DISCLAMIER: I DO NOT own either Dragon Ball Z, or Sailor Moon, and I have added this as proof I do not wish to claim either of them as my own works. Any Characters that may turn up throughout this fic that you do not recognise are mine.

Forever, For Always, For You

Author: Xolani

Chapter three: ChiChi's nightmare begins

"Speaking" 'Thinking' Reading/writing setting change POV [A/N]

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Two Years Later

ChiChi hung the telephone up with Bulma with a heavy sigh. She sat in her chair thinking for a few moments. She wondered if the decision she had just made was indeed the right one. Bulma had being trying to talk her into it for a while, and she had finally given in. But Bulma had known ChiChi would give in eventually, she had even taken ChiChi shopping earlier that day. There was no turning back now. She had it all planned out apparently.

Walking down the hallway, ChiChi opened the door to her four year old twin's bedroom just for a second. "You two can't fool me," She sighed, "Now go to sleep. I mean it. I'll have to put you in different bedrooms if you can't get to sleep at night." There was no reply from the room, but ChiChi knew better. She closed the door and leaned against it, just waiting for one of them to even dare throwing a whisper to the other. But they obviously knew better too, because they remained quiet.

She then moved down the hallway to her eldest son, Gohan's room. She stood behind his closed door for a few seconds, gathering her thoughts. When she told Gohan, it was final. There wouldn't be any turning back from what was to happen tomorrow. "Gohan?"

Gohan wasn't yet in bed. ChiChi hadn't expected him to be because of the early hour of the night. He sat instead at his desk doing his homework, breaking a smile over ChiChi's face. "Mum?"

ChiChi moved to her son's bed and sat down on it, making sure she was comfortable, "I need to talk to you, son." She explained with a pause that allowed her son to turn around in his chair and face her. "Tomorrow, I'm going to start training the twins to fight. And I need your help."

Gohan's eyes widened. He must have been hearing things. "What?"

"Not what, pardon. I said, tomorrow I'm teaching the twins to fight." ChiChi repeated while exhaling heavily.

"Why?" Gohan asked, making it sound to ChiChi like he thought it was a really silly idea. "I thought with dad—I thought they wouldn't because—"

ChiChi's sigh cut him short, "I know son. But Bulma had this really good idea that Trunks learns to fight with Goten and Usagi…and she somehow convinced me into it."

"But mum…" Gohan trailed off. He was too overwhelmed with surprise to actually believe his mother wanted her twins to fight. She had been so against it for Gohan, and he had heard her declare that they, especially Usagi, would never learn to fight. "Usagi? You said she would be 'your little girl' forever! that she would never fight. You wanted her to go to school when she was older and everything." 

ChiChi closed her eyes, her dreams of the perfect children and the perfect family shattering before her eyes. Their future sat upon her shoulders, with every decision she made. She was deciding the way her twins would live their lives tonight. "Yes, I know…but…well have you ever tried to slit twins up? It just doesn't happen. I couldn't send Usagi to school and Goten to train with Trunks. Usagi will still be my little girl forever." ChiChi tried to convince herself, as well as Gohan, "She will be, because it will be me teaching her to fight, not Goku."

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The Next Morning

Gohan never thought he'd meet the day his mother would allow Goten and Usagi to fight. With Goku gone, ChiChi's dream of no more fighting would have come true. There would be no more fighting, and they could be a family. But she continued to puzzle Gohan with her sudden will to train Usagi and Goten in martial arts. She had explained that not sending Usagi to school was the disappointing part, before rambling on that maybe it was the wrong decision to be destroying their futures like that. But ChiChi couldn't back out. She had no choice any more. Goten and Usagi, were going to be fighters.

One by one, the twins came from the hallway, into the kitchen with matching smiles. "Good morning, mummy." They said together before sitting down beside each other.

Gohan walked into the kitchen moments later and placed himself opposite his two siblings, just in time to hear Goten speak, "How much longer, mummy? I'm starving!"

"It'll be ready when it's ready, Goku!" ChiChi yelled back slightly irritated by her husband's whining voice.

Her three children around the table froze, Gohan looking shocked from his mother's back to his younger brother. ChiChi stopped what she was doing in the kitchen, the reality of what she had just called her son sinking it. Goten was a Chibi Goku. When she appeared from the kitchen, minutes later, she carried a pot of what must have been their breakfast with her. She served a plate up for each of her three children, and when she came to Goten, knelt down before him so they were at eyelevel. "I'm sorry I yelled at you before." She apologized with a pause, "It's just…you don't know how much you remind me of Goku. Did you know, he used to sit exactly where you are now every morning and ask me that exact same question?"

Goten's smile suddenly changed. No longer was it the mischievous smile he shared with Usagi, but his own goofy smile that resembled Goku's in a way, "And what did you say, mamma?"

ChiChi also began to smile, with memories of every morning before Goku died, "Exactly what I said to you, kiddo." She then laughed and playfully poked his nose, causing Goten to begin to giggle, which was enough to start Usagi off on a fit of giggles too, while Gohan just smiled fondly at his family.

It wasn't long before Goten and Usagi were too consumed by their food to even notice what was happening around them. "More Please!" they would often exclaim together just as ChiChi sat down at the table every morning.

It often freaked Gohan and ChiChi out how they could speak the same words at the same time, without even exchanging a glance. 'They are defiantly Goku's children... always wanting more.'  ChiChi told herself with a small smile, piling their plates high with seconds. The plate of seconds was gone in a matter of minutes, resiting to the stomachs of the twin siblings.

Usagi was the first to leave the table, carrying her plate along with her into the kitchen to put it in the sink for her mother. Goten closely followed behind his twin and did the same. Together they came from the kitchen and made their way across the area where ChiChi and Gohan were just finishing up their breakfast. But they were soon stopped by the sound of ChiChi's voice, "And where are you two going?"

The two stopped in their tracks, their expressions looking as though they had been caught doing something they shouldn't have been doing so, red handed, "Uh…to our room." Usagi answered slowly.

"Yeah, to do our homework," Goten finished off, casting a confused look to his sister.

"Not today, you're not." ChiChi took a deep breath. This was it. She was about to change the perfect lives of her perfect family all in a few words. "I have a surprise for you two."

Grins grew across their faces. Any excuse to get away from homework was good enough for them. And they even got a surprise! They were found sitting back in their seats in just a few moments. ChiChi pushed her chair in as she got up from the table slowly, and left for her bedroom.

Gohan watched his mother leave, before turning to look at the twin's excited faces. He watched as they exchanged suggestions on what their 'surprise' could be. 'I wonder how they will take it.'  He thought to himself. He then thought of his mother. How she had changed so much in only four years still surprised him. She had just dropped everything suddenly and allowed them to fight. Goku hadn't even been there to try and convince her to do so. She had done it off her own accord. Gohan began to wonder what his life would have been like, if she had just let him train. Who knows how strong he could be now if she had. Goku may even still be alive.

"Gohan! Are you even listening to me?" Usagi waved her hand in front of his eyes in hopes to break him from his train of thoughts.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Goten giggled while Usagi just let her frustration out with a sigh, "She asked you if you knew what our surprise is going to be."

"Oh. Yeah, of course I know. Mum told me last night." He smiled, "You want to know, don't you?" He laughed as they nodded, "Well, you'll just have to wait."

Usagi frowned playfully, "Oh come on Gohan…You'll be the best brother in the world if you do tell us!"

"Hey!" Goten protested with a pouted and a glare at his younger sister.

She giggled, "You know what I mean, Goten. Oh, c'mon please Gohan?"

"Yeah, Gohan! We'll be finding out in a few seconds anyway!" Goten agreed, acting as though the little comment Usagi had said was never said at all.

Gohan laughed again, "That's right, you'll find out in a few seconds anyway. Patience is the key."  

Both rolled their eyes as ChiChi returned to the kitchen, unaware of the discussion that had just taken place. In her hands she held two matching boxes, one of blue no doubt for Goten and another of pink for Usagi. She threw on a fake smile before placing the right box in front of the right child. Gohan had a pretty good idea of what might just be in these two boxes.

"Wow…thanks, mamma!" Usagi exclaimed.

"Yeah, thanks, Mamma!" Goten added in quickly. He should say thank you after all, he didn't want to seem ungrateful to his mother's generous gift.

At an equally fast pace, they ripped their boxes open with largely exposed smiles visible on their small faces. From the insides of his blue box, Goten pulled out an orange fighting GI. Beneath that he found a long sleeved blue shirt to go under it. Also included in the box, as he found, a black belt to tie around his waist and dark blue, and leg-warmer like socks to match the top. His smile grew larger across his face, as it registered to him what this must mean.

He looked over at Usagi in time to see her pull out an identical GI to his, hence hers being a sky blue and Usagi's GI being cut differently he noticed to his, around the neck. Rather than a huge V neck like his, hers was a lot smaller, and was obviously made for a girl to wear. She also had a long sleeved top included in her box, hers made of white. Just like Goten, she too had a black fighting belt and leg-warmer socks that were also white. "Oh, are we going to learn to fight, mummy?" Usagi asked excitedly. She had remembered Gohan tell her a long time ago that they probably wouldn't learn to fight like him because their mother didn't like the idea.

ChiChi fought the urge to take back the GIs from her happy children and tell them that they wouldn't be learning to fight, before sending them back off to their rooms to study. "Yes, Usagi dear," She sighed, "You're going to learn to fight." ChiChi felt her heart beat increase inside her chest as she spoke the words she never wanted to say to them, whilst her head screamed at her.

"Oh this is so awesome!" Goten cried, jumping into the air.

"Well go put on your new fighting GIs, we need to be ready for when Bulma and a new little friend for you two too get here." She forced a fake smile on her face and held it tightly in place until she was sure Gohan, Goten and Usagi had all left the room.

Usagi raced from the room towards the bathroom, unaware that she didn't need to be racing to the bathroom. Goten had been racing for their room in hopes he would reach it before his sister. She smiled at her success once she had entered the bathroom and slammed the door shut. She leant against it and let out a sigh. She couldn't believe what was happening. She was going to learn to fight. She was going to be a strong fighter just like her big brother. She was going to be a strong fighter just like her dad…

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Okies, I liked this chapter a little bit more…I cut it short though. Sorry guys! I thought that was a pretty good ending, leaving it sort of open for the next chapter. It's about the length of a normal chapter for me anyway. Once again, I'm trying to keep things even between Usagi and Goten. If your wondering why I wrote ChiChi the way I did in this chapter, my reasons being I don't believe she just dropped all her believings (is that a word?) like that one morning and said "I'm going to train Goten to fight." I think it would have taken a little time to get used too, before she welcomed the idea of Goten being the Chibi Goku. So that's just the way my story is going to flow, and don't worry, I don't plan on making it that by the fifth chapter she knows everything and is preparing to fight, if I was to do so, I would have just wrote a One-Shot instead of an actual story. So you don't need to worry about flicking to the next chapter and she is suddenly from age four to fourteen. I hope to bring at least one of the senshi into either the chapter after the next one, or the one after that. I really hope you like the story so far!! 

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