Happily Ever After? Maybe, Maybe Not.

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Everyone in the back yard was completely silent with the exception of Trunks, Goten, and Marron. ChiChi looked down at the man she had spent the last five years with as a friend and lover. She could tell he was beyond nervous and had thought about this extensively. She also knew he loved her more than she loved him. She then looked at her oldest child, whose eyes were wide and full of trepidation. She was curious to know how he felt about this. She continued to look around the yard and saw an array of expressions; ranging from disgust to curiosity to excitement. After all, these were Goku and Yamucha's friends before they were her friends.

*What do I say? I mean I love him, I know I do, but what will my children feel about this? Will Gohan try to commit suicide again? Will Goten understand that Yamucha isn't his biological father, does he understand that now? What will our friends say? And Bulma, I know she and Yamucha had to speak about our relationship, will she understand?*

ChiChi looked down at the man again and smiled. Yamucha in turn smiled back, but his smile was more strained as if he didn't understand her smile. She looked at him more intently and saw the tears gathering at the corners of the man's eyes and said to herself,

*Oh hell, ChiChi, go with your instincts.*

ChiChi knelt down to face the man and kissed him softly. She looked at him and said barely above a whisper,

"Yamucha I love you, and admire you. I might not say it much but I do. And I would love to be your wife." Yamucha sighed and grabbed ChiChi into a tight embrace. He slowly drew apart from the woman to open the small box to reveal an impressive diamond ring. ChiChi gasped at the size of the ring and held her hand out for him to place the ring on her finger. Yamucha looked down at her hand and started to place the ring on her finger but stopped and said,

"Um, ChiChi, you gotta remove your old wedding ring." She looked down at the small gold band that she has worn on her finger religiously for seventeen years and blushed.

"Oh, um yeah." She began pulling on the ring only to find it stuck on her finger. She looked at Yamucha and said sheepishly,

"It won't come off." The ex desert-bandit looked down at the ring and said,

"We'll deal with that later. What matters is that you'll officially be mine and I'll be yours." ChiChi smiled and said in a nervous voice,

"Yeah."

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Gohan looked on as Yamucha asked his mother for her hand in marriage. He gasped when she actually said yes. Part of his want to scream and yell but he remained quiet. Lime looked over at him and held his hand tightly. He looked down at the girl and gave a reassuring smile and said,

"Don't worry, I'm okay." She smiled back and replied,

"Just making sure. Are you going to congratulate them?" The teenage demi-saiyajin looked over to his mother and his soon-to-be step-father and sighed. Lime let go of his hand and watched him walked over to his mother and her fiancé.

ChiChi and Yamucha looked up as Gohan walked towards them. Neither really knew how the young man would react to their decision, therefore both were quite nervous. They stood and looked at the boy, who had a blank expression on his face; the same one he wore when he found out about their relationship. There was an odd silence between them, then Gohan said to Yamucha,

"So you're going to marry my mother, huh?" Yamucha slowly nodded and was about to say something but Gohan held his hand up indicating he still had something to say. He then placed a small smile on his face and said,

"So will I have to call you dad?" Yamucha smiled and remembered the conversation he and Gohan had on that fateful day. He placed his hand on the boy's shoulder and said,

"Call me whatever you want to call me. As long as it's not what Vegeta suggested." The two laughed and Yamucha grabbed the boy in a hug. ChiChi looked on slightly confused but decided to smile since Gohan seemed okay with the engagement. Once the two broke the hug, Gohan looked at his mother and said,

"I believe congrats are in order?," he bowed to his mother and said, "Congratulations mom, I'm happy for you and Yamucha." ChiChi embraced her son as she sighed in relief that he approves of the engagement. She kissed his cheek and said,

"Thank you son. I love you." Gohan blinked back hidden tears and whispered in his mother's ear,

"I love you too." They pulled apart and ChiChi looked in her son's eyes and saw he was accepting this although he didn't totally want to and hugged him again.

"We'll talk later tonight. Just me and you okay?"

"Mmm-Hmm"

"Go hang out with Lime. Just be back at a decent time." Gohan looked at his mother with questioning eyes and replied,

"You want me to take Goten with me?" ChiChi shook her head and said,

"No. Me and Yamucha are going to explain this to him. It may take a while."

"Okay, bye then." With that Gohan walked over to Lime and led her out of the back yard.

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Bulma looked on through the kitchen window as Yamucha proposed to ChiChi and silently prayed that she him down.

*Kami, I know I'm not much on praying, probably never will be, but if you listen to one of my prayers please let it be this one. Please, please don't let ChiChi accept his proposal. I know it sounds like a mean prayer but it's the way I feel. Trust me, it's not out of spite, I want Yamucha to be happy, but him and ChiChi? Goku's ChiChi!!! My best friend ChiChi!!! It just doesn't seem right. Yeah, I know they've been together a while but I thought it was like a flingy thing; like what me and Yamucha had. And I know he confessed that he loved her, but didn't he do the same for me? *

She leaned further towards the window as ChiChi knelt down in front of Yamucha and kissed him, it was then she knew her prayer wasn't answered. She looked over the yard and saw Dende' looking at her sorrowfully. She looked down and laughed bitterly as she said out loud to herself,

"I should've known. God is a damn teenager and they're all idiots."

"Now that sounds like something I would say." Bulma sighed but didn't turn around. She mentally cursed herself for not being able to control when Vegeta could and couldn't hear her. She said in a low voice as she remained facing the window,

"So I assume you heard me." Vegeta walked up behind Bulma and snorted. Both remained quiet for a good while before Vegeta said,

"Do you still want him?" This caught Bulma off guard. She spun around to face her mate and attempted to talk but everything came out in a dry whisper. Vegeta looked at Bulma with his usual stoic expression but his eyes showed the slightest glint of insecurity. He was aware that Bulma and Yamucha had a long history together. He was also very aware that the relationship Yamucha was having with ChiChi was unnerving to her but he couldn't totally understand why. She had him and Trunks. He looked at her and forced himself to place his most arrogant smirk on his face.

"Well, do you?" Bulma swallowed hard to wet her throat as she said,

"I don't want him Vegeta. But I can't stop wondering where me and him went wrong."

"I thought he told you his reasons. He has been coveting Kakkorot's mate since their mating ceremony." She sighed to remain under control and said,

"But what did I do to make him choose her over me?!? Wasn't I a good girlfriend? Didn't I comfort him when he needed it? What else could I have done to prevent this?"

"Why is it you? Why couldn't he be the one with the issue? He's allowed you to believe you're the weak one when in actuality he's the one that's pathetic. I may not have known you then but I can gamble that you are pretty much the same harpy you are now." Bulma smiled as the tears she told herself that she wouldn't cry fell. She looked at her mate and said in a small voice,

"I love you Vegeta," and wrapped her arms around the man. Vegeta, in turn, said,

"Whatever," as he enclosed his arms around his woman.

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Gohan flew quietly with Lime in his arms. He kept his gaze straight ahead and his facial expression plain but anyone that knew him knew he was very upset at the moment.

*How could they do this?!? I mean, I know they've been together for a longtime and in most cultures they're considered to be married but still!!! Mom isn't suppose to want to be with another, let alone get married to another man from what Vegeta said.*

He came out of his daze with Lime pinching his cheek. He looked down at his girlfriend and saw she looked more than a little perturbed. He put on his inherited smile and asked,

"What's wrong?" He gulped a little when his saw her green eyes rival those of a Super Saiyajin.

"You weren't listening to a thing I said were you?" His eyes widen as he thought to himself,

*When was she talking?*

He smiled and said the first thing he could think you to diffuse her anger, which happened to be, "Yeah, I heard you." The young woman saw right through the noble teenager's lie and frowned. She then asked in a demanding voice,

"Well, what did I say?" Gohan's eyes widened more as he realized he had just dug himself in a hole.

"Huh? You know what you said!" Lime narrowed her eyes as she seethed,

"GOHAN!!!" The young man gulped louder and said in a sheepish voice,

"Okay! You were talking about how much you loved your boyfriend and how you would never hold it against him that his mind wanders sometimes? Right?" He gave her his best impression of his brother and father's innocent look. Lime turned away from him as she started to smile. Gohan inwardly sighed and thought,

*Good thinking Gohan, you know she can get as feisty as mom sometimes.*

"I was asking you were you okay with your mom's and Yamucha's decision." Gohan's face instantly went from cheerful to contemplative. Lime knew she had her answer then.

"I guess, I just felt that somehow this 'affair' would be over eventually. I guess this just finalizes the fact that my mom and dad are no more." The auburn haired beauty raised her hand to his face and lightly ran down the side of his now manly face.

"You're mom and dad are forever. What they had will never be replaced by her and Yamucha. I bet your mom still loves your dad; I know she does. And what she has with Yamucha isn't an affair, it's love." Gohan landed with Lime still in her arms and asked,

"How can you tell its love?" A subtle pink came across the bridge of her nose as she said,

"Because they look at each other the same way I look at you." Gohan smiled and asked in a soft tone,

"So, um, what are you saying?" She kissed him softly as she said,

"I'm saying that I love you so much Gohan." Gohan smiled and kissed her softly of the lips, then said,

"And I love you too Lime." The two started kissing again and slowly lowered to the ground.

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In other world, Goku was training with Pikkon when he suddenly felt a small pang in the pit of his stomach.

*Hmm, I must be hungry. But I just ate. Oh well.*

He decided to ignore the twinge but it occurred again, only this time it was a little stronger. He focused his thoughts to find out the cause of this irritating feeling and found that his family came to his mind.

"Goku you're not focusing!!! Fight me!!!" Pikkon growled as his heel was about to make contact with Goku's face. Goku grabbed the fighter's foot right before it made contact and said,

"I'm sorry but I need to see King Kai," Then flew off. The green fighter looked at Goku's retreating form and asked himself,

"What's gotten into him?"

Goku reached King Kai and said,

"Um, King Kai, can I please check on my family?" The portly galaxy overseer looked at the man and said,

"Goku you're scheduled to check up on them tomorrow. Can't it wait?" He looked up to see Goku shifting form one to the other with a concerned look on his face as he said,

"I don't think it can. Please?!?" King Kai wanted to laugh at Goku, after all he looked like he really had to go to the bathroom, but he knew Goku was serious. He sighed and said,

"Fine, go ahead." Goku immediately placed his hand on the Northern Kai's back and concentrated on his family. As a picture of his family came into view he saw Yamucha propose to ChiChi and ChiChi accept. The man immediately went into Super Saiyajin 2. King Kai watched as ChiChi tried to take off her old wedding ring to no avail and knew Goku was making the ring stay on. He stepped away from the angry man and said in the calmest voice possible,

"It's been five years Goku. Were you expecting her to stay alone forever?" Goku looked at his mentor and sighed as he powered down. He felt to his knees and sighed. There was a long silence before the man said,

"But she's suppose to be mine forever. I'm hers." King Kai looked closely at the man and saw he was holding back tears. He placed his hand on the Saiyajin's shoulder and said,

"I understand," but thought to himself,

ChiChi what are you doing?!? You know you can't marry another, why are you defying it? Okay, end of this chappie. No it's not the end. Please review. Thanks ^_^

PEACE!!! NaCoBe