She Is Your Blood

Chapter 1

By Spitfire Maguire

"He does not wish to return from the dead." The Dragon's voice boomed over Capsule Corp and the crowd gathered below. A collective gasp arose. All eyes turned to stare at a young, black-haired woman. Her normally ivory skin had turned a sickly white.

Gohan gulped. Ever since his father's last words he had been expecting this, but he didn't know how his mother would take it. She had seemed so fragile lately. He turned and nervously watched her with everyone else, waiting to see her reaction.

ChiChi felt numb. She looked from face to face at Bulma, then Krillen, Yamcha, Master Roshi, Piccolo, even Gohan. Their faces showed a mixture of fear and pity. Fear of how she would react. Pity because her husband would rather be dead than live with her. She raised her chin high in defiance, and continued searching the crowd, until her eyes fell on the one person she knew would understand. Obsidian met onyx as they stared for a moment. He gave an almost imperceptible nod.

Then ChiChi did the unexpected.

Releasing a sob, she ran into the arms of her husband's sworn enemy.

He encircled her in his arms as she sobbed into his shoulder. He looked up and glared at the gaping crows.

"Leave us," he ordered.

Nobody moved.

"LEAVE US!" he bellowed, though his arms never left their comforting position. Everyone scattered like a flock of sheep. Gohan hesitated, but a further glare from Vegeta sent him scurrying into the house. Vegeta wouldn't have it in him to kill a grieving widow. He hoped.

Once everyone left, a change overtook the Saiya-jin prince. He pulled the sobbing woman further into the shelter of his arms and stroked her hair, murmuring soft words in a foreign dialect.

After several minutes, ChiChi's sobs subsided into intermittent sniffles. Vegeta continued to hold her. He sighed, "I know you're in pain, princess, but your actions were rash. They will ask questions."

"I know," she said from within the crook of his neck. Her voice was heavy with tears. "We'll say it was temporary insanity or something. I just…" her voiced trailed off.

"What?" He pulled her up to look at him.

"Promise you won't get mad?"

"No," he said simply.

"Vegeta…" she pleaded.

"I'll try not to," he amended. He could see this was important to her. Her eyes welled up with tears.

"I'm pregnant," she said before collapsing back into his arms, fresh sobs ripping from her body.

"WHAT?" Shocked, Vegeta went Super Saiya-jin. "NOBODY DOES THAT TO MY LITTLE SISTER AND GETS AWAY WITH IT!"

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Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z or any of its characters.

Hi everyone! Alright, I know I'm supposed to be working on chapter 10 of "When the Elements Are Called," and I am, but this suddenly just popped into my mind and I had to get it down! Not really sure where I want to go with it, but I've always been interested in a Vegeta/ChiChi relationship, whether romantic or otherwise. As you can see in this fic, it will be otherwise. Hopefully you all will give it a try, and I appreciate your reviews. Thanks!

Spitfire Maguire