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 four: Regrets    

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

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Breaking herself free of the train of daydreaming thoughts that had captured her mind, Usagi quickly threw on her new fighting GI, making sure the black belt around her waist was on nice and tight. She then moved onto doing her hair. The silver locks of her hair were now long enough to be put back into a pair of twin heart shaped buns on the top of her head, with a small amount of hair pouring from each side that reached past her ears. She didn't know where she had picked this hairstyle up, or what had encouraged her to do it everyday though. It was almost as though it came natural to her.

She appeared in the mirror before her and examined her new look closely. The sky blue of the GI brought out the colour of Usagi's eyes, probably the reason ChiChi had bought it that colour in the first place. She beamed at her reflection while putting her slip-on shoes back on her small feet. Usagi gathered up her abandoned clothes that lay forgotten on the floor.

"Goten!" Usagi knocked on their bedroom door when she reached it, "Are you finished in there yet?"

"Just a minute, Usa!" he yelled back to her from the other side of the door.

Usagi frowned, 'How could he possibly take longer than me? He's a boy…he didn't even have to comb his hair, let alone put it up!...but he could comb his hair once in a while…' She thought to herself with a smile creeping over her face while leaning on their bedroom door. "Hur—!"

Goten flung the door open only to see Usagi's silver head fall suddenly backwards. She hit the floor, landing on her back with a yell of surprise and a loud thump. "Whoa! Usagi, that was so funny! Can you do it again?" He tried to muffle his laughter through his hands, but wasn't succeeding all too well in doing so.

"No! That hurt Goten!" She whined looking up at him from her position on the floor, "Hey, you look just like dad did in that photo!" She rolled over onto her stomach to get a better look, "Wow, you really do look like him!"

Goten grinned down at her, "You really think so? My GI is different to his though…he had short sleeves." He extended his hand to help her back onto her feet.

After accepting his hand, she carried her clothes and threw them carelessly back into her drawer. "Wonder who we'll be learning to fight with. Mamma didn't say, did she?"

Goten looked like he was thinking a bit, "No. I guess she didn't." He paused before he began to place another smile over his face, "It's probably a boy anyway." He had never met another little boy his own age, and the idea of meeting one excited him.

Usagi threw her drawer shut and whirled around to her twin, "What makes you say that? How do you know it's not a girl?"

Goten thought about his answer again, "I dunno. It's not a girl though. Have you ever seen a girl fighter?" He pressed. Come to think of it, he hadn't ever seen a girl that he knew was a fighter.

Usagi was on the verge of shaking her head, "Yes! 18! Do you remember her? The one Krillin got married to? She's a girl fighter!"

"She's an android."

Usagi glared, "She's still a she fighter, Goten!"

Goten shrugged, he clearly wasn't taking it the same way Usagi was. He didn't want to start out a fight between the them, and he hoped Usagi didn't either, "Ok. Cool it, Usa. I just think it's going to be a boy."

"Girl!"

"Boy!"

"Girl!"

"Boy!"

"Girl!"

"Boy!"

"Girl!"

"Bo—!"

"Hey! What's with all the yelling in here?" Gohan appeared in the doorframe of their room, to find his twin siblings have an unusual yelling match.

Both suddenly turned to face their older brother. He stood just inside there room looking confused from one to the other. It wasn't usual for them to yell, let alone even have a fight with each other. "Gohan, tell Usagi that girls don't fight, and that the kid Bulma is bringing over is a BOY!"

Gohan began to laugh, "You two are so funny. That's what this is all about? You two don't ever fight! I thought it was something serious!" They both glared at him, he laughed again, "Okay, Okay! There are a lot of girl fighters out there, Goten. You've even got one of them as your sister. But, the last time I checked Usagi, Trunks was a boy." The twins shot glances at each other, both happy to be right about one thing, "So we all good in here?"

"Yep." They replied together. Gohan smiled and left the room, after telling them that they should hurry things up a bit.

"I'm sorry I said girls couldn't fight." Goten apologised, looking at the floor.

"Yeah, me too." Usagi answered, also looking at the floor. They looked up at each other and began to smile. It wasn't long before they had given each other a make-up hug and they had left the room together.

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"How much longer is it going to be mum?" The impatient voice of a five year old boy leaning against a tree with his arms crossed over his chest whined. He wore a turquoise fighting GI tied together with an orange belt. His lavender hair that was combed to one side fell nicely into his eyes, reaching to about his ears.

"Please, be patient Trunks." A blue haired lady standing beside him sighed, "I'm sure Usagi and Goten will be out any minute now." She patted her son gently on the head.

A growl from ChiChi and the repeatedly annoying tapping of her feet on the floor stole the attention of the mother and son duo standing by the tree. "What could be taking them so long?!" She asked herself, "I mean really! It shouldn't—" The distant sound of an opening door silenced the ranting mother. This would be them now, "Gohan? Where are your brother and sister?"

Gohan could not only see the disappointment in his mothers face, but he could hear the bitterness in her voice as well. "Uh…they should be out any time now. They just had a little…disagreement."

ChiChi's eyes widened suddenly. Her twins were having a disagreement! "Oh my poor babies! What happened? Are they alright?"

An amused smile lit up across Trunks's features. How could she make such a fuss over something so little? It was really quite funny. "So they had a fight! Big deal!"

"Trunks!" Bulma exclaimed and hit her son on the shoulders with a scolding look at his rudeness. "ChiChi, all children fight, its normal for siblings to do so." Bulma pointed out, "Just calm down."

"No, but my twins don't ever fight!" ChiChi insisted, sounding as though she hadn't even heard Trunks' remark. "They have never even had a fight before!"

"That's actually not true, mum. They have had a few…you just never knew." Gohan, of course being the big brother, knew all that went on between his two baby siblings. "Besides, I said it was a disagreement. Not an actual 'fight' mum. They've already sorted it out."

"Sorted what out?"

The three pairs of eyes that had been resting on Gohan suddenly shifted at the voice of the new arriver. A smile leaked its way onto ChiChi's face at the sight of her babies, as happy as they could be. Grins were exposed over their faces, and they held their best friend's hand in theirs.

But that small smile had fallen quickly. ChiChi sighed and closed her eyes, trying to erase the image from her head: of Goten and especially Usagi in fighting GIs. Her poor babies! A small flash of Goku raced across her mind, standing in his fighting stance. Was this the future she was setting for them? Would they end up like their father without an education? Sure, so they'd be able to defend themselves if they ever needed to…but that wasn't going to put a roof over their heads when they moved out, was it? No one was going to pay them every time they saved the world. No one payed Goku, did they? Was she being a bad mother by doing this? So many questions…but she could still get out of this! It wasn't really as late as she had thought…

"Maybe she's dead, Goten!" The giggling of Usagi's mocking voice grasped ChiChi's attention so suddenly, her eyes flew open. "Did we really run around the house saying that when we were little, Gohan?"

"Yeah, you really did." Gohan laughed, causing everyone but ChiChi to begin laughing too.

ChiChi shook her head, "Sorry everyone." She apologised for her rudeness. "Usagi, Goten, this is Bulma. You've met before, but you probably wouldn't remember it. And this is Trunks, her son that will be learning to fight with you guys."

"Hey there, you two! It's nice to see you both again! It's been a while…you've grown so much!" Bulma bent over and rested her hands on her knees to be at eye level with them.

As one they bowed together, "It's nice to meet you, Bulma."

ChiChi smiled at Bulma's girlish giggling. She had taught her twins to bow when greeting someone, as a sign of respect to them. "Oh my god, ChiChi! That is just so adorable! Did you teach them to talk and bow together or something?" Bulma's attention was focused on the cuteness of the twins, causing her to miss her son roll his eyes by her side.

"No…the talking together comes naturally." ChiChi admitted with a smile to each of her children. "Bulma, I need to talk to you. Now. So why don't you three get to know each other while we discuss something?"

"Okay." The three small children watched their mothers walking off towards the house so they couldn't be heard. They were now left alone outside in the large backyard with themselves and Gohan.

"How old are you?" The boy introduced as Trunks suddenly asked, trying to make some conversation. He was currently taking in the so many differences between the 'twins'.

"We're both four. I'm the older one!" Goten exclaimed, before sticking out his tongue to his sister, as though he was proud to be older than her. "How old are you?"

"Wow…that's weird. I'm five." Trunk's eyes flickered across to Usagi's silver hair, "If your only four…why is your hair grey?"

"It's not grey hair!" Usagi threw back quickly. She could hear the muffled, amused laughter of her brothers beside her, which only added to the annoyance she was feeling at the time. Usagi quickly threw them both a glare. Goten stopped almost instantly and gave Usagi a sad glance while Gohan put a hand on her shoulder in a calming way. "It's silver!"

Trunks raised an uncertain brow. What had her so upset? He hadn't meant it to offensive towards her. "Oh." He decided then that he should at least try to think of something nice to say, "Well…I guess it looks kinda cool then." 

"Yeah, I always thought it was too! I kinda wish I had silver hair too…but I got black like Mummy, Daddy and Gohan." Goten admitted.

"Do you know how to fight yet?" Usagi asked.

"No. My dad wanted to train me though. He's really strong! But mum said I was too young and that I would be learning how to do so here. Do you?"

The twins shook their heads negatively. "I wonder how much longer they are going to take anyway…it's been ages!" 

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Bulma allowed ChiChi to lead her into the small circle shaped house, and closed the door behind her. She glanced out the window to check Trunks, Goten and Usagi were doing alright outside by themselves before turning her attention completely to ChiChi. "So, what's on your mind?"

ChiChi frowned deeply. "I'm not sure about this, Bulma."

Bulma rolled her eyes, feeling her frustration building up towards ChiChi. She had protested so much to the idea; Bulma had thought she had finally heard the end of it. "ChiChi, please. You're only a kid once, and that goes really quickly, doesn't it?" She waited for ChiChi's nod of approval before continuing, "Exactly. They should be enjoying their childhood while it lasts, because we both know it doesn't last forever. Just let them be kids ChiChi. Because that's what they are after all. So, what do you say?"  

Bulma's words had touched ChiChi; they had meant something to her, in some way she was unsure of. "Well…I…I guess so."

"That's the way! It'll be fun!" Bulma beamed. She had been victorious!

"Fine. Let's get this thing started."  

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*Laughs nervously* Heh…Sorry! I know I said it would all be happening in this chapter! Uh…*checks back to what was written here last chapter* Okay, so I didn't. But I will say now that I PROMISE next chapter is when we learn to fight! Anyway, remember how I said last chapter had been cut short? Well met its second half…in a LOT more detail (and lameness) then it would have been in if I had kept it as one. And…yeah it was still looking pretty deeply into ChiChi's feelings and all. I still reckon her beliefs (Thanks Jay!) are important, and they need to be viewed too. You'd probably think, "If she doesn't want to teach Usagi, then why is she?!" but…we have to remember that she did teach Goten…and that if she taught one she had to teach the other too…right?

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