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 18
Bra is 21
Goten is 31
Trunks is 33
Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ or any characters or variations of DBZ. I only own my OCs.
Chapter Six: New Additions
"Pan wait up!" Trunks called as he ran after his wife while holding his son.
"Come on Trunks! Marron was there when Henry was born, so we need to be there for her," Pan called back over her shoulder as they rushed to the maternity ward of the hospital where they found Krillin and 18. "Krillin how is she doing?" asked Pan looking concerned.
"They said her labor is going fast. Our grandson should be here within the hour," he smiled nervously wrapping an arm around 18.
"Is Marron okay?" asked Yamcha out of breath as he and Puar arrived at the waiting room.
"She's fine," answered 18 rolling her eyes.
"Krillin!" giggled Henry as he noticed the short man standing a few feet away.
"Hey little guy," smiled Krillin. Henry started reaching for him. Trunks turned Henry trying to get him to settle and stopping bothering the worried man, but Krillin stood and took Henry from Trunks. He sat with 18 and the two played with Henry as they waited to hear an update on Marron.
Gohan, Videl, Goten, Bulma, and Bra all arrived next. "Are you getting excited to have a grandbaby of your own?" asked Bulma with a smirk as she watched her old friend play with her grandson.
"Yeah, but I am a little nervous. What if he doesn't like me?" worried Krillin.
"Trunks liked you as a baby and so does Henry! You do great with boys. There is nothing to be nervous about," assured Bulma putting her hand comfortingly on his shoulder.
"GamGam," said Henry as he pointed at Bulma.
"Yes sweetie?" Bulma asked leaning closer to Henry. He grinned and reached for her. Bulma smiled and scooped him up.
"He's getting spoiled," sighed Pan shaking her head. Bulma looked at Pan and raised an eyebrow. "We're trying not to hold him as much, but he knows get away with it here," Pan answered Bulma's confused expression.
"Oh so you're milking all this attention?" Bulma asked Henry and tickled his tummy. The little boy erupted into giggles.
"Do you want your Pawpa?" Bulma asked walking toward Gohan and Goten.
"No, GoGo!" Henry reached for Goten.
"Sorry," Goten muttered to his brother as he took Henry from Bulma. Pan leaned her head against Trunks as they watched everyone hold and play with Henry.
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"Marron he's adorable," Pan complimented Marron. Marron held a small baby boy wrapped in a light blue blanket. The little boy had silky black hair and a skin tone a few shades lighter than Uub.
"What's his name?" asked Bra as she held Henry.
"Maddox," said Marron with a soft smile looking down at the little boy in her arms as Uub stood awkwardly behind Marron trying to be supportive.
"Maddox, that's cute!" squeaked Bra.
"Maddisc!"squealed Henry in delight.
While everyone was cooing over the babies and Marron, Trunks managed to pull Uub out of the room. "You okay?" Trunks asked Uub now that they were alone.
"It's funny, I have five little sibling, so babies shouldn't scare me at all. But I'm terrified," admitted Uub.
"It's scary because this one's yours. I had been around babies too, but when I had Henry it was a whole different ball game. You just have to take it a step at a time. If you think too far ahead you'll just freak out," explained Trunks with a sigh.
Uub took a deep breath. "Maybe you're right. I just have to take this a step at a time. I'm going to head back in. Thanks Trunks," Uub thanked him as he headed back to be with Marron and Maddox.
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"He's pretty cute huh?" Pan asked Trunks as the looked in at Maddox in the hospital nursery.
"I suppose, but ours is cuter," Trunks smirked wrapping his arms around Pan.
"Yo lovebirds, I gotta head back to school," Bra announced handing Henry to Pan. "Bye bye Henry," Bra waved at Henry.
"Bye BaBa!" Henry said with a big grin.
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Goten sat nervously in the restaurant waiting for the right moment. Rini came back from the restroom and sat across from him. "Goten you okay?" Rini asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. What were you up to today?" asked Goten slowly becoming less nervous.
"I went by and visited Marron and met Maddox. I brought her a tray of cookies and a stuffed animal," answered Rini as she went back to eating her meal.
"That's nice. I was able to be at the hospital when Marron gave birth. It all went pretty fast compared to Pan's"
"Well what did you think of little Maddox?"
"Cute I guess," shrugged Goten.
"I thought he was kind of a strange combination. He looks like Marron but has darker skin like Uub. His hair is silky like Marron's but is the color of Uub's. He was still adorable though," observed Rini.
"Babies are pretty adorable. I wonder if I'll have a son that looks like me," chuckled Goten.
"You say that cause of Henry looking like Trunks or because you look like your dad who looks like his dad?" asked Rini with a raised eyebrow.
"Because I look like my dad," answered Goten with another shrug.
"Every guy wants a son I guess," Rini sighed.
"I'd be fine with only having a girl," announced Goten defensively.
"You'd be like your brother. Only one child"
"I'd like to have two kids. How many do you want?" Goten asked curiously.
"I want one of each, and I'd be will to go up to four kids to make it happen," answered Rini with a grin.
"What does that mean?"
"Like if I have a boy then a girl, I stop at two, but if I have two boys, I would keep having kids hoping for a girl. But after four kids, I am done even if I have all boys or all girls," explained Rini.
"Oh okay," Goten stammered. "Rini would you want to marry me?" he asked awkwardly. Rini stared at him for a few minutes before letting out a large sigh of exasperation.
"Goten, I'm not saying no, but you need to ask me again correctly. I don't want you to ask me after getting all wound up over babies," Rini looked down at her food in a disappointed fashion.
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"Bra, please help me! You're her friend. What am I doing wrong? I've proposed four different times, and she always tells me to try again. I'm getting worried. Does she not what to marry me?" Goten asked pacing the living room at Capsule Corp.
"Of course she wants to marry you. You two already practically live together. Maybe you just keep messing up the proposals. Tell me about each time you proposed, and we'll figure it out," Bra told Goten as she tried to get him to sit down.
"The first time was on the last day of my heat. We had just finished eating ice cream together, and she was sitting on my lap. I asked her then. She told me to ask her when I wasn't in heat. The second time, we had just finished making love, and I had held her arms and I asked her. She just giggled and ignored me," Goten explained sitting down next to Bra.
"Girls never count getting asked during or after sex Goten. You're just telling the girl she's good at sex," Bra said rolling her eyes.
"The third time she was baking cookies, and I proposed to her as we ate cookies"
"That's complimenting her cooking," sighed Bra patting Goten's shoulder.
"The fourth time was last night. I took her out to a nice dinner. We were talking about babies, and I asked her," grumbled Goten remembering the fresh rejection he suffered last night.
"Did you have a ring?" asked Bra curiously.
"No, I thought girls liked to pick out their own ring?" asked Goten looking confused at Bra.
"Traditional girls like when the guy picks out the ring. It shows how much you love her," Bra explained to the clueless demisaiyan.
"So I need to buy Rini a ring and propose one more time?" he asked trying to make sure he understood.
"Yes! You need to figure out what kind she likes. Steal her phone and check her pinterest," she suggested.
"Okay, I can try, but she'll think I'm crazy stealing her phone," shrugged Goten.
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"Goten, I'm making brownies!" Rini called from her kitchen.
"Awesome," Goten said with a smile as he gave Rini a kiss on the cheek. Goten headed to the bedroom where Rini's phone was on the charger. He entered her passcode and opened pinterest. 'She has like a million boards,' thought Goten with a groan. 'Which one is it…The right guy looks promising,' he thought to himself.
"Goten where'd you go? I need someone to lick the spoon!" yelled Rini from the kitchen.
"Be right there!" he yelled his reply.
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"Goten it's gorgeous!" squealed in delight as she looked at the oval shaped opal bordered with small diamonds in a rough boarder.
"She picked it. She pinned it on her pinterweb or whatever it's called," shrugged Goten. "Do you think she'll say yes this time?" he asked nervously as he put the ring back in his pocket.
"Of course, but try to be romantic!" Bra said with a grin.
"Romantic, I can do that," Goten said a Son grin coming to his face despite his nervousness.
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"Hi Pan," Goten greeted his niece as he entered Rini's home.
"GoGo!" yipped Henry as he ran to greet him. Goten smiled and pick up him into a tight hug.
"GoGo's your favorite uncle, isn't he?" Rini asked the little boy in her boyfriend's arms.
"He's my favorite uncle," giggled Pan as she sipped her tea.
"Shut up," groaned Goten as he gave Pan a look.
"Oh you know we all love you honey," Rini assured him.
"Yeah Uncle Goten you're the best uncle a girl could ask for," Pan told him with a soft smile.
"That's a lie, and you know it. I was a thirteen year old who couldn't be bothered to even babysit," he sighed cuddling Henry close.
"You're grown up now and so am I. It's okay. Who would expect a teenage boy to be all about babysitting… I know once Henry's thirteen, you can offer him a job babysitting for kids if they need one," offered Pan with a smirk.
"Hey Trunks was all about babysitting you when he was a teenager, so Henry will probably be all about it too," he commented bouncing the little boy in his arms.
"Shut up," Pan growled.
"You feel weird your husband was your babysitter," snickered Goten in a taunting manner. Pan's face turned a light pink as hid her face in her hands.
"Goten be nice to Pan. Henry, Uncle GoGo isn't being very nice is he?" Rini said with a scowl as she played with his feet.
Henry giggled and grabbed her hands. "RiRi!" he yelled at her before looking up at Goten. "Bad GoGo!" Henry said pointing at Goten.
"That's right sweetie," Rini picked Henry up with a smirk on her face.
"I'm going to head out you two," Pan said softly as she picked up Henry's bag. Rini smiled handing Henry over to Pan. "Tell Rini and Uncle Goten bye-bye," Pan told her son as they headed for the door.
"Bye-Bye!" Henry yelled waving at the couple as he and his mother left.
"You like Henry huh?" Goten asked wrapping his arms around his girlfriend.
"Of course I do. He's such a sweet boy," answered Rini looking up at Goten.
"What would you think of us eventually having a little boy?" Goten asked in a nonchalant manner.
"I'd like that," Rini said with a sweet smile. She turned around in his arms and kissed him. Goten thought of the ring in his pant pocket.
"Rini I want to ask you something," he said breaking the kiss.
"After, let's go take care what's in your pocket," Rini smiled devilishly as she pulled him toward the bedroom. Goten gulped thinking of what was really in his pocket.
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"Rini I love you and that was amazing, but what I was trying to ask you earlier was…" Goten started as he scrambled off the bed and pulled the ring out of his pants pocket. "Will you marry me?" Goten asked as he handed her the ring box.
"That was a ring in your pocket?" she stammered as she stared at the ring box. After a moment of awkward silence, she finally opened the box. Her eyes grew the size of saucers. "How did you?"
"I looked at your phone," shrugged Goten still looking nervous since she hadn't answered.
"Goten… I would love to marry you," she grinned and kissed him dropping the ring still in the box on the bed. A Son grin grew on his face as he grabbed the ring out of the box and put it on her finger.
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Pan smiled as she walked Henry around the park in his stroller. He giggled and pointed at the butterflies and birds excitedly. "Are you having fun sweetie?" Pan asked her sweet little boy.
"Yeah!" yelled Henry to his mother as they got to the playground.
"Go play sweetie, but stay where I can see you," Pan told Henry as released him from the stroller. He went running off toward the little kids playground. Pan smiled sweetly as she watched him play. He was almost two and climbed like a little monkey.
After about an hour of playing, a woman sat down beside Pan. "Your son's a cutie," commented the woman.
"Yeah, which one is yours?" asked Pan making polite conversation.
"Oh no, I don't have any children, but Henry's fun to watch play. You know children are the future," the woman told Pan in eerily cheerful tone.
Pan's eyes grew wide. She slowly stood and called Henry over to her. She quickly strapped Henry back into his stroller and turned to leave.
The woman put her hand on Pan's shoulder to stop her from leaving and said, "Pan you're a really great mother."
Pan pulled away quickly and rushed off with Henry. Pan didn't stop until she was at the Capsule Corp Compound. She barged in without knocking surprising Bulma.
"Pan are you okay? You look pale," observed Bulma as she pulled Henry from the stroller.
"Where's Trunks?" Pan asked in a shaky voice.
"He's training with Vegeta…Pan?" Bulma called after Pan as she ran to the gravity room and threw open the door. Pan was nearly hit by a chi bomb when she entered the room.
"Panny, are you alright I almost hit you?" asked Trunks as he rushed to his wife.
"Trunks this woman at the park, she knew Henry's name and I think she might be stalking him or us. I'm not really sure, but she was very creepy," explained Pan in a panicked tone.
"Are you sure she wasn't another mom?" asked Trunks trying to digest the story that was just told to him.
Henry ran into the gravity room toward Vegeta who was leaning against one of the walls watching the young couple.
"PawPa Veggeta, up!" demanded Henry. Vegeta grunted before picking up his grandson.
"No she wasn't one of the moms, but I've seen her at the park before. Today she talked to me, and I asked which kid was hers and she said she didn't have one, but Henry was fun to watch," Pan answered Trunks question leaning close to his chest.
"That is a little creepy," Trunks muttered stroking Pan's hair as he held her to his sweaty chest. Trunks looked up at to see his mother standing in the doorway.
"Pan lets go use the TimeVision machine to get a better look at that woman," offered Bulma to the woman in her son's arms.
"Okay," Pan quietly agreed and followed after Bulma, Trunks still clutching her hand supportively.
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After watching the scene from the park, Trunks let out a low growl.
"Trunks what is it?" Pan asked looking up at her husband.
"That's the woman that tried to claim custody of Henry," growled Trunks.
"Are you sure?" Pan asked looking more closely at the screen.
"She dyed her hair brown, but yes that's her," explained Trunks.
"You have a restraining order against her!" exclaimed Bulma shocked the woman was so bold.
"I'm not sure what she wants, she didn't actually try to touch or take Henry. I think that's why I'm so panicked," Pan said snuggling closer to her husband.
"I'm reporting this to the police, and I think it would be best if we start taking Henry to a different park," announced Trunks keeping Pan clutched close to his chest.
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"What did the police say?" Bulma asked after settling Pan and Henry in the kitchen with Bunny.
"They said that Miss Tanaka's residence is empty. She moved with out notifing anyone, so they have no idea where she is. They gave me a direct number to call if we see her again, but that's all they could do," answered Trunks with a sigh.
Bulma patted Trunks' shoulder. "I'm sure you two can handle her. Pan's still a little rattled, so I think you should stay close to her," Bulma advised as she peered into the kitchen to check on her daughter-in-law.
"Is Kakarrot's grandbrat training?" demanded Vegeta moving from his silent perch against the wall.
"Pan's training daily, why?" asked Trunks looking curiously at his father.
"She chose to run from a threat instead of facing it head on… It seems out of character," muttered Vegeta.
"She's protecting Henry Vegeta. It's natural that her reactions would change. Plus Pan wouldn't fight a random woman at the park," defended Bulma as she went head to head with her husband. Trunks sighed as his parents fought. He knew Pan would do anything to protect Henry, so the argument didn't interest him.
Over the next three months there was no sign of Miss Tanaka, then things quickly changed.
Author's Note- Please R&R it means a lot to me.