A/N: this came alone a lot faster than I thought it would. So I have this chapter out now. Besides, the last chapter just didn't seem like a good place to end. So now I give you this chapter. Please review after you read and let me know what you think.
Last Time:
Gohan, thankful to have a shoulder to cry on let her hold him and let loose another round of tears, while his mother did the same to him.
"It's okay, Gohan… it'll be alright" she repeated into his ear in between sobs…
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Nine months later, a very pregnant Chi-Chi sat on the couch in the living room of the Son house. She was due any day now. She wasn't too worried about that though. What she was worried about, was her other son, Gohan.
For the last nine months, he seemed very withdrawn from the world. He didn't seem to be eating much either. He spent great amounts of time staring at the photo albums or out the window or at the sky. She knew he was leaving his room at night, but she didn't know where he was going when he left. She knew because sometimes when she couldn't sleep or was feeling lonely, which was almost every night, she would peak inside his room and watch him sleep. That seemed to comfort her. It made her feel better. But she noticed that he wouldn't be there far more often than when he was.
What was even worse was that he would lie about it to her. He never admitted to going out at night and when she asked if anything was wrong he would look away to the sky or the ground and reply "I'm fine." He never acted or sounded like he was though, but she could never seem to get anything more out of him. She thought it was because he was sad for the loss of his father; they all were. They all missed him dearly. But when he didn't get better, she began to worry. Time continued passing, and here she was, ready to give birth at any moment to a home with no father and a brother who might as well have been gone. She was loosing her family… and she felt so tired…
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Gohan sat in his room staring out the window. He was depressed, as he always seemed to be these days. Everything that he did reminded him that he was a failure. Every time he looked at his mom and saw the sad and pained look in her eyes, or saw how she would accidentally cook enough food for two Saiyans, even though only one remained…
He blamed himself. It was his fault. His little brother or sister was due any day, and would be born to a life without a father, and it was all his fault. He just HAD to take it upon himself to punish that evil monster, instead of listening to his father or his former mentor.
'They said to finish him off, but noooo… I had to get all cocky and arrogant… Because of me that monster almost won, destroyed Earth and killed everyone I love… I'm such a failure…'
Just then, he sensed a spike in his mother's energy. Gohan feared what this could mean. He did not want to repeat what happened with Cell, so he did not hesitate for one second. He flew out of his door as fast as possible and stopped at his mother's side. She was screaming in agony… He could not figure out why.
"Gohan," she said between screams and labored breaths, "I'm going into labor," she screamed and cried again. "Get some towels and wet them with warm water."
"Maybe, I can get you to a hospital…" he fought to remain strong for his mother's sake. "If we hurry…"
He was cut off my Chi-chi. "No, there is not time" scream "to get to the" moan "hospital, your going to have to help deliver it." She clenched her teeth and eyes against the pain.
A few hours later, Chi-chi was finally finished. Gohan held in his arms a baby, a new life. At that moment, Gohan felt something that he had not felt for some time… he felt happy. He then made a promise to both himself and the newest member of his family.
"I promise to never leave you. And I promise to keep you safe and protect you always. I promise to teach you to be a great person, and how to be happy, something that I have not been for a while." He looked over to his mom and noticed that she did not look to well.
"Mom…?" he asked, a little worried. He had never seen her look like this before. The spark that was usually in her eyes was gone. Her gaze on him and his new little brother seemed unfocused and distant. He did not know what was going on.
"Gohan…" Chi-chi said weakly. "Please… take… care… of… your new… brother… Goten…"
Then she shut her eyes. Gohan shook her slightly, but then felt her energy disappear completely.
"Mom…? Mom? MOM!! NOOO!!" Gohan screamed scaring his new little brother. He fell to his knees crying hysterically, for the second time in less than a year.
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A/N: What a way to end a chapter, huh?