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--Chapter 11: Parents just don't understand--

"SERENA!"

From outside, Serena winced at the sound of Chichi's shriek. Serena cautiously into the house.

"Yeah Mom?" She asked timidly.

"Would you mind explaining this?" Chichi thrust out a math test with a very low grade on it. "I thought you were going to study sessions."

"I am but I don't understand any of it." Serena said to defend herself. "I've never been able to do math."

"That's no excuse Serena. You barely got more than your name right." Chichi sighed. "I knew I shouldn't have listened to the others and continued to push education like I did with Gohan."

"Please don't brainwash me with math while I sleep. I have enough nightmares involving math teachers as it is." Serena whined.

"I will do what I must to make sure you graduate high school and get into a good college." Chichi looked over the failed test again. "Maybe its time to cut your training time."

"No!" Serena shrieked to rival Chichi's.

"What's with all the yelling in here?" Goku came in wearing a torn gi.

"Mom's going to brainwash me with math and cut my training." Serena said, ducking behind her father.

"Aw come on Chichi." Goku said. "She's almost reached Super Saiyan level. You can't cut her training time." He begged. Chichi rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Like father, like daughter." She mumbled under her breath. "I'll think about it. But for now, go do that homework I know you have." Serena groaned, walking away to her room. Chichi turned to take in the state of her husband's clothes. "What happened to you?"

"I met up with Vegeta and he wasn't in the best of moods." Goku answered, sitting in a chair.

"He's never in the best of moods." Chichi replied, sitting across from Goku.

"But it was different today. He was really ticked off. I wonder what could have caused it." Goku wondered aloud.

"Let's see," Chichi mumbled, thinking. "Bulma is pregnant but he didn't act different when she was pregnant before."

"It's because Darien and Jetta moved out." Serena said, coming in with a geometry book in her hand.

"Darien and Jetta moved out? Why did they do that?" Chichi asked.

"They didn't like how Vegeta was telling them how to live their lives so until he changes, Darien is staying with Malachite and Jetta is up at the Lookout." Serena explained.

"Now I see why Vegeta's been so aggressive." Goku muttered. He stood up. "I'll be back later." Goku told his family before leaving.

"Sure you don't want to… Oh why do I bother?" Chichi muttered before helping Serena with her math homework.

-The Lookout-

"You'll make yourself sick doing that."

Jetta looked from the ledge she was hanging over to look back at Dende and Piccolo.

"It's the only way I can feel if my father has left yet." Jetta said looking back over.

"This cannot be good on your mother and her condition." Dende mentioned.

"She'll be fine. I'm sure she's been through worse living with that man."

"Your father."

"Only by blood."

"You're being a coward." Piccolo said. Jetta snapped her head toward him.

"What?"

"You heard me. Instead of facing your father, you're up here hiding."

"I am not hiding from him." Jetta said through clenched teeth. She slowly stood up. "He took Jedite away from me."

"No he didn't. He didn't kill Jedite. You took yourself away from him." Jetta glared at Piccolo.

"What was I suppose to do Piccolo? Run away with Jedite and get married at sixteen? Hell why don't I get pregnant while I'm at it."

"There are different ways to stay together than pregnancy or earthling marriage." Piccolo said, leaving Jetta confused. A bug choose that moment to land on Dende's neck and he slapped it way. It was then that realization dawned on Jetta's face.

"The mark." Jetta exclaimed. "It would bind me to Jedite forever. Father wouldn't be able to do anything because it's a Saiyan custom. It's perfect." Jetta squealed. "Piccolo you're a genius."

"I know."

"I have to find Jedite. And Darien, he'd probably like to know with Serena." Jetta said, sounding like a kid in a candy store. She jumped down from the lookout and flew away.

"Are you sure that was a good idea?" Dende asked after Jetta flew off.

"It wasn't my idea." Piccolo replied. Dende looked at him questionably. "Bulma thought of it." Piccolo took one last look over before going back to what he had been doing.

-Jetta-

Jetta touched down in front of Malachite's house. She knocked on the door a few times before letting herself in. She was greeted with the scene of Malachite and Zoicite making out on the sofa.

"On the couch all places." Jetta said loudly, causing the two to separate.

"Don't you knock?" Malachite said, getting up and straightening his hair.

"I did knock lover-boy." Jetta said, leaning against the door frame. "Not so cool when it's your lip-lock session that's rudely interrupted is it?" She teased. Malachite shot a glare at her.

"Is there something you want?"

"As a matter of fact there is. Have you seen Darien?" She asked.

"He left to see Bulma just a few minutes ago." Zoicite answered. She looked Jetta over closely. "You seem excited about something."

"I just found a way to keep my father from interfering in my life with Jedite."

"Someone call me?" Jedite said coming out of the room next to the door. He saw Jetta standing in the doorway. "What are you doing here? Do you realize what your father will do if he finds you here?"

"Chill Jedite. I've got it all worked out." Jetta said pushing Jedite back into the room and shutting the door with her foot. Malachite looked over to Zoicite.

"I probably don't want to know." He said sitting back on the sofa.

"Probably not." Zoicite replied, pulling Malachite closer to her. "Now where were we?"

-Darien-

Darien sat at the kitchen table watching his mother move around the kitchen, washing and putting away dishes.

"Are you sure you should be doing all this?" Darien asked. Bulma stopped and looked at her older son.

"Darien, I have done this three times before. I know what I'm doing. I hate to see how you act when Serena gets pregnant." Bulma said as she put the last of the dishes away.

"It'll probably be a long time before that happens. After what happened with Jetta, I don't want to take the chance of Serena getting hurt." Bulma sat next to Darien and placed her hand on his arm.

"You won't have to worry about that anymore. I know how you can stay with the woman you love without having to worry about Vegeta."

"How?" Darien asked, interested.

"Remember Goku explaining Saiyan bonding?" Darien nodded. "If you bonded with Serena, there is absolutely nothing your father could do about. Because if he killed her, he'd kill you and then I would kill him." Bulma finished with a smirk.

"Will that really work?" Darien asked, uncertain but somewhat excited.

"Without a doubt." Bulma replied, "In fact, I'm so sure of this that Serena is on her way now." Bulma saw Serena touch down outside the window. "Speak of the devil." She turned to her son. "Well what are you waiting for?" Bulma said with a push. She watched her son leave and join his girlfriend. Bulma decided to sit down on the sofa and watch television for a while. She was a pregnant woman, she was allowed to be lazy if she wanted. Bulma felt a presence behind her.

"Hi Goku." She said without turning around. Goku jumped over the back of the couch to sit next to her.

"How'd you know it was me?" Goku asked.

"Women's intuition," Bulma replied. "And I saw your reflection in the television."

"Oh." Goku said. He placed a hand on Bulma's slightly bulging stomach. "How's the baby?"

"Just fine. Already fighting against my inner organs." Bulma answered. Goku moved his hand.

"I heard that Darien and Jetta moved out. How are you doing?"

"I'm fine." Bulma replied. "I have a feeling they'll be moving back in soon." Goku cocked his head to the side.

"How so?"

"I told them about the rules of Saiyan bonding. They'll move in just to spite Vegeta."

"Are you sure that'll work?" Goku asked.

"Positive. I know my children well enough to know they're just like their father. No matter how much they deny it."

"I am not." Bulma and Goku looked behind them and saw Jetta and Jedite. Jetta was holding a backpack in her hand.

"Does that mean you're moving back in?" Goku asked.

"It sure does." Jetta replied, leading Jedite by the hand toward her room.

"I told you my plan would work." Bulma said with a triumphant smile on her face.

It didn't take long after Jetta had left when Vegeta came barging into the room.

"Where is he?" Vegeta demanded.

"Where's who Vegeta?" Bulma asked, knowing full well who Vegeta was talking about.

"That idiot's brat. I know he's here." Jetta and Jedite choose that moment to reenter the room, hand in hand.

"Do you have to be so loud?" Jetta asked glaring at her father.

"I told you to stay away from her." Vegeta seethed at Jedite.

"I did. She came to me." Jedite retorted.

"Why you…" Vegeta stalked toward to blonde.

"I wouldn't lay a hand on him if I were you." Jetta said. "You kill him, you kill me." Jetta pushed her hair back away from her neck. Vegeta got clear view of the fresh bite mark on his middle child's neck.

--I know I'm evil for leaving it there but it's been a year since I updated and I need to get something out. I promise it won't take so long next time.--