A/N: Thank you Volcanic, Daffodil8728, Xzanayu, Shadow Dreamer 27, Basket Case14, and everyone who reviewed for this story! Thank you all so much, if it weren't for you guys I wouldn't have gotten my goal (And well past it) of 100. Thank you all! I hope you enjoy this last chapter:-D
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Kage woke up in his father's arms just as they landed in front of Gohan's house. He groaned pulling away from his father and onto unsteady feet. He stumbled backwards into Piccolo's waiting arms then stood again; this time Piccolo helped him by putting his arm around his back and pulling Kage's arm up over his neck. Kage winced slightly in pain then looked up at his father and smiled sheepishly. Piccolo nodded taking the unsaid thank you. Their attention was quickly snapped to the front door as the girls walked out. Videl and Pan went to Gohan throwing their arms around him while Andy eyed Kage; she looked at a loss of what to do.
Kage pulled free of his father's arms, "I'm okay." He said to him reassuringly then turned to Andy; he smiled lightly moving over to her.
She looked up at him breathing slowly out through her nose, "You okay?" She asked softly for a lack of a better thing to say. Kage nodded and she wrapped her arms around his neck, "I was worried." Andy whispered smiling as Kage hugged her back.
"I know," Kage said softly then added, "I'm sorry I broke your house."
Andy leaned against him muffling her laugh with his chest, "That's fine," Of course she was sad for loss of her home, but the loss was minor to if she had lost Kage or… She broke away from Kage at the heartbreaking sob admitted from Pan.
"No, no, Gohan please…" Videl covered her mouth as tears dropped from her eyes; she quickly pulled Pan to her, the little girl sobbing.
"B-but Ganjo was my best friend daddy!" Pan sobbed clutching to her mother's pant leg, "He w-was my best friend!" Gohan knelt down next to his daughter and tried to hug her but the young demi Saiyajin pushed him away and ran into the house.
"How could you let this happen?" Videl's voice hitched.
Gohan shook his head, "There wasn't anything I could have done. He'll be back though; we'll wish him back in one year." He stood up pulling his wife to him, "We'll wish him back." He whispered in her ear.
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One Year Later
The last golden orb with four red stars was placed in the circle. The orbs flashed with an inner light; Gohan placed his hand on Pan's shoulder as he looked down at the dragon balls.
"Wanna do the honors?"
Pan tilted her head back, "Can I?" She smiled when Gohan nodded then turned back to the orbs, "Rise Eternal Dragon!" She called out and the balls began glowing. Not even a moment later they exploded into long rays of light that shot up into the sky. A long green dragon emerged as the light died down, its large red eyes stared down at Pan. She swallowed hard staring up at the impressive monster.
"WHAT IS YOUR WISH?" The dragon rumbled.
Pan backed up against her father's legs in fear; she swallowed again and said with a trembling voice, "We wish for m-my brother G-Ganjo to b-be returned t-to this plane of existence." She had rehearsed that line over and over again since they begun their search for the dragon balls, the words left her mouth feeling like a foreign language. Her head tilted back to see her father and he nodded smiling in approval.
"YOUR WISH HAS BEEN GRANTED, I WISH THEE FAREWELL!" In the same way he came, the Eternal Dragon left. The dragon balls shot up into the sky and scattered over the earth to be found once again for a new wish.
Pan breathed a sigh of relief then blinked, "Where is he?"
"Where's who?" An oddly familiar voice echoed across the lookout.
Pan whirled around her eyes growing wide, "Ganjo!" She squealed launching herself into her brother's arms, "It worked! You're back!" She grinned hugging his neck.
Videl covered her mouth with her hands as her eyes began to water; she followed after Pan pulling the two into a hug.
Ganjo chuckled softly, "Hey Panster," He smiled hugging the little girl back, "Mom." He grinned hugging his mother with one arm while his other held Pan up.
His eyes trailed up to his father's form, "Hey dad." He said softly as the man walked over and shook his hand then pulled him into a hug.
"Missed you son, the afterlife treat you well?" Gohan grinned pulling back and ruffled Pan's hair. The little girl giggled happily glad to have her whole family back.
Ganjo laughed, "Yea, I trained with King Kai most of the time." He rolled his eyes, "Would have been longer if I could have come up with a joke he hadn't already heard."
"Well we're glad you're back." Videl smiled hugging her eldest again, "Come on, let's go home."
Ganjo nodded setting Pan down and began following everyone to the edge of the lookout when he froze, "Where's Kage?" He had been sure the Namekian would have been here for his homecoming, it struck him odd that he wasn't.
Gohan exchanged looks with Videl then smiled, "He hasn't exactly been feeling well."
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"Ow."
Andy smiled apologetically at Kage, "Sorry."
"Meh," Kage grumped lying on his side, "Then stop… doing… that." He closed his eyes trying to swallow the large lump in his throat. It had been growing steadily for the past two weeks; it was now almost the size of a basket ball. Kage was amazed that he could still breathe let alone talk, although the latter was proving difficult to do as of now. Andy lightly brushed her hand over his swollen throat, this time gentler since the skin there had gotten sensitive.
Kage sighed lightly, "My… father…?"
"He should be here soon." Andy smiled standing up from her knelt position, "Would you like some water?"
Kage closed his eyes, "Yes…please."
As Andy walked into the kitchen the front door opened, Kage opened his eyes and attempted to sit up when he saw who it was. A large grin spilled over his face, "Ganjo… you're…" He grimaced at his choppy sentence and cut it short with a roll of his eyes.
Ganjo laughed, "So it is true." He grinned closing the door and moved closer to Kage examining his throat by gently touching it.
Kage winched grabbing Ganjo's probing hand, "Yea." He sighed again then returned to smiling as Andy walked in with a cup of water.
"Ganjo! Welcome back!" Andy laughed handing Kage his water before hugging Ganjo around the neck. He stiffened briefly as memories from his previous life with Andy flooded his mind. 'But that was long ago in another life.' He reminded himself hugging her back; there would be no more tension between them or any of his friends, especially now with a new life on the way. Kage smiled glad that Andy and Ganjo were getting along; he had feared there would be conflict between the two. Wincing in pain he laid down and closed his eyes, it would be soon now.
"How did… why did…?" Ganjo trailed off at a loss of words suddenly, he wanted to know why Kage had decided to have a child.
He was lucky that Andy had caught on to his unfinished bits of nothingness, she smiled, "This was solely Kage's decision," Her eyes flickered over to the Namekian lying on the couch, he smiled at her, "We had lived together for two months, a month after…" She hesitated and Ganjo nodded in understanding, "Well we bought this place and one night while we were sitting on the couch Kage said he wanted a family-"
Kage closed his eyes ignoring the pain that was suddenly building up in his throat and focused on the memory of the night Andy was talking about.
"Gohan said that Bulma created a new dragon ball radar that can pick up the location of the balls even when they're rock." Andy said pulling her feet up onto her couch and wrapped her arms around her knees. She had been hanging around Bulma and Capsual Corps since the Goku incident. Bulma had been generous enough to allow her to live in a spare room until Andy could afford to buy a new place to live. They had quickly become friends when Bulma found out about Andy's secret love of science, that and shopping.
Kage smiled, it'd be good to see the demi Saiyajin again, he missed their sparring sessions. He looked over at Andy, her body nestled comfortably against his, his arm wrapped around her shoulders. Sure he wasn't capable of sexual love like a normal human being, but he was capable of emotion as well as love.
"I want a family." He said openly then blushed and looked away.
Andy blinked having not expected that, "Honestly…?" She too blushed lightly. Kage nodded looking back at her, "Okay." She smiled.
"You never thought of adoption?" Ganjo asked sitting down in an armchair and glanced over at Kage.
Andy shrugged, "I did at first then Kage told me that he wanted to do it himself." She laughed softly running her hand through her hair.
Ganjo grinned, "So when's the wedding?"
Kage's eyes snapped open and he groaned clutching at his throat, "Time…!" He swallowed harshly his eyes watering from pain. Andy and Ganjo stood up both at a loss of what to do.
"Where's your father!" Andy panicked moving over to Kage's side as he slid off the couch onto his knees on the hardwood floor.
Ganjo ran to the door and threw it open as Piccolo landed outside, "Get your butt in here!" He shouted over Kage's gagging gasps inside.
"What?" Piccolo eyed Ganjo oddly as he made his way towards the house.
Ganjo pointed inside, "Your son's going into labor!" He furrowed his eyebrows and leaned against the door frame, "Did I just say that?"
Piccolo pushed past him and into the house where he found Kage curled up on the floor with his eyes squeezed shut. Glad for the memories of Kage's birth and his own (Which were weird to have…), Piccolo knelt down beside his son.
"Kage, you have to sit up." He said pulling Kage up by his shoulders.
Andy moved out of the way and Ganjo moved back into the room closing the door. For the first time since his blindness, he was happy he was. He didn't think he could handle seeing his best friend throw up an egg…
Kage grunted leaning forward his jaw dropping open further. He gasped in a breath, his hands clutching his knees as another bout of pain rippled through his neck.
Piccolo kept his hand on Kage's shoulder, "It will all come to you naturally, just stay calm." He said softly.
A green slimy substance dripped from Kage's mouth as he gagged again, his jaw lowered more and he leaned forward. He squeezed his eyes shut as he felt the muscles in his neck tense and the bulge in his neck move blocking off the air to his lungs.
"Stay calm." Piccolo repeated himself.
Andy moved to Kage's other side and rubbed his back soothingly; she laid several towels down under Kage's mouth for the egg. Piccolo nodded to her and she smiled lightly going back to rubbing Kage's back. Another intense contraction and Kage could now fell the smooth surface of the egg on the back of his tongue. He gagged pushing it forward more into his mouth and then out onto the pile of towels.
Andy let out the breath she was unaware she had been holding when Kage sucked in a lungful of air. He sat there for a moment panting and allowing his jaw to reset itself before he reached for the egg and carefully cleaned it off. Ganjo moved in closer and sat down by the group.
"Congrats Kage." He said softly.
Andy grinned kissing Kage on the cheek, "Good job." She whispered.
Piccolo patted him gently on the back, "What are you going to name it when it hatches?"
Swallowing the left over bitterness from his mouth Kage smiled, "Hizashi." He said a bit gravelly.
"Sounds good." Ganjo smiled.
Kage gently picked up the egg, "I can't wait to see him."
THE END
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A/N: I want to thank you all again for reading this story, I don't think it'd be half as good as it was if it hadn't have been for you guys. :HUGS: Thank you! I must admit that I got the idea for the end of this from Daffodil8728 and Volcanic from the baby reviews. :-P lol. I hope you guys like the ending :Grins:
I might do a sequel to this after I finish my other stories, it's still uncertain at this point. I do, however, have a good idea for a sequel if I decide to do so. :-)
What the Japanese names I made up meant-
Ganjo: Strength
Kage: Shadow
Hizashi: Sunlight/ ray of sun.
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