would glare at Goku in the mornings when they trained and Goku would show up with his useful cheerful grin, unaware of Piccolo's sour mood to him. Now he had an understanding of the deep feelings the two had for each other.
"Well, she's gonna have to get over that now, isn't she? She needs to turn to someone else besides Goku. He's not here anymore."
'Yeah, and it's all my fault.' "Ow!" Gohan yelled as Piccolo smacked him on the back of his head.
"What have I told you about that?!" Piccolo yelled at Gohan.
'Oh, right. I forgot he could read minds.' Gohan thought as he rubbed the back of his head. "I better go check on Mom. See ya, Piccolo."
****
Chi-Chi laid on the sofa with an ice pack on her head. The summer heat was unbearable and her dizzy spells were becoming more frequent. She threw up again this morning, as well as last night. Chi-Chi was soon realizing it wasn't the food. Something wasn't right.
"What's wrong with me? I've got to get better. I have to live for Gohan." Chi-Chi pulled the ice pack from her head. The ice had completely melted away to liquid form. Chi-Chi rose and went to the kitchen. She opened the freezer door and welcomed the fresh cold air on her skin. Tossing the bag aside, Chi-Chi stuck her head in the freezer.
"Mom?"
Chi-Chi jumped and turned to see Gohan looking at her.
"What are you doing?"
Chi-Chi closed the freezer and leaned upon the door. "I'm just hot and was looking for a place to cool down." Her vision began to doubled and she was seeing two Gohan's. 'Now, I wish I had eaten lunch.'
"Mom, are you all right?"
"I'm fine, just tired," Chi-Chi answered.
"How about I fix dinner?" Gohan suggested.
"Gohan, I'm your mother. I will be doing the cooking around here. Why would you make such a suggestion? I'm not sick."
"I can cook fish."
Just the thought of fish, made Chi-Chi's stomach queasy.
"Mom?" Gohan said approaching her. "You're looking pale." He reached out and took his mother's hand. "And your hand's sweaty." He placed a hand on her forehead. "And your forehead's burning." He quickly fixed a glass of ice water and gave it his mother. "I'm taking you to the doctor."
Chi-Chi drunk the glass of water and placed it on the counter. "No. I'm not sick, Gohan."
"Yes, you are," Gohan said strongly. "You're throwing up, you're pale, you're burning up, and," he stopped and smelled his mother. "You smell a little like Dad. Have you been wearing Dad's clothes or something?"
Chi-Chi froze at Gohan's last words. She smelled like Goku? Her mind began racing. Was it possible? 'Why hadn't I noticed it before? The vomiting, the dizzy spells. Could it be?' Chi-Chi asked herself as her mind drifted back to nearly twelve years ago.
"Chi-Chi, are you sick?"
It was early in the morning and the married couple was just lying in bed, enjoying each other's company. Chi-Chi rolled over in bed to face her husband. "Sick? Of course not."
"Well, then why were you throwing up in the middle of the night?"
"The food didn't settle right with me."
"But I ate the same food. It didn't make me sick. Your food never makes me sick."
"We both have different bodies." Truth was, Chi-Chi wasn't sure why she threw up herself. It had happened twice before when Goku was out getting a fish for dinner. Maybe it was a virus.
"I guess," Goku said. He propped his head on his hand. "Do married couples smell like each other?"
"What?!" Chi-Chi half rolled her eyes. "Why did you ask something like that?"
"You smell like me a little. You usually do after we make love, but we haven't done that in two weeks."
Chi-Chi was taken back. "I smell like you?" She reached out to touch his nose. "You certainly have a strong sense of smell. Are you sure about your scent on me?"
Goku moved closer to sniff Chi-Chi. He buried his nose in her neck and pulled back to look at her face. "Yep. My scent is on you. That's strange. Come on. Smell me."
"I don't think my sense of smell is as strong as yours, Goku, but I'll try." She leaned forward to smell him. "I don't smell my scent on you." Chi-Chi sat up thinking. "Maybe I better go to the doctor." She suddenly looked at Goku as she realized something. "Two weeks ago?" She looked at the calendar on the nightstand. 'Wait a second. I should've been on…I'm late.' Chi-Chi looked at Goku. "I have to go to the store. I need to buy something."
Goku walked with Chi-Chi to the store, though he didn't know why. He had to wait outside because Chi-Chi didn't want him to see what she had bought. As soon as they came home, Chi-Chi went into the bathroom. She came out a minute later.
"Goku, could you come in here?"
Goku went inside and Chi-Chi had him sit beside her on the bathtub. Goku looked at sink and saw a number of boxes on it. "What's all that?"
"Those are pregnancy test, Goku. I think I maybe pregnant."
"Pregnant? What is that?"
"It means I'm going to have a baby."
Goku looked completely confused. "A baby? How did you do that?"
Chi-Chi chuckled as she took Goku's hand in hers. "We did it, Goku. When we made love two weeks ago, hopefully. I'm waiting for the test results now."
Goku scratched his head. "I don't get it. How did we do it?"
Chi-Chi blushed. She explained it to him subtly and soon learned that was a mistake and explained it to Goku rather bluntly and he was able to get it. She went on to explain to Goku the affects her body would take if she's pregnant.
"I think it's ready now." Chi-Chi said nervously as she stood up with Goku by her side. "You check it. I can't look. If the tests are pink, have double lines or a plus sign, it means I'm pregnant. If not, well you know what that means."
Chi-Chi buried her head in Goku's chest, refusing to look and Goku looked on at the tests on the sink. One was pink, the other had double lines and the third had a plus sign.
"You're pregnant," Goku said simply.
Chi-Chi pulled away from Goku to look at the tests herself. "I'm pregnant?" She read each one, screamed and jumped into Goku's arms who hugged her happily and swung her around. "I'm pregnant! We're going to have a baby!"
Chi-Chi felt the blood draining from her face. "Oh, Goku," she managed to say before she collapsed.
Gohan caught his mother. "Mom?" He looked at her and saw she wasn't responding to him. "Mom!" He quickly flew out of the house and took off for the hospital.
****
"What's taking so long?" Bulma asked annoyed. "How long does it take to run a few tests?"
Bulma and Krillin were in the emergency waiting room, waiting for the doctor to come out to tell them what was wrong with Chi-Chi. Gohan had called them the moment his mother was carted away to run tests. She hadn't regain consciousness since she passed out at the house.
"It's all my fault," Gohan said pacing. "I knew something was wrong with Mom, but I didn't take her to the hospital sooner. Dad would've known what to do. Dad would've taken Mom to the hospital, but then again if Dad hadn't died because of me, Mom probably wouldn't be in the hospital now."
Krillin rose out of his seat and placed a hand on Gohan. "Hey, Gohan, you're being too rough on yourself. I doubt if your Dad would've known what to do either. None of this is your fault."
"Son Gohan?"
Gohan turned to see a young nurse at the doorway. "I'm Son Gohan. How's my Mom?"
"She's still hasn't awakened yet, but we should be done with the tests rather soon. I'd like to ask you a few questions. Have you noticed anything different by your mother?"
"Well, I caught her throwing up once, she looked a little pale and it seemed she was running a fever. I know she hadn't been eating much. You see, my Dad died recently and my mother hadn't been the same since."
The nurse gave Gohan a sympathetic smile. "I'm sorry for your loss, but you did the right thing bringing your mother here. Your father would be proud of you. I think we have all we need now. I'll be back in a few minutes," she said and exit the room.
Chi-Chi awakened in a hospital surrounded by a doctor and nurse who turned their attention to her once she woke up. "Where am I?" Chi-Chi asked.
"West City Hospital," the doctor explained. "We've been running a blood test on you since you were brought in and discovered what's wrong with you." A smile crossed his face. "You're pregnant, Mrs. Son." He saw Chi-Chi wasn't smiling. "The nurse told me what your son said. I'm sure this pregnancy is a shock since your husband is dead but it is a positive thing."
"No, I don't mean to give the impression that I'm sad about it. I suspected as much and that's why I fainted."
"Your son also mention your lost appetite. You have to each a normal serving of food and start taking care of yourself, Mrs. Son or you will lose your child."
Chi-Chi placed a hand on her stomach, nodding. "Yes, I know."
The doctor and nurse could tell Chi-Chi needed some time to herself and maybe her son. "We'll send your son in," the doctor said and he and the nurse left.
Chi-Chi sat on the bed thinking alone. 'I'm pregnant and Goku doesn't even know it. I wonder if I had known before he left, would he have stayed? How could I have known? I was only one day pregnant. Could Goku have known? No, that's not possible, is it?'
The door opened and Gohan entered. Chi-Chi mentally prepared herself and wondered how Gohan was going to take this bit of news.
To Be Continued
Part Three: A Reason for Living
Gogirl: Well, she is in mourning now. She'll rise from it over time. Chi-Chi will find out Gohan's little secret.
Lady Athena: Thanks. There will be some surprises and some personal thoughts of mine surfacing here in this story about a certain character. I think you know what I mean now after reading this chapter.
Cb: Oh, thanks for suggestions but I have a lot of ideas for Goku and Chi-Chi that's gonna keep me busy for a while.
GD: Hey, reading stories is a good relaxation after finals, especially mine. Hee. Hee. I'm kidding. I'm gonna alternate between updates but I plan to keep them right after each other so I may be posting twice a week since most of each story are finished.
