A sweet surprise Chapter 38: Saiyan Impatience, a dragon ball z fanfic

Title: A sweet surprise

Author name: Trugeta

Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Akira Toriyama and Funimation. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. Note further that I don't own any of the trademarks mentioned in this chapter.

This story focuses on Gohan and Videl, and is set after the Majin Buu Saga. It's and AU, and Reviews are welcome and appreciated.

Chapter 38: Saiyan Impatience

Last time...

Next he retrieved the Saiyan battle-axe and followed the example of his father and big brother, attaching it to the belt.

"That is so cool!" he exclaimed, causing laughter and snorts.

"Good!" Vegeta exclaimed, clapping his hands together, "Now that that is done, how about some serious training?" he asked smirking.

And train they did.

Now the continuation...

Once more, Gohan was lying awake in the bed he and his wife shared, Videl lying with her back to him and breathing regularly, finally deep asleep.

Pan had kept her (and him) awake for quite some time, but some quality time spent in the rocking chair had put the unborn to sleep. Quite groggily, Videl had fast fallen asleep, while Gohan remained awake to reflect onto the events that had aspired during the last month.

Gohan had decided that he would apply for the study course of Physics. He had also taken an interest in quantum-mechanics, having, after all, made a major progress there, and due to his excellent grades and his intelligence this should be no problem at all for Gohan.

He had already been accepted for those courses of study, and although he was still training constantly he would be able to cope with it easily.

Already he had some new ideas how to improve the GR further than he had done already (including his latest idea he had already realized with the help of Bulma), but that would have to wait until after Pan was born. Gohan was looking very much forward to see his daughter, his daughter, for the first time for real, not only as an image on the ultra-sound monitor.

On the other hand he also dreaded her birth some, for he caught himself often asking the question, if he would be a good father, and if he had everything that was needed to be a good father.

During this time Videl had helped greatly, as she sensed those special moods of her husband, and she reassured him that he would be a great father, no doubt. And, believe it or not, it helped.

He, for one thing, was sure that Videl would be the greatest mother in the world, and he did not hesitate to say exactly that, even if only to provoke that nice by-product, her dazzling smile.

His wife was now in very obviously in her final trimester, and her belly had grown even more, now that she was in her eight month. Pan started kicking more frequently, and with quite some strength, and Gohan found it funny time and time again.

It was a very interesting feeling, and made it much more believable that their child was growing within this fantastic woman that was his wife.

Videl had also become a lot more sensitive than before, and sometimes even a word of love or some romantic song on the radio made her sob. Sometimes she would hate her state, for she was used to be the tough fighter, but than (should he be present at that time) Gohan would assure her that it was all right and hug her tightly to him. Act that put herself at peace with herself again.

Now that her pregnancy was progressing towards it end Videl started to question herself more and more often if everything would go right, and it was a great reassurance that, according to her doc, everything was indeed going fine. It was, until now, a picture perfect pregnancy.

The young Son woman was also asking herself how painful the birth would be, but considering that she had suffered great physical pain in the past already she was not too worried. Never had she considered to give birth to Pan via abdominal delivery, and that would only be an option if Pan had not turned in due time.

And the cutest thing ever had been the parenting classes, as it had been very funny to see Gohan somewhat at a loss at the beginning. But, being the intelligent and resourceful man that he was, he caught up quickly.

One thing that fell into the category worst thing ever (for Gohan) was the pregnancy aerobics. It had been so ridiculous and humiliating for the demi as he actually had to participate, but somehow he had survived that.

Although it had been harder than his fight against Cell and would win the fruit cake for the category "worst thing to happen yet".

'Never again!' he had sworn, but that remained to be seen.

One disadvantage of the pregnancy was that Videl was getting a lot less sleep than she would have liked, for Pan's strong kicks tended to wake her up even at the oddest hours, like just yet. And thus Gohan too.

Pretending to be still asleep as not to disturb Gohan, Videl had time to think about the past months. The pregnancy was one of the most wonderful things that had yet happened to her, and she loved the attention and caring she was getting from everyone.

Especially Gohan was loving and caring, in two words, simply wonderful. Due to Pans now more frequent kicks, she would sleep badly and thus often had severe trouble to get out of bed, and more often she would simply lie in. Good thing she would start her course of study next year!

Also her belly was now growing more and more still, and it made it difficult for her to move. And if she had assumed a position Pan did not like, she would tell her so through a forceful kick.

It did not hurt, rather the opposite. It was overall pleasurable and she loved the feeling of having Pan in her. But she would also love to have her finally out of her, so that she would finally be able to do all the things she loved and enjoyed, like martial arts and sports for starters.

Videl and Gohan had by now completely settled in and loved their house more from day to day. Their families and friends were visiting them more or minor regularly and the young couple was very happy. But there were some things concerning a pregnancy that were not nice. She felt SO fat! But Gohan loved her anyway.

With that thought she went back to sleep, shortly followed by her husband.

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The next day training was scheduled to take place at Gohans´ house, as often these days. Both Chi-Chi and Bulma as well as their husbands knew that (part-)Saiyan children tended to want to enter this world earlier than (full-)human babies, thus Videl could get contractions any time now.

And in this case the Z-gang would be in close proximity to get Videl to the hospital. Gohan and Videl had ruled teleportation as means of transportation out in case of her having contractions; they did not want to risk Videls´ and pans´ health, which Goku and the others understood fully.

Bulma had said though, that a risk to Videl and pan was virtually non-existent if it was to be used, but Gohan and Videl had made their decision.

Neither the Saiyan Prince nor the others complained that training took now place exclusively at Gohans, as the GRs were all equally good at all trainings sides. One by one the trainings participants arrived, and today their training would also include two certain Nameks they had not seen that often in months.

Ever since Bulma and Gohan had had built another GR at the lookout, Piccolo had taken Dendes´ training into his hands. The GR at the lookout was also a special case in comparison to the others, and what made it so different was another ingenious idea Gohan had had. One day the young Saiyan had had the thought ´Why not place one of the new GR´s inside the hyperbolic timechamber?´

And after some discussion with the acting Kami Piccolo and a quite thorough testing of Gohans´ idea on his (Piccolos) part, he had deemed Gohans idea worthy. In the following days after the testing the construction had begun.

In order to counter the hyperbolic timechambers´ unique effects construction machines had been used to built the new GR inside the timechamber. Its features also differed slightly from the other GRs, as this one could be upgraded easier and was equipped with new and upgraded components, results of continuous research on Bulmas and Gohans part.

Now the Z-gang had another valuable asset at hand, namely a high-tech GR that could be used in combination with the added benefits of the hyperbolic timechamber. Fact that suited the Z-gang quite well.

In order to speed Dendes´ training up, Piccolo had decided (much to a certain ex-Kamis chagrin) to make full use of the hyperbolic GR. The fact that Nameks had a much longer life-span than (untrained) humans surely helped in the aspect of Dendes training inside the hyperbolic GR, as one day outside still equaled a year inside.

The restrictions, that the hyperbolic timechamber could only be used three times in ones lifetime had been removed by Piccolo after he had initiated new safety protocols.

The KI-signatures of the Z-gang, as well as physiological aspects like fingerprints, iris-scans and all other biomemetric scans were used to identify themselves to the hyperbolic timechamber and done by the control computer inside the hyperbolic timechamber, and each member of the gang had set different telepathic passwords that enabled them, and only them to enter the hyperbolic timechamber.

The Saiyans were already present in the GR, while Bulma (with 1 1/2 year old Bra), Chi-Chi and Videl were upstairs, chatting away.

The five Saiyans were today carrying their battle amours, the Son Saiyans that of the Super Elites, including their battle-axes, while Vegeta and his son wore armors worthy of Saiyan Princes´. Gohan, Vegeta and Goku had agreed that they would test, just how much progress Dende had made during his training with Piccolo.

Gohan had laid the responsibility to carry out Dendes´ punishment into Piccolos´ hands, knowing very well that the tall Nameks teaching methods could very well be considered as a punishment in themselves.

The Namekian warrior had considerably softened ever since he had trained him so many years in the past. But Gohan figured that the Namek had not lost his touch. Anyway, they would soon find out.

The Saiyans had just begun to spar to kill time, when Dende and Piccolo arrived at the house. They had gotten some glimpses on Dende during the past months at several bbqs, and the former little Namek had grown considerably and had also filled out quite well.

Not to mention that he seemed to have gotten a lot stronger. Vegeta nodded to himself as he examined the Nameks KI. Dende's punishment seemed to have agreed with him. With a bit more polishing he would be able to defend himself quite well, unless more powerful help would arrive.

The Saiyan Prince noted that the others had examined Dendes KI too, and they seemed to have come to the same conclusions as him. All in all their conclusions were quite satisfying.

An acting Kami (if he got his 'job' back in less than a year, which was to be expected) who could defend himself was quite a refreshing change from the weak Namek he had been before. They would see soon just how strong Dende had become due to the training he had gone through.

Meanwhile the human Z-Fighters (plus one Android and her daughter) had arrived too, just a bit ahead of Piccolo and Dende. Gohan had suggested that they did not want to miss to see the outcome of the punishment he had inflicted on the ex-Kami, and of course, they had come.

The last months had obviously agreed quite very much with the three humans, as they too had increased their power considerably. Gohan nodded to himself, satisfied. Obviously his GR concept was working the way he had estimated, and the result was a largely increased overall capability in the Z-Gang.

Roughly a minute later the locks to the GR opened, and two certain tall, green-skinned Nameks entered the large room. Especially Dende had grown a lot since they had last seen him, and he was now nearly as tall as Gohan. The rest of the Z-Gang had no doubt, that he would indeed be able to defend himself satisfactory until stronger help arrived.

After all greetings had been exchanged, the Z-Gang went down to business. Krillin, Tien, Yamcha, 18 and Marron positioned themselves at the sidelines in order to have the best view. They (with the exception of Marron, who had yet to be trained for real) would spar latter.

"Computer, activate grids Alpha One to Twenty and set up force-field for specified area." Gohan ordered, and the computer did just that.

The young Saiyan looked at his former mentor and Dende with a grin.

"Let's get to work then." he stated and made his way to the Alpha-area, followed by the other Saiyans and the two Nameks.

When they arrived there, Gohan turned to Piccolo.

"I must say I am impressed, Piccolo. From what I could sense I'd say that Dende is now nearly as strong as a new Super Saiyan. Well done."

Piccolo nodded, but remained otherwise impassive.

"Yes, Gohan, his progress is quite satisfying. Beforehand I would not have thought that he had what was needed, but he proved me wrong. Under the healer exterior slumbered a quite capable warrior, which is, by Namekian standards in fact uncommon, but not unheard of. He will be able to defend himself."

Dende, who had been quite nervous when he had seen that all the Z-Fighters were gathered together in the GR (he had started getting nervous already when he had sensed their KIs) and whose nervousness had even increased when he had seen, that the Saiyans were all clad in armor, visibly relaxed at the praise.

A certain Saiyan, however, just smirked.

"That remains to be seen." was his comment.

And with that, Gohan entered the force-field and made a gesture at Dende to follow him. Gohan had beforehand decided that he would limit himself to the power-level of Dende to see how he would hold his own against an opponent matching his strength.

Gohan estimated that Dende was nearly as strong as a new Super Saiyan, which was quite an achievement. Accordingly, Gohan accommodated his strength, matching Dende's.

With a gulp, Dende entered the force-field, and as soon as he had done so, Gohan tried to sweep his feet. Dende reacted lightning-fast and hopped into the air, only to block an incoming fist less than a second later. Soon Dende and Gohan were trading blows, and the young Saiyan smirked, satisfied that Dende was able to hold his own until now.

He increased the intensity of his attacks and tested Dendes' defenses more thoroughly, noticing soon that Piccolo seemed to have a good job in teaching him. Gohan was also impressed despite himself when Dende had the guts to start offensive actions against him, but deflected the Special Beam Cannon followed up by an attempted punch to the liver easily.

Gohan allowed Dende to attack him by creating some voluntarily openings, intent to see if Dende would notice them. Down below Vegeta and Goku nodded to themselves while Piccolo was wearing an unusual smug expression.

As well Gohan was doing a good job as 'examinant' as Dende was as 'examinee'. The Namek had indeed noticed the openings and attempted to use them, but as Gohan closed them at the last second he had no success.

What counted however was the fact that Dende had noticed them and had tried to use them, for more often than not fights were decided due to the fact, just how observant the combatants were. And Dende had proven to them that he had been trained well in this aspect.

Then Gohan decided to test how Dende would hold his own against a stronger opponent, and transformed into a Super Saiyan Level One with a yell. This time Gohan increased the intensity of his attacks massively, but at first Dende was able to hold his own, which confirmed one of the young Saiyans' suspicions.

The young Namek was now indeed nearly as strong as a basic Super Saiyan and he would be able to hold his own in a case of emergency. Now that that was proven, Gohan decided to put an end to the training fight. He phased out of sight and above Dende, and before the Namek had any chance to react the taller Saiyan had pounded him soundly into the ground with a double-fisted blow.

Shaking his head to clear it from the dizziness Dende indented to come to his feet again, only to be greeted by Gohan who held a palm with a basketball-sized KI-blast in it at him.

"Do you yield?" he asked, smirking.

Naturally, the Namek nodded. Gohan let the KI-blast dissipate and helped Dende to his feet in one swift motion, still smirking.

"I must admit, I'm quite surprised at how much progress you have made, old friend." he said and patted Dende's back. "You have gotten real good."

Dende looked up at Gohan and grinned.

"Thanks, Gohan. You would not believe how often I cursed you at the beginning, but then, when I got the knack to fighting, the punishment you inflicted onto me changed into something different. It became a chance for me to learn something new, something I had not even considered before. I apologize for the pranks I played at you and I promise I won't do it again." he ended solemnly.

Gohan nodded, and was just about to answer when a frantic telepathic message reached him.

'Gohan! Come fast! My water broke…'

TBC…

Author's Note: I had some trouble in naming this chapter. Finally I settled on 'Saiyan Impatience', as Pan does want to enter this world earlier than anticipated, thus showing true Saiyan impatience.

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Next time: the time has finally arrived. Videl will give birth to Pan. And Gohan is about to find out just how irate a female can get during birth. Stay tuned!

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Till next Wednesday. Ja ne!