Unexpected Love

Part Sixteen

Videl ran off the elevator as soon as the doors opened. She made a quick jog to where Gohan was in one of the many waiting rooms of the hospital. Gohan had called her not too long ago and from the sound of his voice, she knew it wasn't good. When he told her what had happened, Videl dropped what she was doing and rushed to the hospital.

Videl went to the waiting room Gohan told her where he was. She opened the door and Gohan looked up. Videl went straight into Gohan's arms. "I'm so sorry," Videl cried on Gohan's chest.

"Thanks. I'm just glad you're here now," Gohan said. "I'm feeling a lot better now."

Videl looked over to the sofa and saw Goten was sleeping with a light blanket on him. "How's Goten taking it?"

"He cried for an hour in Dad's arms until he cried himself to sleep," Gohan explained.

"Where is your Dad anyway?" Videl asked noticing Goku wasn't in the room.

"He went to see the baby. He's taken it hard too. We all are. I've never seen my Dad like this. He looked as if he was about to cry."

"He just lost his child, Gohan. It would break the strongest of men," Videl explained. "Do you know what happened?"

"From what I gathered from Dad, some punk stole Bulma's car while Mom was in it. There was a struggle and he must have pushed Mom out."

"That's horrible," Videl said.

The two sat down on the sofa near Goten. "Yeah. Dad waited until Goten was asleep to tell me that the baby's heart rate was dropping so they had to do a caesarean and discovered the baby was being choked by its umbilical cord. I can imagine that…" he paused feeling himself getting choked up. "When Mom was pushed out of the car and rolled onto the street…the cord wrapped around the little guy's neck. He didn't stand a chance Videl."

Videl hugged Gohan tightly. "It's okay," she said fighting her own tears as she imagined the pain the little baby went through. "You know I'll always be there for you, Gohan. I love you."

"I know, Videl, and I love you, too. Thanks for coming."

****

Goku held the lifeless child in his arms, a heavy feeling in his heart. The child looked like Vegito. His hair was naturally black, spiky and shaped more like Gohan's when he was a baby.

'You didn't have a chance to live. It's not fair. How am I going to tell your mother and Vegeta that you didn't make it?'

He placed a gentle kiss on the baby's head and gave the child back to the nurse. Leaving the room, Goku headed for Chi-Chi's room. He hadn't seen her since she left earlier that day. Now it was nighttime. He expected them to be sleeping together at home and not be in the hospital.

Goku saw Chi-Chi lying on the bed. A large bandage was wrapped around her head, covering the large gash he found on her when he discovered her on the street. He saw different monitors beeping. He didn't know what they were all for but he imagine it was helping with Chi-Chi getting better.

Goku climbed in the bed with Chi-Chi. He linked one of her hands with his and stared at her sleeping form. "I'm sorry this has happened to you, Chi-Chi. Maybe I should've gone shopping with you. If I did, I know I could've stopped this from happening. The doctor said your situation is critical. I want to help you, Chi-Chi, but I feel…helpless. This is the first time I can't help you, Chi-Chi. Whenever you needed help, I can do something about it, whether it was getting an extra fish for dinner or driving you to the store, but this…I can't help you on. You have to do it yourself. All I can do is cheer you on. Wake up, Chi-Chi. You may have lost the baby but you still have me, Gohan and Goten."

He watched Chi-Chi carefully as she slept. He didn't want to leave her now. 'I have to tell Vegeta about the baby. It's too late now. He's probably sleeping. I'll tell him in the morning.' He moved as close as he could to Chi-Chi without disturbing her and fell asleep.

****

Bulma paced the hospital halls for hours. She hadn't gotten the courage to go home, not while everyone was still up. Since it was past eleven, everyone had to have been asleep now. She couldn't face Vegeta earlier not in the state she was in. If she went home now, he might ask where she was but knowing she was with Chi-Chi, he might not ask. She was so confused she didn't know what to do.

Bulma passed the waiting room where Gohan and Goten were. She looked in and saw Goten sleeping on the sofa and beside him were Gohan and Videl talking. Videl was holding Gohan's hand and listen to him as he poured his feelings on the whole situation out to her. Bulma kept walking until she came to Chi-Chi's room. When she peeked in through the glass, she saw Goku sleeping with Chi-Chi.

'I can't believe I let it go this far. I actually killed someone tonight…a little baby. I can't let anyone know about this.'

Bulma kept walking and thinking. 'What if by some chance Vegeta does find out? No, he can't. He'll never want to be with me again. I couldn't bear that. I love him. I need him. I have to make sure that Vegeta doesn't leave me. There's only one thing I can do now to make Vegeta stay with me.'

With an idea, Bulma raced out of the hospital and drove home as fast as she could. All the lights were off when Bulma came home. Bulma quietly went upstairs to her bedroom. Vegeta was in bed sleeping. Bulma pulled out a piece of lingerie out of the dresser drawer and went into the bathroom.

Bulma started a bath, filled with hot water and poured in a large amount of her best scented bath oil. Bulma got in and bathe herself gently. 'I have to make sure Vegeta doesn't find out or leave me no matter what. If he gets me pregnant and still finds out what I did, he can't leave me.'

After the bath, Bulma let the water out, dried herself and primp herself carefully with light makeup and perfume before pulling on her lingerie. A low-cut transparent pink gown. After checking herself out, Bulma entered the bedroom. Bulma pulled back the covers and got in bed with Vegeta. She looked down at him, sleeping peacefully.

"You certainly were gone a long time to shop for baby clothes," Vegeta muttered.

Bulma jumped. She didn't tell him where she was going. In fact, he was in the gravity room when she left. "How did you know I went shopping?"

"Your mother told me."

"Oh, well never mind that," she said giving him a passionate kiss, which startled Vegeta. She pulled back looking at him. "Do you know what I want to do tonight?"

"Sleep." Vegeta said and closed his eyes.

Bulma laughed. "No, and you know it." She kissed him again. "It has been a while. Come on." She began kissing his neck. "It's been two months." Bulma worked down to plant kisses on his muscled chest.

"Whose fault was that?" Vegeta asked smartly.

Bulma pulled back to look at him. "I've been busy okay. I work and you train all the time. Naturally, we won't be in the mood certain times because we're busy and all the work we do is tiring. I know sometimes you're exhausted from your training and I am from work at Capsule Corp." She took the straps of her gown and pulled it off, revealing her nude body to her husband. "But I'm not tired tonight," she said huskily, pushed him on his back and straddled him. "You can lose one night of sleep, can't you?"

"You really want this tonight?" Vegeta asked getting turned on himself. It's been two months since he had sex and he had turned himself to intense training to get his mind of it, especially when he thought of Chi-Chi's new scent.

"Of course." Bulma moved closer to rubbed her body against his, please to find a response from him. "I'm always gonna want you, Vegeta."

****

Gohan awakened to the sun in his eyes coming from the window. Gohan squinted as the sunlight hit his eyes and looked over and saw Videl sleeping on his shoulder holding his hand and he saw Goten snuggled on the sofa sleeping. He looked around and saw his Dad wasn't in there.

'Maybe he stayed with Mom,' he figured. 'I need to see her anyway.'

Gohan tapped Videl on her shoulder. Videl slowly opened her eyes. She smiled at Gohan. "Morning. Sleep well?"

"Yeah," Gohan said. "Could you take Goten to get some breakfast in the cafeteria if he wakes up before I get back? I'm going to go see my Mom and talk to my Dad some more. I think he stayed with my Mom."

Videl smiled. "Sure. Go ahead."

Gohan pulled himself from the blanket, yawned and stretched before he left the room. Gohan went to the restroom first to use it and then clean his face at the sink. He'll have to take Goten home so they could shower and get a change of clothes, but he wanted to check on his Dad first and see his Mom.

Gohan talked to a candy striper who showed him where his mother room was. To his surprise, Gohan didn't find his Dad there but he was in there he noted from the large crease in the bed. What was even a bigger surprise were balloons hanging all over the room reading 'Get well soon,' 'Sympathy for your loss.' There were also stuffed animals on a table with little cards.

"Where did this come from?" Gohan asked.

"Oh, well, your mother's accident was on the evening news and since last night and early this morning citizens have been sending balloons, stuff animals and small donations. A few reporters and detective were here to talk to your father this morning before he left. Your father didn't say much to the reporters except that he was grateful at what the people were doing with their donations. He talked to the detective who gave him more information on the case and then he left."

"How long ago was that?" Gohan asked.

The teenager thought for a moment. "It was an hour ago because I was just coming in. I asked your Dad if he wanted me to bring him something to eat since he slept in here with your Mom, but he said no. He did go by the waiting room before he left. He saw you sleeping and didn't want to disturb you or your brother," the nurse explained.

Gohan looked at his watch. It was ten-thirty in the morning. Normally, he would be up earlier than that but he and Videl were up late into the night talking. 'Where could Dad have gone? Dad turned down food? Something's not right here. Well, he could be depress. That could account for Dad not eating.'

The candy striper left the room and Gohan sat down in a chair and held his mother's hand. "I'm sorry this happened to you, Mom. Don't worry. We're going to find out who did this to you and make them pay. Just be strong, mother, and wake up. We're all praying you wake up--Dad, me, Goten and Videl. Oh, I have to tell the others what's been going on. I call Capsule Corp. and get Trunks. Maybe he will be able to cheer Goten up." Realizing what he had to do, Gohan kissed his mother on the forehead and left the room.

Gohan found the same candy striper who showed him his mother's room working at a nurse's station. "Excuse me, but I wonder if I could see my baby brother? He died yesterday."

The teen looked uncertain. "Um, I don't know. I mean I've been volunteering here about a month now and no one asked me that. I guess it wouldn't hurt. You really want to see a dead baby?" She covered her mouth embarrassed. "Oh! I didn't mean it like that. I just thought you wouldn't want to see it because--"

"I understand," Gohan cut her off. "He's still my brother and I can handle it. Please, can I see him?"

The young woman frowned uncertain. "I guess it wouldn't hurt."

****

Vegeta fought his invisible opponent with kicks and punches and throwing in flips to avoid possible attacks. He felt a presence and turned to face the opponent. He saw it was Goku. Vegeta felt odd feeling with Goku's sudden presence. Goku wasn't smiling at all. Goku always smile. He got a sinking feeling something was wrong.

"Kakarot?" He asked worried.

"Has Bulma told you?" Goku asked quietly.

Bulma? He recalled last night with Bulma wanting him to make love to her. She didn't give him any indication something was wrong. "Bulma hasn't told me anything. Why? What's going on?"

Goku looked surprised at Vegeta's answer. "I thought Bulma told you."

"No," he began, slowly losing his temper of not knowing what was happening but everyone else did. "Bulma hasn't told me anything. What's going on, Kakarot?"

"Vegeta, I have some bad news," Goku began slowly. "Yesterday Bulma took Chi-Chi shopping for some baby clothes. Something happened on their way back. The detective on the case told me that Bulma was at the bank getting money out. She left her car running and some guy came and stole it. Chi-Chi was inside the car. There was a struggle and Chi-Chi was pushed out of the car."

Goku swallowed hard keeping his emotions in. He looked at Vegeta, whose face had hardened in tense anger. Goku continued. "I felt her pain and came to her by Instant Transmission. I got her to the hospital as fast as I could. The doctors did everything they could. Chi-Chi has a severe concussion and is in critical condition. The baby didn't make it. They had to do a caesarean, um, cut Chi-Chi opened. It was the only way since Chi-Chi's water broke. The baby didn't make it. He was choking on his umbilical cord when they got him out. They worked as fast as they could but they couldn't save him."

Goku saw a vein popping on the left side of Vegeta's forehead. He felt Vegeta's energy rising rapidly. The ground started shaking. Goku knew if he let Vegeta continue, he would blow up the room as well as Capsule Corporation. Goku grabbed Vegeta's shoulder and shook him.

"Vegeta, calm down. I understand how you feel but you have to calm down or you're gonna blow this whole building up."

Vegeta shoved Goku off him. He turned his back on Goku and slowly calmed down. In a voice mixed with anger and softness he asked, "Did you see the baby?"

Goku sighed heavily. "Yes. He looks a lot like us as Vegito."

Vegeta's fist clenched. "Who's the punk that is responsible for this?" Vegeta asked angrily.

"I talked to the detective assigned to the case. The police aren't sure who's behind this. They found Bulma's car two miles from where I found Chi-Chi. The bank cameras weren't able to pick him up until after the mask was on him. The only thing they have going is the mask that Chi-Chi ripped off. They are hoping Chi-Chi will wake up soon to identify the guy. They didn't find anything missing from Chi-Chi and Bulma's purses or the car so the detective asked if I or Chi-Chi had any enemies.

"Since all my enemies are dead and I know Chi-Chi didn't have any enemies, I told him no. The detective still thinks we have an enemy we might not know about because if it was a simple robbery, the thief would've taken Chi-Chi and Bulma's purses since there was some money and credit cards in there and kept the car and stripped it for parts since it's very valuable. I don't know why someone would strip a car for parts. Wouldn't it be better to drive it? If you take the parts away, you can't drive it, right?" Goku thought innocently. He shrugged his shoulders confused.

Vegeta let it all take in, ignoring Goku's last thoughts. The last time he saw Chi-Chi was that afternoon at her house where he felt the baby kick for the first time and move around in Chi-Chi's stomach. At first he was startled by the movements in Chi-Chi's stomach, but soon he was amazed at what the child was doing. He felt strong power coming from the child.

Now, Chi-Chi was seriously injured, fighting for her life and his son was dead, murdered by some street punk. Vegeta wondered why Bulma didn't tell him. As talkative as she can be, he thought for sure Bulma would mention this to him, but instead she was eager for him to make love to her. Why? He growled, clinching his fists. "I will kill the punk who did this! He and anyone else involved will not escape my wrath!"

****

Gohan walked to the morgue with the candy striper. No one was in the room, which the candy striper was grateful for because she wasn't sure if this was hospital procedure.

The candy striper was holding a form that read which box the Son baby was. "Okay, according to the papers, the baby is in this one," the candy striper said standing in front of drawer where the baby would be in. "This is kind of creepy. No offense, but I never seen a dead body before and dead bodies creep me out." The teen pulled opened the drawer. There was a white cloth over a small body. She looked away and pulled back the cloth.

Gohan blinked and looked at the candy stripper. "Is this the baby?"

The candy striper looked at the forms in her hand. "Yes. This is the Son baby. I heard dead people look a little different from when they are alive," she explained.

Gohan looked at that baby, his eyes glazed with shock and he felt he was going to hyperventilate. 'The baby…he doesn't look like Dad completely. He looks a lot like Vegito.'

To Be Continued

Dark Aries: LOL! Hee. Hee. I think you got your point across to a certain person. I've gotten less than a handful of flamers and I'm happy about that and the positive reviews I got because I didn't think many people would like it but you do! You guys are nice too especially to review and I have laughed a lot over a lot of them, especially over the hate of a certain character and how you guys want to strangle me for the cliffhangers.

Magmaqua: What have you told me about cliffies? Um, no more of them? ::screams and runs from the Big Bang Attack and Kamehameha Waves::

Royal Princess: Yep it did. Sorry.

Nani: Glad you like it.

Xephon: Yeah, being realistic and all, I don't think the chances were good for the kid.

The Lost Saiyan: Sorry, but you're gonna have to wait to see how it resolves. Even I got a little bit emotional at the end of that chapter and I wrote it. No, it's not a complete angst. I think I rated it as Drama/Romance/Angst/Soap Opera/Total Wierdness/What the @#$%!*@$#. I think I said something to you about Vegeta seeing Chi-Chi in the hospital. Sorry to get you confused that it was this chapter, but it's the next one.

SuperSaiyanman: Um, yeah, um okay.

Sammi: Aw, I even got Piccolo to cry. LOL! I think your slaves have hightailed it to the Lookout. So, how did you get Piccolo to stay?

Chi-Chi: Sorry. ::hands box of tissues:: As you can see, Vegeta is very upset.

Danichan667: A very creative imagination you have. Hee. Hee. About the baby dying, I was trying to be realistic. If a pregnant woman in her third trimester gets pushed out of a speeding car (God forbid that should ever happen because that's horrible), chances aren't good for either mother or child.

Negi Ramen: LOL! I think I screwed up a lot of people view of characters with this story. People who used to like Bulma despise her now and wants her to die.

Girl: Yeah, it is sad the baby had to die.

SSJ Kain: Bulma's lost her mind to be blunt. She let her anger and jealously consumed her.

Hikari No Tabi: Bulma lost it and it's typical that you do something bad, you suddenly have remorse as if you realize what you did was wrong but in the heat of the moment, you thought it was right. Chi-Chi will recover and not lose her memory. I hadn't even thought of that but I won't do that. We all know Vegeta has a short fuse and how angry he was when Mirai Trunks died. Seriously, that confrontation is not going to be pretty.

Vampkestral: They will be angry that's for sure.

ChoasBlade: Very well said and thanks for the review.

GD: Confrontation is ugly I'm telling you. I know what they do to babies when someone wants to abort a baby and that's horrible. A child dying isn't pleasant and Bulma…well you can guess.

GOGI: You and 95% of the people reading this.

Lady Athena: I know you were mad. Wait a minute. You have a Bulma plushie? I really want to say what's gonna happen between Bulma and Vegeta, but you're gonna have to wait…patiently hopefully. I can tell you that Chi-Chi will wake up only to learn what happened and well, she will deal with it with Goku's help of course. LOL! If you or Danichan had wrote this, Bulma would've been dead chapters ago.

Oninu: WOW. I didn't expect that kind of reaction from you. I know you'd be mad, but WOW.

Leigh: I agree the B/V bond isn't as strong as G/CC. She probably did make the gravity room to be close to Vegeta because he used to train in the Capsule ship before there was a room made in the house. Bulma can be selfish and needs to think of others than herself. I watched some of the DB eps on DVD and she was kind of mean to Yamcha.

CB: You have to find me to do that. Hee. Hee. Sorry I hurt your feelings for this. If you want, you can borrow Lady Athena's plushie of Bulma. I'm still wondering how she got that and beat it up.

Xonnie: Thanks. Goku and Vegeta will be upset to put it mildly.

Constructicons: Hmm, should I take the threats as a good thing to bad thing. Hee. Hee. Thanks for the review.

Ssjchika: I hid the chainsaw so you wouldn't come after me in case. I have to protect myself you know!

Chuquita: Yes, Goku saw the baby and it looks a lot like Vegito. This was a mean cliffhanger too. Now Gohan knows.

La De Da: To be honest, Chi-Chi's gonna be kind of weak having a caesarean to be kick Bulma's butt, but she's gonna find out like Goku and Vegeta will and I know I keep saying it over and over but it really is gonna be ugly.

Midnight Goddess: I think it's risky to put stories like in fan fiction because a lot of people won't like it or it might be uncomfortable. That hospital scene is in the next chapter. I like it. Some might be cheering 'Yeah, Vegeta! All right!' You're ready for Bulma to die, aren't you? I appreciate your kind words. That's very nice of you to say that. I took an idea you had? Really? Well, you can go write whatever you had planned. I don't mind. I'd like to read it.

Chrissy: I have to keep writing or all these reviewers are gonna kick my butt. Vegeta's reaction isn't too surprising.

Moon Girl: Bulma's lost it. Simple as that.

Goten's Guardian Angel: Yeah, it was evil of me to kill the baby but realistic. The next chapter is very interesting. The guy responsible for hurting Chi-Chi will come back.

Princess Frieza: Bulma's finally feeling guilt for what she's done but now she's getting really desperate to hold on to Vegeta.

ChibiRena: Thanks.

Laina: I'm not taking this as a flame. I'm confused. If you really don't like this story, then why are you reading this? You're only wasting your time reading it and my time reading your review. For the record, Bulma and ChiChi are friends not best friends and as for your thoughts on babies, I'm not even going to comment on that. I think Dark Aries, Xephon, Lady Athena, Danichan667 and Chaosblade said enough on that issue.

Dillpops: Sorry. Just being realistic.

Saiyanjin-Princess: Yeah this is a sad chapter, probably the saddest one I guess. Bulma's gonna get hers eventually, but you have to be patient.