Hello everyone. I really appreciate everyone who's reviewing. Please let me know if the story is getting boring or if changes need to be made. Here is chapter 7. I do not own Dragonball Z.

Last time on The One You Love: Goku and ChiChi get into a Super Saiyan-level fight over how casually Goku treats his family. The fight ends with ChiChi injured and Goku a broken man. While the couple is trying to pick up the pieces of their relationship, Vegeta and Bulma are still looking for their son.

The One you Love Ch7

"I can't sense the brat, woman. Any luck" Vegeta spoke into the earpiece's microphone to communicate with Bulma.

"None, Vegeta. Vegeta…I'm getting worried. What if…"

"Enough of your nonsense, woman! The brat is fine. He's a Super Saiyan for crying out loud" Bulma held back a quiet sob, which Vegeta's acute hearing picked up. This irritated the Prince, thinking crying a sign of weakness (never mind that he had also done his share of crying in his lifetime). "Woman, quiet down! If you're going to be that weak, then go back home! I will find my son."

At this, Bulma choked back another sob and became angry. "I'm not going anywhere, Vegeta; Trunks is my son too, and I will not rest until I find him" Bulma then cut off communication and resumed her search.

I know you will Vegeta thought. He was relieved to see that his little diversionary tactic had worked. Bulma was a very efficient person when she was determined. However, when she gets emotional she also becomes irrational and is of no use to anyone. That would not help them find Trunks. Content with himself, Vegeta continued looking for Trunks elsewhere.

Meanwhile, ChiChi was approaching a cringing Goku in the midst of their battleground. She had never seen Goku this way. Of course, she also had never spoken to Goku in such a way either. She recalled all the things she said to him:

"You never loved us"

"…pushing me away"

"What about Goten"

"…go away…it's what you're good at…"

Reaching the mound of flesh that was her husband, she stretched out her trembling hand to comfort him but held back out of fear. Fear that her husband would hate her. Fear that he would leave again and never come back. After what felt like an eternity of being so close to him and yet so distant, ChiChi spoke:

"G…Goku?..."

Goku did not answer as he was still kneeling down, with his head on the ground and his arms holding him up. He could still hear ChiChi's words fresh in his mind. Then, in less than a second, he thought he heard Goten say "I…hate…you"

Then talking to no one but himself, Goku started crying again and said"Goten? Son…? My son…hates me." The hulking Saiyan was confused and sad and angry all at once. Then he saw her. He saw ChiChi extending out her hand towards him in what he took to be a menacing manner.

"ChiChi…no…please…don't hate me…don't leave me…I don't want to lose Goten…I don't want to lose you…" Reflecting some more he added "Gohan…Gohan…my boy…I…I…I'm sorry." Then starting to cry again and burying his face into his palms, Goku said "I have never really been a father, have I? Or a husband? At least, not a good one, anyways.

"Goku…" ChiChi spoke "Goku you are a good person…and heavens know that the whole world owes you so many times over. It's jus…"

At this, Goku broke down and cried some more. ChiChi could do nothing more than wrap her arms around her husband and try to comfort him.

Bulma still scoured the air looking for her son, thinking "Trunks, where are you? Oh, please be okay…!"

Suddenly, she saw a small, golden light moving up ahead. "Trunks!" Believing it was her son, Bulma rushed towards the light at top speed. "Hold on sweetie, mama's coming!"

The light kept moving away from Bulma at incredible speeds; her vehicle was having trouble keeping up. "Why is he running from me?" she thought. Getting frustrated at this a few seconds later she spoke over the PA system again "TRUNKS VEGETA BRIEFS. STOP RIGHT THERE THIS INSTANT!"

The light stopped for a split second and sped off even faster than before, but still within sight of Bulma. Her ire rising, Bulma yelled out "TRUNKS! Get back here young man! OOOH, TRUNKS YOU ARE IN SOOOO MUCH TROUBLE WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU…!" Hanging up the microphone, Bulma engaged the vehicle's afterburner she had been experimenting with (for just this type of occasion) and held on for dear life as she was pushed back into her seat, her face rippling backwards and her eyes almost sinking back further into their sockets.

The hover car quickly approached the wayward golden light. Then, the light seemed to stop; like it was waiting for its pursuer to catch up. Seeing this, Bulma groggily pushed the button to disengage the afterburner before she shot past her target. The vehicle then came to a complete stop, splatting Bulma's face into the windshield.

"Thought to self…install…better…braking system…" Bulma thought this as she slid off the glass and hit her face onto the console… "Ooohhh…Wah!"

"Trunks…when I…get my hands…on you…!" Bulma said while getting up. However, she had just enough time to look up to see her "son" shoot a beam of light towards her. With an anime style face of fear/surprise (big, bulging eyes and pitiful facial expression) that said "why me?" the beam cut through the ship tearing it cleanly in half.

The surprised Bulma stood in mid air looking around her, then looking down and finally screaming her lungs out as she fell towards the sea. However, the golden light flew towards her and caught her a few feet before she hit the water. Scared out of her mind, she hung on to her "savior's" neck. Of course it was at this time that she realized that Trunks did not have as thick a neck as this person. She then opened her eyes in realization and looked on to her ride's face. All she saw was a blank surface. This…thing did not have a face! That was all she could take before she fainted, her captor taking her off into the horizon.