"Dragonball AS: Destroyer Saga"
Chapter 16- "Oh Baby!"
By- Tiny
Trunks hated going to doctor's offices, regardless of the circumstances of his visiting, and today was no exception as his wife and he sat silently in one of the many exam rooms. The Saiya-jin half-breed was incredibly anxious, tapping his finger over his left bicep as he waited with a look of impatience on his normally smug face, which disturbed Marron greatly. Ever since Goten's death a couple weeks ago Trunks had been acting like this, so much like his father, Vegeta, had before he went of into space and vanished into thin air.
The Saiya-jin's blood boiled every time he thought about his best friend's untimely demise, the pain from that loss a constant reminder of how insignificant they all really were in the grand scheme of things. After all, if someone as pure and powerful as Goten, the youngest son of Son Goku, was able to so easily be cut down, then what chance did anyone else have of surviving what was still to come? Trunks had to get stronger, he should have been getting stronger in the gravity room right now, were it not for this foolish appointment.
The young warrior was just about to say something when the doctor strolled into the room with his assistant in tow, the doctor a young, strapping man and the assistant an even younger, geek-like understudy. It made Trunks sick to his stomach to know that these two morons were the ones who had been checking on his wife all this time, but he was sure not to kill them as the greeted Marron with smiles. The doctor tried to shake Trunks' hand, seeing as this was their first meeting, but was met with a sharp growl as the Saiya-jin prince stood protectively next to his mate.
The doctor simply gulped loudly as he asked his assistant to go about making all the normal check-ups, such as her heartbeat and blood pressure, seeing as those needed to remain normal for the baby's sake. They even took her temperature, though Trunks could sense on his own that she was perfectly fine, but it was when the wheeling in the big ultrasound machine and asked Marron to lift her gown that he lost it. The doctor had heard of the Capsule Corp. president's strength but seeing his assistant thrown through a solid concrete wall was not exactly what he had expected.
"I will NOT have some nerd like that over-eager fool fondling my wife while we check on our child!" Trunks roared, lifting the doctor by his shirt, "You carry out the ultrasound, you are a professional, not some hormonal college student!"
"Mr. Briefs, I can assure you that my assistant is perfectly qualified to..."
"I WILL NOT ALLOW HIM TO TOUCH MY WIFE, IS THAT PERFECTLY CLEAR!" Trunks snapped, earning a yelp from the doctor, "As much money as my company puts into this hospital, you should be honored that I even brought her here in the first place! Now, you carry on with this exam as planned or we will take our business elsewhere..."
"Umm...very well, you win Mr. Briefs," the doctor gulped, "Mrs. Briefs, if you could just lie back and relax for a few moments, we'll get this whole messy business over with."
Trunks seemed to calm down slightly as he settled in next to his wife, holding her hand as she muttered indiscernible curses at the Saiya-jin about his behavior while the doctor ran a small device over her abdomen. Marron cringed slightly as the cool gel that they put on her belly moved around under the device, causing her to shoot up straight just before Trunks gently laid her back down on the hospital bed. The doctor was being very sure to stay clear of certain area's of the young woman's body as he continued the exam, eventually a small, moving image appearing on the screen.
The Saiya-jin prince, drilled to be emotionless in any and all situations such as this, felt that resistance he had built up to emotions fade away as he saw what was on the screen before him. The child was moving around excitedly as it kicked at it's mother's stomach, earning a small cringe from Marron, the baby's already flexible tail waving around inside of Marron's womb. Trunks looked to be on the verge of tears as he reached out and touched the screen, stroking what he assumed was the outline of the baby's face with his index and middle fingers, Marron nuzzling his other hand all the while.
"Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Briefs, you are having a beautiful baby boy who, oddly enough, is growing at a highly elevated rate," the doctor smiled, "I'll expect you back here in another month for your next check-up, Mrs. Briefs and, if you don't mind, please leave your husband at home!"
"Thank you doctor," Marron nodded, looking at a still unusually happy Trunks, "Honey, did you catch all that?"
"Yeah, sure Marron," Trunks answered, ignoring the doctor's words utterly and completely, "A son, I'm having a son. Dad would be so happy..."
Paresu lay groggily in the living room at Capsule Corp., her eyes bloodshot and strained and her face slightly drawn, the television blaring something or another on the local news channel. The brunette had been staying at Capsule Corp. ever since Goten's death, at Marron's insistence, and she had been miserable every day that she spent in the massive complex. Not that she wasn't well cared for or anything like that, since this place could easily cater to a human woman's needs, but she had been feeling this way even before she moved in with the Briefs.
It had all started a few days before the tournament with her rushing off to the bathroom early in the morning, spilling anything that was in her stomach into the toilet while her mate snoozed. She had her suspicions about what was going on then, but figured that couldn't possibly be what was going on and simply went on about her daily life, until just before the Budokai when she realized something very important. She was very late, easily three and a half weeks late, but she had decided not to tell Goten until after the Budokai was over.
Paresu pulled her knees up to her chest on the sofa just then and started bawling all over again, the thought that she had kept something so important from Goten when it might have saved him. Now she would never see that bright, innocent smile from the dark-haired warrior ever again, and that thought alone was enough to break her spirits as she let the tears flow. She was still crying like that when Marron and Trunks got back home, still excited from the news of their daughter, and the blonde-haired woman immediately rushed over to her friend for comfort.
"Paresu, what's wrong honey?" Marron cooed, stroking the brunette's hair as she did so, "Are you still worked up over Goten? Cause we can certainly understand if you are..."
"No...yes...a little of both," Paresu sobbed, "I...I kept something from Goten before...the Budokai. Something that might have saved his life...if I had only told him sooner."
"Like what Paresu?" Marron asked calmly, "You can tell us."
"I...I think I'm pregnant," Paresu swallowed, wiping her tears away, "All the signs are there, but I didn't tell him. I just wanted him to fight his best and come home to me safely..."
"I'm sure he already knew before he died Paresu, cause you are most definitely pregnant, and that's probably part of the reason he did what he did," Trunks sighed, sitting down on the other side of the sobbing woman, "Pan may be Goten's niece and he may love her very much, but he knew that if Destroyer were to live he would move on and kill everyone else. In sacrificing himself, Goten knew that he would be protecting all the people that he loved, including you and the baby."
"Are you sure?" Paresu sniffled, "I mean, how can you know that's why he did what he did?"
"I'm sure, because his father did the same thing once," Trunks nodded, "Goku knew that Chi-Chi was carrying another child before he went to fight Cell, but he went and sacrificed himself anyway. He wanted to give his second son a chance to grow up in peace and prosperity, not the dark world of my future counterpart or an existence fighting like Gohan went through..."
Trunks stopped talking for a second and placed his hand on Paresu's still flat stomach, which she didn't object too, and poured his ki into her to try and see if he could find the baby. He felt the flicker of energy inside Paresu's womb, a very strong signature despite it's stage of development, bringing a soft smile to the prince's face for the second time that same day. It made the Saiya-jin proud to know that even though Goten wouldn't live to see his child born, the young warrior's legacy would carry on to a new generation.
"And now the legacy has passed on from father to son," Trunks smiled, "Just as Goku once did for Goten, now Goten has done for his own child. You should be very proud, Paresu."
"I am, very much so," Paresu smiled, rubbing her stomach, "I just wish that the big lug was here now..."
Author's Notes: I decided not to put the scene with the dark lords in this chapter, since it would distract from the happier moments with Trunks and Marron, not to mention the news with Paresu. I think the emotion worked well in this chapter, especially since we get to see two sides of Trunks at once; the over-protective Saiya-jin nature and his more sentimental human nature. But that's just what I think, let's find out what the readers think about all of this and recognize a few while we're at it!
Draco the Destroyer: Hey, good to see you're registered now! Look forward to seeing a few stories from you soon. As for your questions, yes several of the old villains will make appearances later on in this story, including Koola and the Saiya-jin, but they will not play a critical role as the did last time. As for Ice being Koola's son, no that isn't the case but the depth of Ice's past will be explained at length in a much later saga, so stay tuned for that one! Hope to see you when that time comes around!
Ilthary: Good to see you again, and thanks for the review!
chris: I can't give away who will go to the fourth level first or anything about Gohan's mystic powers, but know that the first to transform will be a shocker. As for Gohan combining his mystic powers and his SSJ strength, you can be sure that that will remain shrouded in mystery until the time comes as well. And rest assured, none of the warrior's in this story will slack off like they did in the series, so you have nothing to worry about in that department! Thanks for reviewing!