Unexpected Love

Part Nine

"What?" Goku said so low that Chi-Chi barely heard him.

"I'm pregnant," Chi-Chi said holding a stick with the tip pink. She set it back on the sink. "And Vegeta is the father as well," Chi-Chi said and she started to cry again.

"Are you sure?" Goku asked. "I mean, we made love after the fusion. The child could've been conceived then."

Chi-Chi shook her head as she stopped her tears. "I wish, but it's not. It happened when you were Gogeta. I'm sure of it."

"But how? I don't understand."

Chi-Chi pulled away from him to sit on the tub. Goku sat beside her. "I'm six weeks late. The only time I've ever been late was when I was pregnant with Gohan and Goten. As we already know, there are different affects of a Saiyan pregnancy than a human pregnancy."

Goku scratched his head. "There are?"

Chi-Chi sighed as if giving up. "That's right. When you were pregnant with Gohan, you thought you were human, but still there were strange things happening, like Gohan growing a tail after his birth. The same thing happened with Goten but we got rid of it when he was very young. Another thing, human husbands can't smell their wife's scent being different because of the pregnancy."

"Oh, I forgot about that," Goku said. "I did say something about your smell being different when you were pregnant with Gohan. Wow. Feels like a long time ago." Goku moved closer to smell Chi-Chi's neck.

"Do you smell just my scent and yours or do you smell mine, yours and Vegeta's?" Chi-Chi asked.

Goku took in the new scent her body was developing by her pregnancy. As it did when Chi-Chi was pregnant with Gohan, it drew him to her even more. He buried his head in her neck, kissing it. He pulled her even closer to him.

Chi-Chi pushed Goku off her. "Goku, not now."

"It's the scent," Goku tried to explain. "You remember how I was when you were pregnant with Gohan."

"Tell me about it," Chi-Chi said dryly. "So, what do you smell?"

"It's yours, mine and Vegeta's."

Chi-Chi sighed. "I knew it." She stood up and hugged herself. "This is all my fault. If I hadn't tempted you that night, this wouldn't have happened."

Goku stood up and put his arms around her. "It's not your fault."


"Yes, it is," Chi-Chi cried.

"I could've pulled away and forced you out but I didn't. I wanted you that night too." He turned Chi-Chi to face him and wiped her tears away. "It was bound to happen. Remember that talk we had in the forest?"

Chi-Chi nodded. "Yes."

"We knew the consequences of what would happen if we made love when I was Vegito."

"But not pregnancy! I wasn't thinking about that. I just wanted to be with you and I was willing to do anything, but the thought of being pregnant never came to mind. Oh, Kami, this is such a mess," Chi-Chi buried her face in Goku's chest and started crying again.

"It could've happened that day in the forest, and if it didn't happen that night, it would've happened some other day. If it didn't happen, we wouldn't be standing here today."

"Yeah, I wouldn't be pregnant," Chi-Chi stated.

"No, I'd still be Vegito."

Chi-Chi looked at Goku confused. "What are you talking about?"

Goku sighed. "I didn't want to say this, but the day after we made love, the Vegeta side took over and left to tell Bulma it was over. He was going to tell Bulma that he couldn't sleep with her and that he loved you. Bulma mention that she wanted to sleep with Vegito at the zoo, but both me and Vegeta resisted. He didn't resist with you. He could've but he didn't."

"Oh, Kami," Chi-Chi gasped shocked. "No, he wasn't. Please, tell he wasn't going to tell Bulma that."

Goku nodded. "He was. The only problem was that Bulma didn't let him finish. He only told her that they weren't going to sleep together, ever and that's when she snapped and kicked him out. Bulma must've gone for the dragon balls then to separate us."

"Is that why she waited--to see if you and Vegeta would sleep with her when fused and when you didn't, she went after the dragon balls to use the second wish?"

"That's the only reason I can come up with."

Chi-Chi didn't know what to think or feel. "I can't blame her for wanting to sleep with her husband fused, even though he was fused with you. I wanted to be with you no matter what."

"What should we do?" Goku asked uncertain.

"Obviously, I have to make a doctor's appointment…and we have to tell Vegeta."

Goku was just as uncomfortable with the idea as his wife. "How are we going to do that?"

"I don't think I should be the one to tell Vegeta. It would be uncomfortable for both us to see each other now. You could tell him. You're the only he would talk with without striking down."

Goku nodded. He had some things he wanted to talk to Vegeta about anyway and thought it was best it was done when the two were alone. "What about Gohan and Goten?" He slapped his forehead as he realized how many people this is going to affect. "And Trunks and Bulma? I've forgot about them."

"That's why I want you to talk to Vegeta first. Get his opinions and thoughts on it and we'll decide together what we will do. This is going to ruin both our families." She started panicking again. "What will Gohan and Goten think, not to mention Trunks and Bulma?"

Goku placed a finger under Chi-Chi's chin, tilting her face upward and gave her a soft kiss. Chi-Chi started to cry. Her tears spilled onto Goku's face. When he pulled back, she saw her tears on his face. Chi-Chi wiped the tears off his face. To her surprise, Goku was smiling. How could he be smiling at a time like this?

"Don't worry, Chi-Chi. I'm sure everything will work out for the best."

Chi-Chi smiled and rolled her eyes at her naïve husband. "You were always the optimistic one."

Goku gave her another quick kiss. He quickly finished dressing by throwing on a shirt and some shoes. "I'll be back." Goku put two fingers to his forehead, concentrated on Vegeta's ki and vanished.

****

Vegeta was in Super Saiyan mode, throwing punches and kicks in the air. He was working under seven hundred times gravity. Sweat beaded down all over his body from his face, chest, arms and legs. He's been at it since dawn, training, making himself stronger than ever. If Goku could reach Super Saiyan Three then so could he. Over the past six weeks, he was able to get more control over himself. Gradually, he was pushing his feelings for Chi-Chi back in his mind, trying to forget what happened and focused more on Bulma and his son.

Vegeta stiffened when he felt Goku's presence in the room. If he wanted to talk about his feelings for Chi-Chi, Vegeta wasn't in the mood to talk about it. If he had to, Vegeta was willing to fight Goku in order to not talk about it. "What do you want, Kakarot?" he growled.

"I have to talk to you, Vegeta."

Vegeta kept punching in the air, ignoring the solemnity. "So? It's not like I'm going to listen. Say what you have to say and leave."

Goku expected Vegeta to behave this way, but he knew he will react differently once he tells him what he has to say. "Chi-Chi's pregnant."

Vegeta stopped punching in the air. His muscles tensed for a moment and then Vegeta resumed his training. "So? Your wife is having another baby. What's the big deal telling me? It's not like I care."

Having sharing a body with Vegeta for four months, Goku knew that was far from the truth. Though the Vegeta side fought with him when the Goku side pried into Vegeta's mind trying to learn how deep his feelings were for Chi-Chi, the Vegeta side managed, most of the time to keep the Goku side out. Still, Goku knew enough. He knew Vegeta cared deeply for his wife and some of the memories like Chi-Chi and Vegeta's first meeting, Chi-Chi going into labor at Capsule Corp. and the smorgasbord. "The child was conceived when Chi-Chi was with us as Vegito."

At that moment, Vegeta froze. He returned to his normal Saiyan state, but his whole body stood upright, all his muscles were tensed. "You lie," he spoke in a cold voice.

"I would never lie about anything like this, Vegeta." From the serious tone in his voice, Vegeta knew Goku was speaking the truth. To put to rest any doubt Vegeta might be having, Goku continued. "You know as Saiyans we have a strong sense of smell. Half Saiyans senses aren't as strong. Anyway, when Chi-Chi became pregnant with Gohan, she developed a new scent, a combination of hers and mine. I'm sure the same thing happened with Goten. When I smelt her this morning, I found her scent, mine…and yours."

"I know all about the new scent a woman gets when she's pregnant! I'm not an idiot!" Vegeta growled. He took a deep breath and faced Goku. His eyes were calm, yet serious. "I assume Chi-Chi is keeping the child."

Goku was surprised Vegeta would think such a thing about his wife. "Of course she's keeping the baby. You of all people should know Chi-Chi better than that."

Vegeta chose not to comment on that. "What are we going to do?"

"We're going to be fathers," Goku said simply.

"Not that!" Vegeta yelled. "I mean, what are we going to do about this situation!"

"That's what Chi-Chi sent me over here for. She wanted to know your opinion so we can decide together on what to do."

Vegeta folded his arms and turned his back on Goku. "Even though I was there, she was making love to you, Kakarot. This is your child. You and Chi-Chi are that child's parents so you two work it out."

"But, Vegeta," Goku began. "We were fused together, so that means it's your child, too. You know as well as I and Chi-Chi do that it's possible the child will have some of your characteristics."

"Pray that it doesn't." Vegeta said darkly.

"Don't you want any part in this child's life?" Goku asked surprised at Vegeta's behavior. He was refusing to take part in his child's life.

"It will only complicate matters if I'm involve," Vegeta said quietly, regretfully. "Don't you see how dreadful things will be if everyone knew what happened? How angry Bulma will be or how Trunks and your sons will be affected and then there's the child itself. Everyone's lives will be ruined.

"How will it react knowing it has two fathers, both completely different, belonging to two different women? Do you realize how dysfunctional that is?" He looked back at Goku, who stood there listening to what he said. Goku's expressions were unreadable. Vegeta looked away from Goku. "Chi-Chi may be willing to accept the child with two fathers, but Bulma will not. I don't care how angry she will be with me or how much she will hate me, but I refuse to allow Bulma to hate an innocent child, who is not to blame for its creation. Then there's Trunks. I don't think Trunks will be accepting of this child, and even though your kids have a carefree nature, they won't accept it easily either, especially Gohan. I saw how uncomfortable he was when I was fused with you. The very fact that we were together in that form with your wife would sicken them.

"So you see. There is no good if everyone knows about this and deep down you know it! So stop being sentimental about it! The child is yours and your wife!"

"Vegeta…" Goku didn't know what to say.

"You wanted my opinion, so there you have it. Now leave me to my training." And with that, Vegeta resumed his training. He could still feel Goku's eyes on him in almost disbelief with what he said. "Weren't you leaving?"

"Well, there was one more thing I wanted to talk about--your feelings for my wife."

Vegeta stopped in his training but refused to look at Goku. "Kakarot. I have nothing to say on that matter."

"So, what are you going to do? Push your feelings back in and suppress them until you no longer remember it?"

"All you need to know is that I won't interfere with you and your wife. Despite what I said to your wife, I am a man of honor and the only reasons I said those things were because I thought I was fused with you forever. Anything else, you will have to beat me into submission and forced a truth serum on me, because as far as I'm concerned, there's nothing else to say."

Goku saw that Vegeta had resumed training and was determine to not say anything else. "Sure, Vegeta," Goku said. Placing two fingers on his forehead, he disappeared.

Once he left, Vegeta sighed and stopped his training. A look of remorse crossed his face. 'I did what I had to do. The child will never know I'm it's father. It's life will be better knowing Kakarot and Chi-Chi are its parents.'

****

Chi-Chi worked out the stress she was feeling that morning by cooking up a storm for her family's breakfast. Gohan and Goten were still sleeping. It was a weekend so Gohan didn't have to get up for school. She wondered how Goku told Vegeta about the baby. How he reacted to the fact that he was going to be a father. She wondered if Vegeta told Goku to tell her to get rid of it like he told Bulma. The thought was almost enough to make her sick.

Though the child was an obvious accident, she wasn't going to get rid of it. It was a part of her, a part of her husband, created in the love they share for each other. It was also a part of a man she didn't love. Still, it was her child and she was going to keep it. She was going to love this child 100%. She will love her side, Goku's side and the Vegeta's side the child will inherit.

Chi-Chi dumped a large bag of rice in a large boiling pot of water. With that cooking, she decided to finish on her biscuits, throwing the dough on the wooden board and rolling it with the pin. She stopped in her task when she felt Goku's presence behind her. When he first used the Instant Transmission technique, he scared her out of her wits, but over time she became accustomed to it.

"What did he say?" She asked as she cut the biscuits into perfect circles and placed them on a pan.

Goku looked upward to pick up on Gohan and Goten's ki. It was low so they were still sleeping. He didn't want them to hear the conversation. "He's leaving it up to us," Goku answered, keeping his voice low.

Chi-Chi stopped what she was doing to look at him. "What do you mean?"

"He said letting the child and everyone else know about its paternities will only make matters worst. He wants us to raise the child on our own as if we were its only parents."

The news surprise and sadden her at the same time. "I see. I understand." She turn back to continue her task. Once two pans were completed, she put in the oven and looked to Goku. "But what if the child shows his physical characteristics?"

Goku shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. He just told me to pray that it doesn't."

"Praying doesn't help," Chi-Chi said rather bluntly. "It's chance. This isn't going to work, Goku. This whole thing may blow up when the child is born."

Goku smiled and placed his hands on Chi-Chi waist pulling her closer. "I don't know. Maybe Vegeta has the right idea. If we pray hard enough and hope for the best, maybe things will work out."

Chi-Chi leaned against him and Goku tightened his strong arms around her, gently caressing her back. "I hope you're right, Goku."

"When should we tell Gohan and Goten?"

"I have an appointment in three weeks with the doctor. We'll tell them after that. I want to protect the child from any negativity, Goku. If the baby has some of Vegeta's characteristics, it won't matter to me. I'll love it still. I just hope no one notices it."

"I feel the same way. We'll raise it as we did Gohan and Goten."

"Who knows?" Chi-Chi joked, feeling her mood lightening up. "If it's a boy, he may take after more of you. Gohan and Goten did. Both our sons have your eyes and spiky hair. If it's a girl, well, let's just make sure it looks like me. We don't need a baby girl to look like you or Vegeta. She'll never get a date."

"Hey, what does that mean?" He asked, pretending to be offended.

"Goku, you're handsome and all, but you would make an ugly woman." Chi-Chi laughed.

"And you would make an ugly man," Goku joked back.

Chi-Chi burst out laughing, happy for the first time since she learned the news of being pregnant. The laughter died and the two looked at each other. Staring in each other's eyes, they saw the love they had for one another. Chi-Chi closed her eyes as Goku leaned over to kiss her.

Chi-Chi locked an arm around his neck, her hand running through his hair pulling him closer. His hands were traveling all over her body. This has been no surprise to either of them. Ever since Goku and Vegeta were no longer fused, Goku would be very affectionate to her and desired her more than ever.

Gohan and Goten had awakened to the smell of food and came downstairs to see his parents making out in the kitchen. Goten looked up at his big brother. "Were Mom and Dad like this all the time before he died?"

'Not even close. I guess Dad being dead all this time and the fact that he was here as Vegito and couldn't touch Mom really affected Dad. Mom, too, probably,' Gohan thought. "Well, they kiss a few times, but they were never like this. I guess seven years away would do that to you."

"Do what, Gohan?" Goten asked innocently.

Gohan looked down at his little brother and laughed. "Make parents do kissy-kissy stuff," he said, figuring Goten would understand that way. "You'll understand when you get older. Let's just go upstairs and wait for them to call us for breakfast."

"Do you think they are going to? I mean, they could get stuck like that," Goten said.

'Which probably wouldn't be a bad thing to either of them.' "Nah. They'll finish soon. Come on."

"Okay." Goten said and followed his big brother upstairs.

'If they keep acting like this, there will be another half-Saiyan running around the house,' Gohan thought and then smiled. That wouldn't be a bad thing after all. He wouldn't mind being a big brother again and see it grow up peacefully like Goten. And what was better, his father would be here to see the child grow up.

To Be Continued

AN: Wow. A chapter that doesn't end in an evil cliffhanger. I'm impress I did that. Next chapter is kind of lighthearted through most of it, but that doesn't mean there aren't any surprises.

Girl: Gogetha? Is that a girl or boy name?

Xshiny: Since the Son boys are going to think this is a child by his parents and not Vegeta so they will be happy about it.

Leigh: You knew huh? Are you pulling my leg and saying it since most of the reviewers here didn't know? Hee. Hee. I'm teasing. I can't tell all about the baby. You will have to wait.

Saiyanjin-Princess: So far Bulma can't say anything since she wasn't in this chapter. Hee. Hee.

Moon Girl: Thanks.

Chuquita: Yes, more chapters! How did you feel about Vegeta's reaction?

Sammi: Yeah, I actually updated. Would've posted this Friday but ff.net has been having problems. I don't anyone should hate for ending it right here. No cliffhanger. Hee. Hee. Can you blame Bulma for wanting Vegeta to forget Chi-Chi? She doesn't want her husband thinking about another woman, only her.

CB: Oh, come on. You wanted her to get pregnant. It adds more drama. Hee. Hee. I don't know why that happens again. The only dragon balls I've seen are the eps. CN has shown so far. Hopefully, we'll find out this fall.

About Chi-Chi and her financial situation, this is going to be a long one. An easy answer as to why Chi-Chi's life turned out the way it did is because Akira Toriyama wrote it that way. Now, the long answer. Chi-Chi is a traditional and old fashioned woman. In which, the man (Goku) is suppose to be the provider and she the homemaker. Of course it didn't turn out like that. Chi-Chi is both the provider and homemaker. The only job Goku can keep is world savior and we know that doesn't pay anything. Chi-Chi basically gave up her role as a princess when she married Goku. She loved him and wanted to be his wife, simple as that. Depending on how you look at it, it could be a blessing or a curse.

Since the Ox King promised Goku to Chi-Chi, Chi-Chi was trained to be his wife. I don't think I need to go into details about that. They did have the money Goku won from the tournament and after they ran out on that, Chi-Chi borrowed from her father. He doesn't have anymore kids, so he might as well give it to his only daughter. Goku did provide a home. They live on Mount Paouz, where Goku grew up with his grandpa and not to far from that house is Goku and Chi-Chi's house. If you've seen Dead Zone or remember the first ep of Dragonball, that small cottage at the beginning is Grandpa Gohan's house. It's been seen a few times in the DBZ series. I assume he and Chi-Chi probably built it together. Goku does have some experience in constructing. Remember all the farming and construction Goku and Krillin did when they trained under Master Roshi? Goku did feel remorse for not getting a job like Chi-Chi wanted him too, but there was no time to because he had to train for the Androids. Chi-Chi would never be as rich as Bulma. She's the richest woman in the world with all the inventions from Capsule Corp.

Don't worry, Chi-Chi is very happy with her life. She wanted to cook and clean for her husband, kids and take care of her family. She might go crazy if she didn't. When did Chi-Chi have trouble keeping up with payments? I can't recall when she said that.

Danichan667: LOL! I figured you would hate that part since you begged for no V/B.

Mystic-Gogeta: LOL! No cliffhangers in this one so you should be happy.

Vampkestral: LOL! I wonder how she would spontaneous combust. I'm not even going to comment on that threesome thing. I'll just laugh out loud.

Jason: Please tell me you're kidding.

The Lost Saiyan: No, you're not on the short bus. Majority of didn't see the pregnancy coming! Hee. Hee. You all thought I was ending it soon. Wrong! Heh. Heh. I still have a few tricks up my sleeves. Heh. Heh.

Goten's Guardian Angel: If you didn't expect this, you won't expect--I'll just shut up now. No sense in giving anything away.

Lady Athena: Yeah it is complicated. You saw my long genre for this story. Hee. Hee. Where else would Vegeta go? He couldn't stay at the Son house without raising suspicions and that's the last thing he wants to do. Separating Goku and Vegeta was the second wish. Remember in the series, they only used one wish to revive everyone that died the day of the tournament and decided to use the second wish for later, which was to erase everyone's memory of Majin Buu, but since Majin Buu was killed by Vegito in this fic, the second wish wasn't used yet. Yes, I'm throwing everyone in a loop and enjoying it and I'm not finished! That's evil, isn't it? Hee. Hee.

Psycho Ann: LOL! I wonder how you will feel later.

Princess Frieza: What'd you think of Vegeta's reaction and solution to the problem?

Ssjchika: I do it because it's fun. I know it's mean but it's kind of fun. You'll laugh at it long after the story is done.

Secretsgurl: Thank you. I know it's going cause so much trouble and I love it! If I didn't write this story, I'll be going out of mind wondering what will happen.