Part 4: Complicated Months
Chapter 5: Baby Talk
Here's the new, and probably long awaited, chapter for this lovely fic! I hope you all enjoy!
I do not own Dragon Ball Z.
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A slender yet muscular woman sits quietly on a small cloud as it zooms through the night sky on a course for the mountains. The woman has her coat pulled tightly around her to try and keep the frigid night air and the falling snow from chilling her to the bone. As she nears her destination the woman can see a small light in the distance.
"That boy! He's knows he should be in bed!" The woman growls. Below her the small cloud shivers at the tone of her voice as though her anger might be turned on it for some reason. But it has known her long enough to know that when Son Chi-Chi is angry or upset she does not need a reason to turn that anger on anyone or anything.
The woman does not wait for the cloud to stop when she jumps off of it and storms up to the door. Opening it calmly so as not to alert her son to her presence she goes inside. After putting her coat on a hook and her shoes by the door so she does not track snow throughout the house she goes in search of her son. Fire seems to burn in her eyes as she heads off to her son's room, not noticing the two people asleep on the living room floor.
With frying pan in hand Chi-Chi bursts through the bedroom door. "Alright so. . ." Her rant dies in her throat when she sees that the room is empty and that the bed is undisturbed. "Where are you at?" She grumbles before turning the light off and leaving the room. Her new destination is the most likely place to find a Saiya-jin or demi Saiyan-jin. The kitchen.
As Chi-Chi walks past the living archway into the living room some movement catches her eye. Pausing to take a better look her eyes widen in surprise and shock at what she sees. There on the living room floor, barely lit by the light from the fireplace, lies her son. On top of him, as though using him for a pillow, lies the girl she had met at Bulma's after returning from her trip, Videl.
Entering the dimly lit room to get a better look she sees something that has been missing for the past week. On Gohan's face is a small smile and it is reflected on Videl's face. 'That's so cute.' Chi-Chi thinks as she turns to leave. But something catches on her foot, almost causing her to trip and fall. Looking down, her eyes widen in shock as a smirk spreads across her features. What she had nearly tripped over is a pile of clothes. Or, more specifically, a set of female undergarments.
"Grandchildren at last!" She yells before covering her mouth. Luckily her yell did not wake the sleeping couple. "I have to go call Bulma." Chi-Chi adds as she goes into the kitchen. Just as her hand touches the phone she sees the camera sitting on the counter. Picking it up she goes back to the living room and snaps a few pictures. The flashes from the camera cause the sleeping teens to move in their sleep, allowing Chi-Chi to clearly see the bite marks on their shoulders. When she hears the camera rewinding itself after the roll is used up, she goes back to the kitchen to use the phone.
~*~
"Damn it Bulma. Answer that infernal thing." Vegeta grumbles after being awakened by the ringing of the phone. But Bulma continues to sleep soundly. With a few curses he picks up the phone and says, "This better be damned important or I'm going to kill you."
[Nice to talk to you too Vegeta.] He hears Chi-Chi reply. [I need to speak with Bulma, it's important.]
"She's sleeping. Call back when I'm not around." He says.
[If you hang up on me then I'm coming over.] Chi-Chi says coolly.
With a few not so quiet curses that makes Chi-Chi hold the phone away from her ear, Vegeta turns to Bulma and sees that she did not wake up because she has ear plugs in. With a grunt he shakes her awake.
"What the hell. . .why'd you wake me?" She says sleepily while removing her earplugs.
"The harpy's on the phone." He says before tossing it to her and lying back down.
Without even putting it up to her ear Bulma can hear Chi-Chi yelling something about her frying pan and Vegeta's head the next time she sees him. "Hi Chi-Chi, what are you calling at this hour for?" She says after the woman on the other end calms down some.
[Hey Bulma. You'll never guess what happened while I was gone.] Chi-Chi says happily.
"I don't knowGohan ate everything in the house?" She replies since the boy has not been eating.
[Nope. But it does involve Gohan and he'll probably do that tomorrow.]
"He got accepted to that one college?"
[Nope. Guess agai. . .aw hell I'll just tell you. You know that girl that was at your place when we got back?]
"Yeah." Bulma replies, her interest peaked by Chi-Chi's last words.
[Well she's hear and. . .]
"Gohan has a girl over and you didn't know about it?" Bulma says before Chi-Chi finished.
[Yeah, and. . .]
"She must have really needed some help studying for a test." Bulma interrupts again.
[Only if it was a biology test on the reproductive system. They bonded Bulma!]
The blue haired woman sits there for several seconds as the information sinks in. "THEY DID WHAT!?" She screams.
"Damn it Onna! Shut the hell up!" Vegeta yells.
"I can't believe Gohan would do something like that. I mean. . .they just met." Bulma continues as though Vegeta had not said anything.
Vegeta rolls over and decides that if he is not going to get any sleep until Bulma is off the phone then he might as well make the call as short as possible. "So Kaka-brat number one and that Onna no ko mated? What's surprising about that?"
[What do you mean you're not surprised!?] Chi-Chi yells into the phone while Vegeta sees a similar question in the look Bulma is giving him.
"Because I knew the moment he came here after that first day of school that he found a mate."
"But they only spent a few days together before they had sex." Bulma says. And, unseen by her, Chi-Chi nods her head.
"So what. On Vegeta-sai there were couples that mated only minutes after meeting each other. And, unless I'm mistaken, that's how long Kakarott and his mate knew each other before they mated."
[Whatever. All I care about is that I'll hopefully be getting a grandchild soon.] Chi-Chi says with hearts in her eyes.
"Great, just what we need. More brats with Kakarott's blood running around." Vegeta grumbles.
"Maybe. Anyway, I'll talk to you later Chi-Chi."
[Goodnight Bulma. Oh, and just so you know, the two lovebirds are going to your place to get some birth control pills tomorrow. And to have you develop a roll of pictures I just took.]
"Alright Chi-Chi, Goodnight." Bulma says with a smile while thinking, 'The woman's obsessed with getting grandkids yet she wants the girl on birth control pills. I'll never understand her.'
~*~
A yawn escapes from Gohan as he tries to roll over only to be stopped by a weight on his chest. Opening his eyes, he blinks several times before his mind registers that he is seeing the top of Videl's head. It is the weight of her lying on top of him that is keeping him from rolling over. And from the feeling of things that are covered by the blanket, neither of them has any clothing on. As this dawns on him, a light blush creeps across his face. Memories of what happened during the night fill his mind and he does not notice Videl looking up at him.
"Good morning." She says with a smile, startling Gohan from his reverie and almost causing Gohan to jump.
"'Morning. Did you sleep well?" Gohan replies, smiling back at her.
"Best sleep I've had in a week." She answers truthfully while stretching. The movement causes her to realize that neither she nor Gohan have any clothes on. "Uhh. . .we're. . ." She says while blushing.
"Yeah. . .I guess we kind of got carried away last night."
A small laugh escapes from Videl. "And I don't know about you, but I enjoyed it." She says with a smile before thinking of something. "Umm. . .where's my, our clothes?"
Gohan looks around few seconds before his eyes go wide and he pales slightly. Following his line of sight, Videl sees their clothes neatly stacked and folded on the coffee table. 'Oh no. I thought she'd stay there too.' Gohan thinks.
"Thought who'd stay where?" Videl asks.
"I thought my mom would just stay at Capsule Corp. last night. . .but I didn't say that out loud." He says as he notices the bite mark at the base of Videl's neck and thinks, 'We bonded last night.'
"What do you mean we bonded? I've heard quite a few names for what we did last night but I've never heard it called that."
"I'll explain it later. Right now I think we better get dressed."
"Alright. But you better tell me what you meant by us bonding." Videl says as she tries to sit up, only to find that she is being held in place by something. Looking down she sees a something brown and fuzzy wrapped around her waist. "What the hell!?" She exclaims as her eyes widen in surprise.
Gohan follows her line of sight and sees the thing wrapped around her waist. "Oh great, my tail grew back." He mumbles, earning an odd look from Videl. "I'll explain about that too." He adds as he unwraps it from Videl's waist.
"Ok." Videl replies as she sits up a bit only to be stopped again. This time both look and see a brown tail wrapped around Gohan's waist. "Umm. . .how is your tail keeping me from moving now?" She asks.
Slowly, Gohan follows the tail to its source before replying, "It's not mine."
"What do you mean it's not yours? If it's not then whose is. . .it?" Videl replies as the only possible answer dawns on her. "How can it be mine?"
"I don't know. The only thing I do know is that you are descended from a Saiya-jin."
"But how? Both my parents are human. . .at least as far as I know they both are."
"Actually. . ." Gohan's mind slowly drudges up the information it learned from viewing Videl's memories. "Your mother was a Saiya-jin." He answers while his eyes drift to other things besides the tail.
"What. . .but. . .she. . .uhh. . .how? I mean I don't really remember her but I don't remember her acting different from anyone else." Videl says before noticing that Gohan has a clear view of everything under the blanket and he is not exactly paying attention to what she is saying. "What the hell do you think you're looking at!" She asks while pulling the blanket around her.
"The most beautiful woman in the world." Gohan replies smoothly while grinning at her.
"Thank you. . .I think."
Gohan's smile quickly turns into a smirk. "And I'd think that you wouldn't mind after last night."
"I uhhhow dare you think that I don't mind." Videl says while thinking, 'Even if it's true and I like how you're looking at me.'
"Ha, I knew it!" Gohan says triumphantly as though he were a little kid who just proved an adult wrong.
"But I. . .didn't say that out loud." Videl says quietly.
"Well umm. . .I uhh. . .heard your thoughts then." Gohan says intelligently while thinking about how he did that.
"No kidding. I knew that you read my thoughts, but how?"
"I. . .uhh. . .don't know." He says before noticing the bite mark on Videl's shoulder. "Oh yeah! How could I forget that? I mean"
"Forget what? Tell me RIGHT now Son Gohan or I'll. . .I'll. . .do something." Videl says when she is unable to think of anything.
"S-sorry. I can hear your thoughts because we bonded last night." He answers. Videl looks at him questioningly. "Bonding is when a Saiya-jin marks their. . .mate. Which is what the bite marks are. And when a Saiya-jin bonds with their mate a telepathic connection is formed between them."
Videl sighs. 'I just know today is going to be interesting. I've already learned that I'm part Saiya-jin and I haven't even been up for ten minutes.' She thinks before saying, "Let's just get dressed."
~*~
In the kitchen Chi-Chi almost chokes and drops her cup of coffee upon hearing Videl yell at Gohan for looking at certain areas of her body. She had thought the two teens were still asleep up until that embarrassed shout.
Almost a minute later the two teens cautiously walk into the kitchen. They are red faced and look like little children who were caught with their hand in the cookie jar. Both know that Chi-Chi found out about what they did since they found their clothes neatly folded when they had just tossed them aside.
"G-good morning Kaa-san." Gohan says tentatively.
"Good morning Mrs. Son." Videl says, her voice is steadier then Gohan's but it still betrays the fact that she too is uncomfortable with the awkward situation.
"Good morning you two. Did you sleep well?" Chi-Chi asks with what could be considered an evil smirk plastered on her face. "I'm sure you did after bonding last night." She adds before either can answer.
The two teens, both blushing at the fact that she knows what they did, look at each other. In Gohan's eyes Videl can see that he is not looking forward to what his mother has to tell them.
"You know. . .when Goku and I bonded we both slept like rocks. Well. . .I guess that wasn't much of a change for Goku. And now that I think about it, when we bonded we did"
Gohan's eyes widen as he realizes what his mother is probably going to tell them about. Quickly he blurts out, "When's breakfast Kaa-san?"
"Breakfast?" The woman asks as though she has never heard the word before. "Oh my, I was so busy coming up with wedding plans and names for your children that I completely forgot to cook anything."
"Kaa-san, do you have to do that?" Gohan whines.
Consciously blocking her thoughts from Gohan Videl thinks, 'Yeah, it's not like either of us are. . .'
Videl's thoughts are cut short by Gohan's next statement. "I think Videl and I are old enough to make our own wedding plans and to come up with names our children." Gohan suddenly feels a set of eyes staring at him and turns to see Videl; her features are filled with surprise. "That is if we were to get married or have kids in the future." He amends when his mind finally registers what else his mother had said. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU FORGOT TO COOK BREAKFAST!?"
Instantly, a metallic clang echoes through the kitchen and Gohan takes several steps back while holding his head. "Don't raise your voice at me young man." Chi-Chi says in a surprisingly calm manner before looking at Videl. Her eyes widen in shock at the girl since she almost seems to be cowering away from her while staring at something. Following the girl's line of sight she sees that Videl is staring at her frying pan. But it is not the look that she would have expected to see on her face. It is not one of awe and fascination towards an object as simple as a frying pan can exude so much power over the might race known as Saiya-jins. Even little Marron, who is only about two years old, had seemed overjoyed at the fact that something existed that could control the mighty Saiya-jins. Instead of awe and fascination, Chi-Chi could see only one thing. Fear. It is the same fear that she has seen in the eyes of both her sons when her frying pan is in clear view.
'What's wrong with me?' Videl, eyes glued to Chi-Chi's frying pan, asks herself as her tail slowly unwraps from around her waist to hang limply behind her. 'I've faced heavily armed people twice my size and backed down an inch. And here's this woman with a frying pan and I want to run away. A FRYING PAN for crying out loud.'
::It's because of your Saiya-jin half. For some reason every one of us is afraid of frying pans. Or at least when they are wielded by my mom.:: A familiar voice interjects in her mind.
::Gohan?::
::Yeah. . .:: He says before their silent conversation is interrupted by a sound that has never before been heard within the walls of the Son household. Gohan stares wide eyed at his mother's frying pan as it lays motionless on the floor.
"T-t-t-tail." Chi-Chi says softly as she looks at the fuzzy appendage hanging behind Videl. "H-how? Don't tell me that that asshole Vegeta had an affair." Chi-Chi says in anger as, in her shocked state, she does not remember that Vegeta and Bulma did not even know each other at the time Videl would have been conceived nor was anywhere near earth.
"Umm. . .Kaa-san. . .Videl's part Saiya-jin because her mother is a Saiya-jin."
"Oh." His mother replies with a smile as her mood suddenly changes from angry to happy. "In that case why don't you two go take a shower while I cook breakfast."
~*~
"Where are you going?" Videl asks when Gohan keeps walking past the bathroom.
"I'm going to get my stuff then shower in the bath house outside."
"Why? Don't you want to shower with me?" She asks with a mischievous smirk.
"I. . .umm. . .but what if my mom. . ."
"What about her? She already knows what we did last night and she didn't say we couldn't shower together." She says while blushing slightly. "In fact, she almost sounded like she expected us to shower together."
"Well I. . .I uhh. . .I don't know what I was thinking, it's too cold out." Gohan says while following Videl into the bathroom. "Do you think we can control our selves? We only have half an hour."
"Yeah, but I think that'll be enough time to fool around a little." Videl says with a smirk as she starts to get undressed.
~*~
"Wow. This smells really good Chi-Chi."
"Thank you dear. Now you two eat up." The older woman says as she places mountains of food on the table.
"I told you we'd be down on time." Videl whispers to Gohan.
"Yeah. I th. . ."
"I'm glad I waited a half hour before I started to cook." Chi-Chi, overhearing the two teens, says loudly so that they know she can hear them. "I figured you two wouldn't be able to keep your hands off each other. Why when Goku and I first got married we. . ."
"KAA-SAN! We're trying to eat!"
Chi-Chi cannot help but laugh at her son. "Sorry dear."
~*~
"Sweetie pie. It's time to get up." Hercule says cheerfully as he opens Videl's bedroom door. "You've bee What the hell?" He exclaims upon seeing her empty bed. "She must be up already." He says with a shrug before going back downstairs. As he passes by the entrance to the mansion he notices one of the guards sitting in a chair while holding a bag of ice on the back of his neck. "What's the matter with you?"
"Huh? Oh Mr. Satan sir. I was hit by something last night."
Hercule just shrugs. "Just get better soon. I'm not paying you to sit around all day on your ass."
"Yes sir." The guard replies as Hercule walks off.
~*~
"Hi Bulma-san." "Hello Mrs. Briefs." Say Gohan and Videl as they enter Bulma's lab.
"Hi Gohan and Videl, right?" Bulma asks, Videl nods in acknowledgement. "You can just call me Bulma, dear. So what brings you two here besides to pick up Goten?" She asks with a subtle smirk since she knows exactly why they are there.
"Well umm. . .we. . .need some. . .uhh. . ."
"He means that I. . .umm. . ." Videl says but is unable to voice what she is here to get to this person who is a complete stranger to her.
"Why are you two stuttering? You'd think you were hear to ask for something embarrassing." Chi-Chi says as she joins them in the lab.
"Yeah." Bulma agrees before turning to Videl. "You needing some birth control pills isn't a big deal."
"W-what? You know?" Both teens yell at the blue haired woman.
"Of course I do."
"I called her last night after I got home and took the pictures."
"Oh yeah, speaking of pictures, I'll go ahead and develop that film for you Chi-Chi."
Gohan's head shoots up. "P-pictures? What pictures?"
"It's nothing dear. Just a few pictures I took last night."
"Last. . .night. . ." He says slowly while thinking, 'Oh no. . .this can't be good.'
::What's wrong Gohan-chan?::
::My mom took pictures of us while we slept.::
::Oh.:: Videl replies before her face pales. ::I hope I was covered up.::
::I. . .oh Kami I hope I was too.:: Gohan responds when he hears his mother and Bulma talking.
"Yeah, that is sweet." The blue haired woman says. "I remember when Veggie and I first bonded." She continues as she puts the roll of film into a machine. A few seconds later the machine shoots out a stack of pictures, sending them flying across the room. "Damn it. I guess this was the machine I was going to fix when Veggie. . .interrupted me the other day."
"Ugh. . .that's an image I don't need in my head." Gohan mumbles while rolling his eyes, making Videl laugh.
"What's the matter Gohan? You and Videl did the same thing last night." Bulma points out.
"But that's different. I like seeing Videl nak. . .I mean I. . ." Gohan stops as his face burns red.
"I think he means that we both enjo. . ." She stops and they look at each other, both with bright red faces.
"What's there to be embarrassed about?" Chi-Chi asks. "It's perfectly natural for you two to enjoy making love." She adds before getting a far off look in her eyes. "I just wish Goku were here."
"I wish the baka was here too." Vegeta says as he enters the room. "Then maybe I'd get a decent spar."
"Instead of getting the crap beat out of you?" Gohan adds with a smirk.
"My these are cute." Bulma says as she looks at the pictures she just developed, not giving Vegeta a chance to pick a fight with the teen.
The Saiya-jin prince glares at Gohan before saying, "One thing Onna, make sure that the pills you give the brat's mate will work for someone with Saiya-jin blood. We don't need any more brats with that baka's blood."
"What do you mean by that?" Bulma asks him, Vegeta just motions towards Videl.
Chi-Chi just looks at her son and Videl. Slowly, the last remaining female with Saiya-jin blood unwraps her tail from her waist and curls the tip, making seem as thought the furry appendage is waving at Bulma.
"I uhh. ..oh. . .uhh. . ." Bulma says numbly when she and Chi-Chi turn to the Saiya-jin prince and yell, "WHY DIDN'T TELL US YOU KNEW SHE WAS PART SAIYA-JIN?"
One full, and two half, blooded Saiya-jins grab their ears as two little kids bound into the room, drawn by the shouting and gathered energy signatures. Neither notices Videl standing next to Gohan.
"Who's a Saiyan?" Goten asks while cocking his head to the side.
"I am." Videl replies proudly only to see a look of horror on the faces of the two chibis.
"AHHH!!! IT'S THE SCARY LADY!" Goten shouts.
"RUN GOTEN!" Trunks yells as they both seem to vanish into thin air.
"What was that all about?" Chi-Chi and Bulma ask at the same time.
"I have no clue." Videl replies truthfully when she notices Vegeta staring at her and Gohan.
~*~
~*~
"Brats, when did your tails grow back?"
"Umm. . .last night while we were asleep." Gohan replies. "Why?"
Vegeta's brow twitches slightly as he turns to Chi-Chi. "When you and Kakarott bonded, did his tail grow back?"
"Not that it's any of your business, but yes. It did."
If one were to dump a bucket of water on the Saiyan prince at the moment, the liquid would probably evaporate in a cloud of steam before it even touched his skin. "ON. . ."
"Yes Veggie, your tail did grow back when we bonded." Bulma says before Vegeta can yell at her.
"W. . ." Vegeta tries to yell at Bulma again, only to be cut off.
"And I did it because I didn't want to wake up next to giant rampaging ape."
"Onna, sometimes your stupidity astounds me. There was NO moon then and now the moon can no longer cause us to transform into our Oozaru form." The Saiya-jin prince growls out.
"Oh. . .umm. . .no sense dwelling on that since we can't do anything about it." Bulma laughs a little for she never realized those simple facts. "Anyway, back to the business at hand." Bulma says as he walks over to a cabinet and takes out a small medical kit. "Videl, I'll need a blood sample since I need to run some tests."
"Ok." Videl says while Gohan and Chi-Chi chuckle a little. "What is it?"
"If my dad were here he'd be freaking out right now. And I mean climbing the walls and crying his eyes out while trying to get away from the needle."
Videl laughs at the image of a fool grown man acting like that, but her laughter stops and a smirk spreads across her face when she sees the look on Vegeta's face. "It looks like the big bad prince is afraid of needles too."
"W-what? I'M NOT AFRAID OF ANY DAMNED NEEDLES!"
"Oh really? Then the pale face is a new fashion you're trying out?" Videl teases.
"Brat! You better shut your mate's face before I shut it. Permanently!"
"You b. . ." Before Gohan can say anything more, Vegeta is laying on the floor nursing a bump on his head.
"You bastard! How dare you threaten my future daughter-in-law!" Chi-Chi yells at the man. Gohan and Videl cannot help but smile. "She hasn't given me any grandkids yet. And I'll be damned if I allow her to die before she gives me at least one." The smile on the teens' faces quickly fades.
::Is that all she thinks about?:: Videl asks through their bond as Vegeta gets up and leaves the room.
::I think so. And I'll die before I let someone kill you. Grandchildren or no grandchildren.::
::Hehe. . .you better not let your mom hear you say that. She wouldn't be happy.::
::So? I'd rather make you happy then her.:: He replies before leaning down and kissing her.
"There, all done." Bulma says as she places a cap over the needle.
"Huh?" The two teens say as they pull apart, both notice the dreamy look in Chi-Chi's eyes as she thinks about grandkids.
"I've got the blood sample I need and I'll hopefully have the pills in a few hours."
"Oh." Videl says. ::Do you think you and I could talk to Bulma, alone, for a few minutes?:: She asks Gohan through their bond when she remembers of something important.
::Sure.:: "Kaa-san? Do you think you could umm. . .make us a snack?" Gohan asks, causing Bulma to raise an eyebrow at the apparent little lie.
"Huh?" Chi-Chi says as she comes back to reality. "Oh, sure honey." She adds before leaving.
"So why'd you want Chi-Chi to leave?" Bulma asks. Gohan shrugs and looks to Videl.
"We uhh. . .well. . .we're here to get me some uhh. . .birth control pills. And. . .well. . .what if I'm already. . .pregnant?" The raven-haired girl says nervously.
Gohan pales as the thought hits him for the first time. 'We had sex twice. And we didn't use any kind of protection either time. We might alrea. . .' His thoughts are cut short by Bulma.
"Oh, is that all?" She says casually.
'Is that all? IS THAT ALL?' The two teens scream in their minds. But Bulma continues before either can say anything.
"You guys don't have to worry about that dear. From what Vegeta's told me, Saiya-jins are infertile for twenty-four hours after they bond. So, it's impossible for you to be pregnant." Bulma explains.
"Oh." Say a relieved Gohan and Videl at the same time. However, one little fact sticks out in Gohan's mind.
"But umm. . .both of us are only half Saiya-jin. Maybe it doesn't work that way for us."
Videl pales slightly at her mates statement and Bulma seems at a loss for words when laughter fills the air.
"Brat, you really are as dense as your father." Vegeta says as he comes back into the room, Gohan glares at the older Saiya-jin. Vegeta just shrugs off the boy's glare and continues, "You know how the har. . .your mother was acting when she was pregnant?" Gohan shivers slightly as he nods. "Well your mate will be a lot worse then that." He adds before leaving the room.
Gohan gulps as Videl looks at him in curiosity and asks, "Is that bad Gohan?"
"I'm. . .gonna die. . ." He whispers, Videl raises an eyebrow. "Please promise me that you won't kill me when we do have a child."
"Don't be silly Gohan, I'd never kill you." Videl says with a smile.
"Thanks. . ." He says while thinking 'But I don't feel that reassured for some reason.'
"Umm. . .ok. I promise I won't kill you when I become pregnant." Videl says. "But why do you want me to promise you that?"
"Because when Kaa-san was pregnant I swear she tried to kill me several times. Burnt food. Her frying pan. Yelling ALL the time. Her frying pan. Making me study at really odd hours of the day and night. Her frying pan. Hav. . ."
"Ok ok. I get the picture." Videl says while laughing.
"Oh come on Gohan. Chi-Chi wasn't that bad." Bulma says in defense of her friend.
Gohan smirks at her, "Do you remember that black rock you almost ran into that one day on the way to my house?" Bulma nods. "Well that was one of her 'delicious meals.'" He says sarcastically.
"You're kidding? Chi-Chi COOKED that? I can't believe that she, the woman that can make brustlesprouts taste good, cooked that rock. Although I guess it would explain why my scientists have yet to determine what it is."
"What black rock?" Videl asks.
"It was a month or so before Goten was born. I was driving to their home for a visit and all of a sudden I there was this huge rock in the middle of the road. I almost didn't see it because it seemed to absorb light."
"Oh."
"Yeah." Gohan says with a frown. "I threw it out the door when she wasn't looking."
"On second thought," Bulma says to Videl, "You better tell us when you become pregnant so that we can gather the Dragon Balls. Anyway, you can take these." The blue haired woman says as she tosses Videl a bottle of pills. "They should work for a month or so until your Saiya-jin physiology adjusts to them."
"Ok, thanks Bulma."
"Yeah, thanks Bulma. You're a life saver." Gohan says.
Bulma laughs a little at the teen before replying, "Don't thank me yet Gohan. And Videl, your body might adjust faster then that so I want you to come back in two weeks so I can run some more tests."
"Ok." Videl replies before turning to Gohan. "Shall we go?"
"Sure. Thanks again Bulma, bye."
"Yeah, thank you and I'll see you in two weeks."
"Alright. You two have fun now." Bulma replies before remembering one important fact. "Oh, one last thing." She says before smirking. 'I wonder how they'll react to this.' She muses to herself. "You two can't have sex for one week. That's how long it'll take for the pills to start having an effect."
"Ok." Videl and Gohan say before it really dawns on them. "One ENTIRE week?" Both ask as though they're being asked not to eat.
Bulma cannot help but laugh at the two teens. "Just be glad they're not regular birth control pills or you'd have to wait a month."
"Oh. . .but. . .one entire week?" They reply again.
Bulma just laughs louder. "Ok, it actually just takes three days. I just wanted to see how you two would react."
"Alright. I think we can keep our hands to ourselves for three days." Videl says while Gohan looks as though he might cry. ::Don't worry. I feel the same way.:: She says to her mate upon seeing and feeling his thoughts and emotions through their bond.
The blue haired woman just smirks at them, "You know there are other things you can do besides intercourse."
The two teens turn bright red as they slowly reply, "Umm. . .ok. . ."
"I could lend you some books or videos if you want." Bulma adds as her smirk turns evil.
Gohan and Videl turn even redder. "N-no thanks." Gohan says before turning and leaving the room, quickly followed by Videl.
"That was getting. . .awkward." Videl says as they walk down the hall.
"No kidding." Gohan replies before silence settles over them.
The silence only lasts for a few seconds when the sound of Chi-Chi yelling fills the air and the teens are bowled over by two chibis.
"GET BACK HERE YOU TWO!" Chi-Chi yells from the kitchen.
"Nii-chan, Videl-chan! You gots to help us!" Goten says in a panic.
"What did you two do?" Videl asks the two chibis.
Trunks smirks at her and smugly says, "We didn't do anything."
"YOU TWO KNOW BETTER THEN TO TRY AND COOK!" Chi-Chi yells from down the hall as she calmly, with frying pan in hand, walks towards them.
You two didn't?" Gohan asks in disbelief before the acrid smell of burned food wafts off the boy's clothes. "You did. Sorry guys, but you're on your own." Goten and Trunks look at each other in fear.
"Come on Goten, we gotta run before you Kaa-san tells them that we burned their food." The lavender haired chibi says before they both jump up to take off down the hall. But their escape is halted by a firm grip on the back of their shirts.
"Oh no you don't." Videl says calmly.
"You're really starting to hang around my brother too much Trunks. You should no better then to have said that you burned OUR food along with yours."
"Umm. . .I didn't. . ." The all mighty frying pan crashing down on Trunks' head stops him in mid sentence.
"Thanks for catching them you two." Chi-Chi says with a smile. "But they didn't burn all the food. There's still some left for you two."
"Ok, thanks Kaa-san." Gohan says as Chi-Chi grabs Goten and Trunks' shirts so they can't get away. With a chuckle at the utter fear on the faces of the chibis, Gohan and Videl go off to the kitchen for their snack.
~*~
"It's about time." Chi-Chi says when Gohan and Videl walk into Bulma's lab where the two women had been chatting. "Since when does it take you a half an hour to eat a snack? Especially one as small as that."
"I could be mistaken, and I highly doubt that I am, but I think they spent most of their time alone making out." Bulma says with a smirk at the red faces of the two teens.
"Not that it's any of your damn business." Gohan grumbles. Luckily for him, only Videl hears his comment.
"You two are just like Goku and I when we got married." Chi-Chi says dreamily. "It seems like we would make out whenever we got the chance. Although I guess it would be more appropriate to say that we made love whenever we got the chance." She adds while Gohan's face turns an odd mix of white and green.
"Veggie and I were, and still are, the same way when we're alone."
"Ok, I'm now officially traumatized for life."
"I'm just glad my father doesn't have a sex life to talk about." Videl whispers.
Gohan shudders at the image Videl's statement brings to mind. "I was wrong. NOW I'm traumatized."
"Er. . .sorry." Videl says as she picks up on several of Gohan's thoughts.
"No problem." Gohan replies with while giving her the famous Son Grin. "Why don't we go before anything else disturbing happens?"
"Sound's good." Videl replies with a smirk.
Gohan's face turns red at some of the things Videl is saying through their bond. "B-bye Kaa-san, Bulma-san."
"We'll see you later Chi-Chi, Bulma." Videl says as Gohan practically picks her up and disappears from the room before either woman can reply.
"Gee, I wonder why they're in such a hurry?" Bulma says with a smirk.
"You know Bulma, I bet I'm going to be a grandmother before the year's out." Chi-Chi says with stars in her eyes. But they quickly change to tears. "My baby's growing up!" She yells as the tears start to fall. "And I'm getting old!"
The blue haired genius raises an eyebrow at her friend. "You do remember that you have two sons don't you?"
"Oh that's right. I still have one baby left." She says with a smile while drying her eyes. "And out of all us adults, I AM the youngest." She says with a smirk.
Bulma glowers at the younger woman. "Only by a few years." She mutters under her breath.
~*~
"Servant guy!" Hercule yells at a random servant from his seat at the dinning room table as the mend and women bring several trays and bowls of food to the table. "Has my daughter had dinner yet?"
"No sir. Miss Videl is still in her room. She hasn't come out all day."
"Oh. Ok th. . .WHAT!?" The supposed savior of the world hollers at the top of his lungs, causing all those around him to cower.
"None of us has seen Miss Videl since yesterday, Mr. Satan."
"Videl is NOT in her room. I was just up there this morning and she wasn't there."
All of the servants look at their employer warily.
"I bet that BOY came and took her away! And now he's probably doing all kinds of terrible things to my sweet little angel!
~*~
"Wow." Videl says breathlessly as she falls back onto the bed. "That was. . .incredible."
A light chuckle escapes from Gohan. "Thanks." He says while running a hand through Videl's sweat dampened hair. "I figured that since we're going to have to wait for three days then I'd try to make up for it ahead of time." Gohan adds with a smirk, as his fingers lightly brush against the soft skin between Videl's breasts before coming to rest on her flat stomach. Slowly, his fingers trace invisible patterns on her bare skin. The sensation makes Videl giggle. And as her giggles subside, she notices that his expression is one of contemplation.
"Gohan, what are you thinking about?" Videl asks quietly, shaking Gohan from whatever thoughts he had been having.
"I was just thinking about something."
"I could see that. What were you thinking about?"
"Just," A light blush brightens his cheeks as he smiles. "What you would look like with my child growing inside you."
"Oh? So you were wondering what I'll look like when I'm all fat and ugly?"
A deep laugh resonates from Gohan. "Nothing could make you ugly. And you wouldn't be fat, you'd be pregnant."
"I suppose the first part might be true. And as for the second part, well, I suppose that in a few years you might get to find that out."
"Yeah, but. . .the image of you pregnant I get in my head is rather amusing. With how you waddle when you walk and need me to do practically everything for you." He replies with a smirk.
"Well. . .you waiting on me day and night does sound nice." Videl says with a smile. "And don't forget what Vegeta said about how I'll probably act.
Gohan pales slightly. "Thanks for reminding me."
"Don't worry, I can always use the Dragon Balls to wish you back to life."
"You don't know how much that reassures me." Gohan says with mock seriousness. "But then again, that thought will help me get through the next three days."
"Oh? And what will help me get through them?"
"Umm. . .well. . .when Kaa-san gave birth to Goten I could hear A LOT of screaming and yelling. So I suppose that the thought of how much pain you'll be in can help you."
Videl's lower lip sticks out some in a pout. "I think you that might help me go with you for several years." She says, causing Gohan to visible pale. "Jeez, you are WAY to easy to trick Gohan." Videl adds before kissing him.
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I'd like to thank Lady Melanie for the idea of Chi-Chi taking pictures. I know I wouldn't have thought of that on my own.
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