Chapter 10 – I'm sorry

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Gohan lay on his bed. A pillow was shoved over his face, and he was swimming in a pool of misery. The only thing that entered his mind was 'She hates me.' He continued to repeat it over and over in his head. Each time that was stated, it seemed to dig a deeper hole into his heart.

He didn't even notice the door to his room open and close. But he did notice the gentle touch on his arm a few seconds later.

"Gohan?"

The voice was so gentle. The hybrid saiyan could easily feel his heart beat faster when he felt the person sit beside him, on his own bed. He could tell all blood was rushing to his cheeks since his face started to burn.

'Crap...'

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Vegeta eyed the blonde male human as he continued to sleep. The prince smirked, "So... what other... tortures are you going to be placing on this poor pathetic soul?"

Goten began to rub the bottom of his chin in deep thought. "Well... me and Trunks were thinking of getting out a camera and talking his picture."

Trunks gave a nod, "Yeah! And maybe when the film has been developed, we would make tons and tons of copies and post them around school!"

They both noticed Vegeta sniffing and wiping away a few tears. All saiyans eyes had visibly grown wider. "Oh! The kids are growing up to be so evil!" exclaimed Vegeta with happiness. "I have trained them well!"

"Um... dad?" asked the son of the saiyan prince, "I think WE are the one's who play the pranks... Not you..."

Vegeta glared at Trunks. "Shut up."

Erasa just sat there blinking, but she couldn't help but grin. Although these people were friend/family she couldn't help but see the strong bond they all seemed to hold. 'Gohan is sure a lucky one...' she thought with a smile. But it was all forgotten when they heard a loud 'THUD' from the top floor. It was then followed by soft moans.

This turn of events seemed to make the whole room freeze, that was till Vegeta smirked.

He looked up to the ceiling, "I didn't know he had it in him." He patted Goku on the shoulder, "Good luck to you when you your harpy wife finds out that your son has claimed a mate!"

Goku could only give a smile as he crossed his arms, "Then we should leave them be." The taller saiyan looked down to the boys, who just seemed to look confused.

"What's going on?" asked Goten as he tilted his head to his father.

Goku gave a small smirk as he picked up his youngest son, "I think you'll be getting a sister soon." The young chibi gave a large excited smile.

"You mean it?! Is Videl going to be my sister?!" he asked excitedly. Goku just ruffled his son's hair and took a seat on one of the couches in the room.

"I think so, my Chibi Me."

Erasa just looked up to the ceiling and shook her head. An evil smile graced her lips as the thought entered her mind.

But they all had the wrong idea...

-Upstairs-

Videl moaned as she rubbed her head. She had just fallen off of the bed and hit the floor HARD. And since there was no carpet in the room, that didn't help things much. She had opened the bond to speak to Gohan once more a few moments before she fell, and he scooted to the edge of the bed looking down at her with wide eyes.

'Are you okay Videl?!' he asked her.

She gave a slow nod as she tried to rub the soreness out. 'I think it might have bruised...'

Gohan crawled to the edge of the bed and walked over to Videl. He kneeled down to her level as he placed his hand over the aching spot. He began to add pressure as he gently rubbed the ache out. Videl could only look up and watch him.

'Better?' asked the teen as he looked to her eyes.

She gave a smile as she nodded, the pain gone. 'Yeah...'

He smiled down at her and helped her up. 'We should get going back down stairs... I think the others may be wondering what has happened to us...'

Videl gave a nod just as her guy friend helped her up.

"Say... Gohan?" asked the teenaged girl they walked out the door. He looked at her, "Why do we have this mental... link thing? Is it because we're really good friends or something?"

Gohan gave a chuckle as he rubbed the back of his head, "I guess that's a way of putting it... but there will be some side effects...which I'm not sure we might be ready for." Videl raised an eyebrow as she looked to him. She shook it off though when they both entered the room.

All eyes turned to the couple, smirks on the grown men's faces and bright smiles on the teenaged girl's face and the kids' faces. Sharpener continued to sleep.

"That was fast..." muttered the saiyan prince, an evil smile present on his face.

Goku walked up to his son, the sly smile still on his face, and he patted his son's back. "We didn't know you had it in you!" exclaimed the father of the saiyan teen. Gohan raised an eyebrow.

"Huh?"

Erasa went to her friend and smiled, "I knew you liked him... but I didn't think you would do IT with him... yet."

Videl also raised an eyebrow. "Wha?"

The two kids ran up to the black haired teens and tugged on their pants. Videl looked down noticing them with wide grins.

Goten looked up to the female, "Are you my new sister?"

Gohan also heard that question... and their weirdness was slowly beginning to make sense. A bright blush began to grace his face.

Videl looked to Gohan. 'What does he mean? Sister?'

Gohan slightly gulped as the blush became brighter. 'Um... I'm thinking they thought we had done IT... Catch my drift?'

Videl frowned, but thought for a second... and then a blush came to her cheeks also. He looked up to their grinning faces.

"So, it's true. Gohan finally claimed a mate," stated Vegeta smugly. "It's clearly written all OVER your faces!"

Gohan looked to Vegeta, but denied it. "No! We didn't-"

Goku put his arm around his son's shoulders, "Now Gohan, you know it's nothing to be embarrassed about. It's something all saiyans go thru-"

Gohan broke away from his father with confused eyes. "What makes you think I did... that?"

Vegeta strides over to Gohan with crossed arms, and the royal smirk, "Then what would you call the 'Thump' on the floor and the moaning we heard that was upstairs?"

Videl folded her arms in front of her chest, "I fell on the floor and hit my head hard." The saiyan prince looked to her, and his smirk seemed to fall. Before the black haired female knew what Vegeta was up to, he pulled her shirt away from her neck. He looked around for a moment before he released the shirt, and a scowl was placed on his face once more.

"She isn't marked..." The prince looked to Gohan with a frown, "And here I thought you were becoming a man."

The boys began to get the message, and their smiles dropped as they walked back to Erasa and sat down beside her.

'Gohan.'

The teen male looked to his friend. 'Yeah?'

'Explain.'

A worried look was beginning to grace his face, 'E-explain what?'

She glared at him at his attempt to seem completely clueless.

'Everything that has to do with 'saiyan' and this 'claiming a mate' thing.' Gohan gave a sigh as he sat on the sofa; she sat beside him. She gave him a look that stated that she was all ears, and he began his explanation... er... thru the mental link that is...

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Chichi looked out the window once more and gave a small smile. The heavy, intense rain had calmed and now all that was left were the light rain showers... although the rain continued to come down in sheets...

"I wonder if the boys are alright..."

Chichi looked back to Bulma as the older woman gave a sigh. "I bet they're about to kill each other," stated the genius all-knowing.

The black haired housewife rolled her eyes, "You don't have to be so dramatic. I'm sure everything is under control." Chichi paused, "If it isn't... then I'll kick all of their Asses to the other side of the globe!"

"That's a bit harsh... don't you think?" asked Bulma slightly frowing.

Chichi looked back, "NO! I was talking about their donkeys! They have a herd of them on the other side of town. For the saiyan's, I'll just pull out my trusty pan of doom!" Cackling could be heard coming from the younger woman as she held her fists in the air as some sort of world champion.

Bulma could be seen slightly edging away. If she had known better, she would have realized that Chichi had gone insane. That donkey thing was just strange... but the cackling... that would have unnerved ANYONE.

"I... think I'll get some tea..." muttered Bulma as she ran out of the room. Chichi didn't even seem to notice as the blue locked woman slipped out.

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"I'm hungry..." muttered Goku and Goten in unison. Gohan was about to join their little whine, but he thought against it when he noticed Videl stare at them all weird like. But she smiled as she pulled out her capsule case.

"I think I might have something you might like..." muttered Videl with a smile as she opened a random capsule. And out popped a box. Videl gave a smirk when she opened the package to reveal a full box of... wa na na... POCKY! She gave Goten and Goku a package.

"Hope you like. They're my favorite snack." Erasa gave a gasp as she ran up to her friend with wide eyes.

"You brought the stash?!" exclaimed the blonde female excited.

"Yep! But I don't know how long this will last. I just bought this box earlier today..." Then a thought came to her mind, and she looked to her watch. She frowned. It was already 9:30 P.M. Sheesh, where did the time go? She should have left long ago to go home... but with this weather, she didn't want to jeopardize her life as well as Sharpener's or Erasa's...

"Speaking of Sharpener," she muttered. She looked back to the jock and smirked. They had wasted about ten rolls of film on the sleeping male... but they knew they would have to wake him sooner or later... But the chibi's had a plan that would guarantee that he would awaken. They had blown up two HUGE balloons, and had pins in their hands. Goten and Trunks had earplugs in their ears and they held up the balloons to the jocks ears.

They gave everyone a small warning and pulled out the pins. Both chibi's smirked, and they popped the balloons.

'PPPPPPPPPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFF'

"YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" exclaimed Sharpener as his ear began to ring. He clamped his hands over his ears.

Videl walked to him and smirked. She gave him a hand held mirror, "Welcome back." Sharpener blinked as he looked down at the mirror.

Time seemed to freeze for the moment until an ear-piercing scream echoed in the whole house. Little did everyone in the house know; the scream completely scared the animals that were with in a mile radius of the home.

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