Tales of Parenthood

Author's Note

Sequel to Coming of Age. Everyone except Goku and Doctor Briefs are alive, but Goku visits. Grand Tour happened and the dragon balls are gone. Ignores Dragon Ball Super.

Pan is 17

Bra is 19

Goten is 30

Trunks is 31

Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ or any characters or variations of DBZ. I only own my OCs.

Chapter Four: Our Son!

Trunks was working at his desk when his office door opens, and Bra strolls in holding Henry.

"Hey what are you two doing here?" he asked getting up to take Henry from Bra.

"I was watching Henry while Pan's doing her testing, and I thought we'd come see his daddy!" she said tickling Henry. He giggled and babbled at her and Trunks.

"Bra don't take this the wrong way, but I know Pan wouldn't have left Henry with you all day," Trunks waited for her to explain herself.

"You're right. Technically Mom is watching Henry, but they needed her down in the lab. So that's how I ended up with him for a few minutes," she explained.

"You ran him up here almost immediately didn't you?" asked Trunks with a smirk.

"Ok Yes, being one on one with a baby terrifies me!" she admitted looking at Henry with an exasperated expression.

Trunks chuckled, "I thought you wanted one eventually?"

"I do, but I want to wait a while. You know practice with other people's kids first," shrugged Bra. Trunks doubled over with laughter. Bra started playing on her phone while he played with Henry on the soft carpet of his office floor. Henry had started crawling last week.

There was a knock at his office. "Come in," called Trunks as he stood from his place on the floor. His mother walked in shaking her head.

"Bra what part of keep Henry out of sight and out of the way did you miss?" asked Bulma with a heavy sigh.

"Mom we're at Capsule Corp. Who has the guts to jack with us here? And Henry was squirming and I kind of panicked," she told her mother mumbling the last part to the best of her abilities.

"Pan should be done with her test soon, so we should get back before she gets worried," Bulma said scooping up Henry.

"I can't believe she's already finishing high school," Bra commented as she got up from her spot.

"Pan worked hard to finish early," smirked Trunks as he tickled Henry earning a huge smile. Trunks walked them out.

xxXXxx

"How did your exam go?" asked Gohan asked as watched his daughter play with her son.

"Great!" grinned Pan as Henry crawled into her lap.

"Good, so what is the plan now, university?"

"I think I want to be a mom for a bit. That's why I tried to get finished so fast. I wanted to giving Henry more attention"

"I suppose that makes sense, for now," said Gohan going back to his book. Videl rolled her eyes at her husband's words, but Pan didn't seem to notice her father's comment.

xxXXxx

"It's official I graduated high school!" Pan announced waving a piece of mail in her hand. Trunks smiled pulling her into a tight hug.

"I'm really proud of you Panny," Trunks told her kissing her forehead.

"Aaabbbab," babbled Henry as he watched his parents.

"That's right Henry Mommy did great!" Trunks grinned squatting down to talk to him.

"Can you believe he's seven months old?" smiled Pan as Henry crawled away to play with his toys.

"It's flying by fast isn't"

"I know," she whimpered. Trunks moved to the couch and pulled Pan into his lap.

"We will just have to enjoy every minute of it," said Trunks as he kissed her.

xxXXxx

Trunks was in his office going over some paperwork when his receptionist barged in.

"Mr Briefs, you may want to see this," she said handing him a magazine on the cover to one side was a picture of Trunks holding Henry. The line below it read Yuuka Wasn't Pregnant, But Someone Was!

"Thank you for bringing this to my attention Miss Yamada," Trunks said calmly as he set the magazine to the side.

"Do you want me to call your mother, so you two can work this out?" asked Miss Yamada.

Trunks shook his head, "I'll speak with her later." Miss Yamada looked surprised, but left the room without asking anymore questions. Once she was out of the room, he pulled the magazine back and read the article and fully looked over the photos. They were all of him or his family with Henry, none of Pan, but one was from inside his office. Trunks pulled his phone from his pocket and sent Pan a text that read 'Stay at the house with Henry for the rest of the day'

Pan responded, 'Why is something wrong?'

'Not sure, but if there is it's not a life or death thing. I'll call you when I'm out of the office. I love you Panny'

'Okay call me soon. Love you too!'

Trunks finished his workday in the mid afternoon packing up his belongings hiding the magazine in his briefcase. Instead of heading home though he went to Capsule Corp. Once there he found Bra sprawled out on the couch.

"Are you ever at school?" Trunks asked rolling his eyes.

"When I feel like it" she shrugged sitting up.

"You sound super committed. Where's Mom?" asked Trunks looking around the living room.

"She's tinkering in her lab like usual. Why?" She asked her interest perked. Trunks didn't answer her as he headed down to her lab. Bra followed after her bother wondering what he was up to.

Bulma was working on the computer when her children walked in. "What are you two doing down here?" she asked not looking up.

"Not sure, I followed Trunks"

"Mom we have a problem," Trunks sighed as he pulled the magazine from his briefcase. She took the magazine and started looking over it. Bra moved to her side to see what the problem was. Once Bulma finished reading, she handed the magazine to Bra, who continued to look through it.

"Pan's not mentioned, so I think we are for the most part okay. I am just worried about being followed and my office," explained Trunks. Bulma nodded her agreement.

"Have you felt like you were being followed?" asked Bulma.

"Only once, it was last month when Goten was in heat and you babysat Henry. I thought I saw someone sneaking around in the bushes, but when I checked I didn't see anyone," answered Trunks with a slight shrug.

"At least you know they don't have your office bugged," commented Bra as she flipped another page in the magazine.

"How do I know that?" asked Trunks looking surprised at his sister's statement.

"When this picture was taken, we were talking about Pan in your office, so if they had a bug they would have heard Pan's name and put it in the article. Plus I'm sure you've called Pan from your office. Even if it was on your cell, they would have more information then they have in this," calmly observed Bra not looking up from the tabloid in her hands. Both Trunks and Bulma nodded agreeing that made sense.

"Who showed this to you? I read magazines all the time, and this is the first story I've seen," asked Bra as she pulled out her phone and started typing.

"My receptionist," answered Trunks shocked Bra was being so helpful. But maybe he shouldn't have been. This was a gossip problem, and his sister knew gossip.

"Well according to my search this is the only magazine that published anything on you, so either this is the first to the usual ton stories or she knew where to look," muttered Bra as she switched back to the magazine.

"Great, so there's a chance my receptionist may be spying on me," groaned Trunks as he sat down.

"It would make sense. The picture does seem to be taken from the doorway of your office," mentioned Bulma as she looked over the pictures again.

"I'm going to go call Pan. I'll be right back," Trunks told them as he headed back up stairs.

"So what should we do Mom?" asked Bra after Trunks had left the room.

"I'll call my lawyer and get him to look things over," Bulma said with a sigh.

"Okay I'll call my lawyer too," smirked Bra as started calling someone.

"What are you talking about Bra? Your lawyer is my lawyer," asked Bulma as she tried to figure out whom her daughter was calling.

"Hi Rini can you and Goten come over please! We need your help with something…Thank you!" Bra hung up her phone with a smirk.

xxXXxx

Trunks had just finished telling Pan what was happening when suddenly Goten was standing beside him holding Rini.

"Hi Trunks," grinned Goten setting Rini down. Trunks regain his composure and went back to talking to Pan.

"I be home soon or I'll send Goten to get you okay… Love you bye," he hung up his phone. "Hey you two. What are you doing over here?" asked Trunks now turning his attention to the two people who had just appeared.

"Bra called me and asked us to come over. Do you know where's at?" asked Rini looking around and not seeing Bra.

"She's down in the lab with Mom," said Trunks right as Bra and Bulma came up stairs.

"Wow you two got here fast!" exclaimed Bra.

"Instant Transmission," Goten grinned.

"I was too lazy to drive, and well you've seen Goten's driving," mumbled Rini. Goten made a face at her. "So what do you need my help with?"

"Here," Bra handed Rini the magazine. She immediately started looking at the photo on the front before she flipped to the article and started reading.

"So what's going on," Goten asked Trunks as the two stepped to the side.

"A magazine put out an article saying I have a child," Trunks answered.

"They know about Henry?"

"They have pictures of him, but they don't mention his name or Pan," Trunks said with a sigh.

"Can you make them print a retraction like with the Yuuka thing?" asked Goten moving to look in the magazine.

"Not really the article is just full of speculation. They don't even confirm that Trunks has a child. It just makes lots of general guesses and even has a baby picture of Trunks show how much alike they look," Rini told the room as she handed the magazine to Goten.

"What do you mean by general guesses?" asked Goten as he started to look at the magazine.

"Like they say Mom's too old to have another kid and I never got fat, so it has to be Trunks' baby or a clone," Bra explained.

"Clone, Bra, are you serious?" asked Goten looking extremely confused.

"No I'm serious. It says Henry could be a clone since he looks so much like Trunks," Bra pointed to the part of the article that mentioned cloning. "Rini, you sure there's nothing we can do right now?" Bra asked turning her attention back to the group.

"Yeah, since it isn't a lie that Trunks has a child and being a dad doesn't really hurt his reputation, there's nothing to really ask for a retraction on. I would suggest figuring out where those pictures were taken, so you can work avoiding anymore pictures being taken. This may be the beginning of a huge mess or it may be nothing. We'll just have to wait and see," explained Rini. Bra and Goten nodded.

"I'm going to alert my lawyer all the same, but I do agree with Rini on there not being much we can do right now. I'll also be checking in on that secretary of yours in case she really is in on this," announced Bulma as she hugged Trunks and headed off to call her lawyer.

xxXXxx

Pan was flipping through the magazine Trunks had handed her. Henry was fussing in his father's arms.

"What's the matter little buddy?" Trunks asked trying to calm him down.

"I think he's cutting another tooth," Pan explained with a slight frown on her face.

"Poor little guy, let's get your ring out of the freezer," Trunks told Henry as he retrieved the frozen teething ring. Henry immediately started gnawing on it.

"So they know about Henry, but they know nothing about him," Pan said setting down the tabloid.

"Pretty much"

"Is this the only article or is it like the Yuuka disaster?" asked Pan starting to look upset.

"This is the only article. We will just have to wait…Panny I promise it'll all be okay," Trunks assured her pulling her into a hug with the arm that wasn't holding Henry.

"I really hope so," mumbled Pan into Trunks' chest.

xxXXxx

"No new articles on Henry, right?" Goten asked Trunks as they sat in his office.

"Yeah there was only that one, nothing since. What are you up to?" Trunks asked his best friend as he shuffled through paperwork.

"Not much just thought I would swing by and check on you. I had a break at the dojo," Goten said with a shrug. Trunks nodded the two continued there chatting for nearly an hour before Goten needed to head back. "I gotta get back. Tell Pan and Henry hi for me," Goten said standing and walking toward the door.

"I'll walk you out," Trunks walked Goten to the lobby of Capsule Corp when a man in a suit approached Trunks.

"Are you Trunks Briefs?" asked the man.

"Yes, is there something I can help you with?" Trunks asked trying to be polite to the man he had never met before.

"You've been served," he handed Trunks an envelope.

"What for?" Trunks asked confused.

"I only deliver them sir," the man left without another word.

Goten didn't leave having seen the whole thing. He watched as Trunks opened the envelope and his eyes flickered teal. "Trunks, what is it?" Goten asked putting his hand on his shoulder.

"I'm going up to my office. Can you get Rini and meet me up there?" Trunks asked after taking a deep breath.

"Sure," Goten told him as he hurried off to find a safe place to instant transmission to get Rini.

xxXXxx

Trunks sat in his office rereading the document trying his best to control himself not to go super and destroy the document in his hands. Goten appeared next to Trunks' desk with Rini who was dressed in business attire.

"I'm going to go talk to Mister Satan and see if he can cover my class this afternoon. Be back soon," Goten announced as he instant transmissioned away.

"So what happened?" Rini asked looking over his shoulder at the document.

"Some woman is claiming that Henry is her child and that I took him from her. She's filing for custody and child support. She can't do that!" he growled.

"Actually she can," Rini answered taking the document in her hands.

"What?" he snapped glaring at Rini.

"The legal system basically allows you to file about any and everything. This can be cleared up fast by producing Henry's birth certificate and a maternity test though," explained Rini trying to calm Trunks down.

"This random woman can't just claim to be his mother, doesn't she realize we can prove she's not," growled Trunks his eyes flickering teal again.

"Trunks stay calm please. She probably is hoping you won't want to divulge who the mother is, so you'll just pay her off," Rini explained still working to keep the demisaiyan from going super.

"So we'll have to tell her about Pan," Trunks now seemed more upset than angry.

"If I can file for this to be decided in a judges chambers and order a gag order for your protection, you will only have to disclose it to the judge," Rini told him laying a hand on his shoulder.

Trunks took a breath. "Rini can you go make that happen? I need to go talk to my mother and tell Pan," Trunks said with a sigh.

"Sure, but either take the window or have Goten take you to Capsule Corp. By what Goten told me when he came and got me, that man knew right when you where headed to the lobby. So I really think you should get a new secretary," Rini answered with a slight frown. Goten reappeared at that moment. "Sweetie can you take me to the courthouse and take Trunks to Bulma's house please?" asked Rini snuggling into Goten's arms.

"Okay, but at some point I want to be filled in on what's going on. I'm not just a glorified taxi service," Goten told her with a grin.

xxXXxx

"Panny please calm down," Trunks tried to calm his wife. She had broken a chair and was now crying. Henry started crying when he saw his mom start crying. Pan tried her best to stop crying as she scooped Henry into a tight hug.

"Mommy loves you so much honey. I'm so sorry I scared you," she cooed at him. Trunks was right behind her trying to be supportive.

"Mmm, Mama," Henry said looking up at Pan. Her eyes instantly lit up.

"Trunks did you hear that?" she asked looking up at her husband.

"I did, that was your first word little man," Trunks smirked leaning down to talk to Henry.

"So you said Rini and your mother's lawyer handling everything?" Pan asked still hugging Henry close to her.

"Yes, we just have to wait it out. Henry will need to be brought in for a blood test, but my mom is going to do that part," Trunks explained pulling her to sit down.

"Mama! Mama Mama!" giggled Henry. Pan and Trunks both smiled at their little boy.

"I'm sorry I got so upset. It's just Henry's my son, and the fact that some woman who has never even met him is trying to claim him as her own makes me so mad!" Pan exclaimed. Trunks nodded holding his family close.

"I am upset too Panny, but we'll get through this. I promise," he told her kissing her forehead.

xxXXxx

"Babababaaaa"

"You're talkative today," Bulma smiled down at her grandson as she entered the lab where his blood would be tested.

"Is this the little guy we're testing," the female lab worker gave Henry a smile causing him to giggle.

"Yes, this is him," Bulma told her.

"Well, he's not going to like me near as much when I draw his blood," the she said letting her smile fade as she got all the equipment ready to draw his blood. "You'll want to hold him down for this part. I'm sorry sweetie," she tried to comfort him as he started to cry at having his blood drawn.

"It's okay sweetie, Grammie loves you," Bulma cooed. A blonde woman walked into the lab, she smiled and walked over to Bulma and Henry. She gave Bulma a strange feeling. She reached toward Henry, but Bulma shifted him away.

"I think I have a right to see my son," she sneered at Bulma. The lab worker looked concerned at that a fight might break out in her lab.

"He's not your son, and if you so much as lay a hand on him, you will regret it," growled Bulma. Henry looked up at Bulma confused.

"Mrs Briefs you're good to go. I've got all the samples taken. Hopefully I didn't upset him too much," she said giving Henry a tickle. He smiled wide and started to babble at her. Bulma held Henry close and left quickly to avoid the crazy blonde woman.

xxXXxx

"Rini that woman was crazy. She seemed to really think Henry was her child," said Bulma with an exasperated sigh.

"She might be crazy. The blood work will be back tomorrow, and we'll go from there. I've already shown the judge an original copy of Henry's birth certificate, and he seems to agree that the blood test will clear everything up. After the results come in, I'm going to request a restraining order against the woman," explained Rini.

"Hopefully that will put an end to all this. I fired Trunks' secretary and hired him a new one," smirked Bulma as Henry crawled around the living room.

"You think he'll be walking soon?" Rini asked with a growing smile.

"He's been crawling for about six weeks now, so I think it still may be a bit. He did said his first word last week," Bulma said smiling watching Henry crawl toward her babbling happily.

"Pan told me. Mama. I bet she was floored," Rini giggled as Bulma scooped up Henry into her arms.

"Bababaaa Da mmm," Henry babbled. Both women laughed.

xxXXxx

Rini and Trunks stood in the judge's chambers along with the blonde woman from the lab and her attorney.

"The blood test came back, Miss Tanaka you are not the child's mother," the judge announced.

"Then who is?" she demanded.

"Seeing as you have no relation to the child. That information will not be released to you. Mr Briefs, I am granting your request for a restraining order. Miss Tanaka you will not be allowed within one hundred fifty yards of the child, Mr Briefs, or Capsule Corp property," the judge responded.

xxXXxx

"Panny I'm home!" yelled Trunks as he entered their home. Pan smiled holding a squirming Henry.

"Trunks, listen. Henry who's that?" Pan beamed full of pride as she gestured to Trunks.

"Dada!" he squealed. Trunks grinned.

"That's right Henry, I'm your daddy," Trunks told him as he took him from Pan.

"He's been saying anytime he saw a picture of you, all day," she said with a son grin.

"He's a smart kid," Trunks said as he leaned down to kiss his wife. "By the way, everything went well with the judge," said as they separated.

"Good, Henry's our little boy and no one else's," Pan said running her fingers through Henry's lavender hair.

Author's Note- Please R&R it means a lot to me.