chapter 9

a few months later

"trunks are you gonna be able to do the talent show?" goten asks me, he had been worried about this since we found out i was pregnant. "chibi dont worry about it. sayians dont get big like humans when theyre pregnant, noone will notice, and ill still be able to do the dance its only been a couple months," i say. "well alright," was his reply. we were practicing for the talent show that would be in a couple days. my dad was all healed but even though i was staying at home again i spent most of my time either at gotens house or out somewhere with goten. "ok goten lets go over the dance and song one more time, and remember that your not supposed to do the slide till the very end," i remind him. we did the dance and song once or twice more before collapsing on the couch. "trunks, do you think we're gonna be able to do this without collapsing at the show?" he asks, i reply with, "most likely, cause first of all when we collapse like this we've normally done the dance and song about five or six times," i say.

"trunks!!!!!!! goten!!!!!!!! hurry up we're gonna be late!!!!!!!" we hear my mom call. tonight was the night of the talent show and me and goten were really nervous. "ok goten remember, its singing not yelling, and dont freeze on me," i say. "chill out trunks, i know what im doing we've only been practicing for three months," he says back to me. we kiss quickly then head downstairs so that my mom could drive us to the school. we had decided months ago that goten was gonna spend the night at my house tonight so that he wouldnt need to go home in the dark, the talent show was supposed to end at 10:00 but those things always ran later than planned. me and goten were gonna be the last act of the night cause the teacher of our class thought that we were the best act. noone, not even goten, knew that i had actually aquired my singing skills from my dad. i was born with extreme singing skills, and the only person i knew of in my entire family that i had heard sing thats voice was even remotely as good or sounded sort of like mine was my dads. goten

wasnt born so lucky, but i had taught him to sing properly and we learned that he actually did have some talent hidden in there.

'here comes my big solo,' i think to myself as me and goten get to the middle of the song, "sometimes its hard for me to understand but your teaching me to be a better man, dont wanna take this life for granted like i used to do, no no, i wanna love somebody love somebody like you!" i finished my big solo and then we finished the song together. "you guys were great" i hear our teacher say. "thanks," me and goten say at the same time, we had been talking at the same time alot lately. "mom, dad!!!" i yell to call my parents over to where me and goten were. they ran over to us. they looked really proud, i knew that they loved my voice. "trunksey!!!" i hear my sister yell just before she jumps up on me. i had to pick her up, i couldnt resist, my little sister was the cutest thing ever. she was kinda heavy, even if she was only two years old. "come on trunks lets get back home," my dad says. i look over to my dad, he hadnt been talking much since he tried to hurt himself so just him saying that we should head home was weird.

"trunks im tired cant we just go to bed????" asked goten, but we couldnt go to bed just yet, i had a feeling that someone was approching, but i couldnt tell who, i didnt want to go to bed, not even goten could go to bed, not until i knew who was outside my window. i didnt want anyone, especially goten, to get hurt. "not yet chibi, just give me a few more minutes, i think ive almost figured this out." i say quietly, i didnt want whoever it was to hear me. i was working on a machine that would let me figure out who it was without letting the person know, that way we werent in any sort of danger. "I'm sick and tired of waiting," goten began. "WHOEVERS OUT THERE COME AND FACE ME LIKE A MAN!!!!" he finished yelling. "chibi are you crazy????????????" i ask. "no im just tired of waiting thats all," he replies. "so you guys finally noticed i was here?" we heard a raspy voice say. "who are you and what are you doing in our house?" we asked the mysterious shadow. "my name, you know my name, and i'm here to destroy kakarot's youngest son!" the shadow replied. 'but, the only person who calls goku kakarot is my dad, unless...' "show yourself, raditz!!!!" i yelled. "whats a raditz?" goten asks," "not a good time to ask chibi, i'll explain later!" i said as raditz showed himself from the shadows. "hey he looks like my dad!!" i heard goten say quietly. "no duh chibi, hes gokus brother!!" "what?????? my dad had a brother????" "yea an older brother, his name is raditz, hes evil, the only reason i know about him is because of what my dad told me from when they were working together to try and destroy the planet." we had a little talk about my fathers and raditzs past together. "one of you two is pregnant," raditz said out of nowhere. "how would you know something like that?" we both asked at the same time. "i can sense the extra ki energy, now i just need to find out which one, by the way, you, with the sliver hair, you look familiar but i cant place it," he says after a while. "me? well the reason i look familiar is cause you know my father imbasol!!!" "oh dear boy, that hurt my pride, good thing i dont have any honor for you to hurt, and what do you mean by i know your father? you wouldnt happan to be kakarots boy would you?" "no you moron, im vegetas son!" me and him had a short arguement afterwards, him thinking it wasnt possible, and me trying to prove that my father had turned to the good side long ago. "Ok so let me get this straight, your vegetats son?? but your.......your...part...human....thats not possible...prince vegeta would never..." "but he did" the argument between me and raditz was finally over. "I'm confused...." was the only thing Goten said. "Goten I will explain later," I said again. Then from what seemed like nowhere we hear someone yell "KAMEHAMEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and there was Goku. Standing next to me and Goten, he always seems to find a way to show up when he's needed. Then we hear another voice yell "FINAL FLASH!!!!!!!!!" and there was my dad next to Goku. "Now it's my turn to say, I'm confused......" I say to Goten. We see a bright light and hear Radtiz yell "Shu Shaniash!!!" I turn to my dad, he is as confused as I am, this is not one of Raditz's attacks, not one that he knew when he knew my father anyway. There is a bright light, I hear angelic voices and for the third time in the past three months, I black out.

I awake to hear the sound of machines and the smell of the hospital, all that, all that fighting was Raditz, it was all a dream, I was actually in the hospital, with a 107.7 (ok ok i know i know normally someone witha fever that high would die but hey Trunks isn't normal, he is half saiyan mind you!!) fever, harmful to me and my unborn child. I cough loudly with a little bit of gaggin mixed in, I hate this, this is the second time in the past three months that I have been in a hospital bed. I hear light snoring and look over to see my Chibi asleep on the chair next to me, his face is tear-stained and red. He has been crying he also has his hand entertwined with mine, I know he is afraid for me. I look over to see my father, he is upset as well, that much I can see...wait a minute......why is he wearing a long-sleeved shirt just before summer? I wake Goten up and ask him to check it out. He trys to sneak over to my father and see but Dad wakes up, he won't let Goten near him, I smell the slightest bit of blood but with my messed up sense lately, I couldn't tell whose it was. I look around for my mother but don't see her, "Dad, wheres Mom?" I ask, he looks shocked and I can tell why, my throat is very dry and it's making my voice raspy, I don't know how long I was out for, it could've been days and it could've been months. Goten brings me a glass of water so that I can talk better. "Dad, wheres Mom?" I repeat. My Dad just looks at me like I grew six heads and 'hn'ed. So I ask Goten, "Chibi, where's my mom?" "Don't worry Trunks, she is just getting us some food from the cafeteria, she should be back soon," Goten replies, kissing my forehead. I looks over to my Dad, he didn't seem like the same person I had known my entire life...well most of my life, when I was eight...my Dad died...but I didn't want to relive that!! I lean over to Goten and whisper quietly, "Hey, Chibi, can you try and figure out whats up with my Dad? He's been actin' strange lately...." I say, Goten sees the look of concern on my face. "Ok, Trunks, I will try, but I don't think he will listen to me," he says almost reluctantly.

"Trunks, I brought you something to eat," I hear my mom say. "I'm not very hungry mother, thanks," was all I could manage to say. She looks at me with concern, "Are you sure Trunks?" she asks. "Yeah mama," I say. My mom looks at me like I'm crazy, she knew I only called her 'mama' when somethin' bad happened. "Trunks, is something wrong?" asks my mom. "Everythings fine Mom, really," I reply. "Trunks, you are my son, I can tell when somethings wrong," she says. Damn she found me out. "Well...Mom I'm worried about Dad," I say. "...and why is that?" my Mom asks. "Well...think about it Mom...he's wearing a long sleeve shirt just before summer, that's very uncommon for him, he's normally wearing T-Shirts during winter. You know that, aren't you worried?" I ask her. "I don't know Trunks, I just don't know," she replies quietly.

a/n i know these chapters are still short but i promise they will get longer. in the next chapter we will find out what is wrong with vegeta and the child will be born.