Chapter 2: A Little Surprise

A/N: Thanks to those who reviewed my first chapter, its much appreciated. Now then as I said at the end of the last chapter, here I will have a section dedicated to responding to your reviews.

dbzfan777: Glad you like it so far, and as far as the seven year gap goes I'm not positive quite yet, but I'm pretty sure I'm only going to go through the birth of Goten, then skip a few years, but I don't think I'm actually going to skip all seven, I may leave a few months off.

DiscoStu09: Yeah I know how you feel, I'm really into serious Gohan stories too, but you probably know that by now…

RKF22: Glad you like it so far!

Now then, in this chapter we find out that Chi Chi is pregnant, so without further ado…

***About three weeks later***

Chi Chi woke up for the fourth time this week feeling sick to her stomach. She thought that today she'd be able to hold last night's food in, but alas, luck was not on her side today. Her insides began to churn and she rushed from her bed into her bathroom, where she began to throw up violently.

She felt like her insides were on fire, and couldn't figure out what the problem was. Maybe I've come down with the flu, Chi Chi thought, or something similar, maybe. I'll go see a doctor later today and get his opinion.

After making her decision, she stood up and started to make her way back to her bed, though she didn't make it even halfway there as she felt last night's dinner coming up once more.

Meanwhile, Gohan was in West City. It was only around 8 A.M., but he had decided that it was best for him to take early shifts so he would have more time later in the day to train, and also more time to spend with his mother, who seemed to be sick every day recently.

Gohan chuckled to himself as he thought back to how he was hired by J&J Construction.

Gohan stepped onto the work zone feeling slightly nervous. Here he was, an eleven year old boy, trying to get a job working construction. 'This should be good,' he thought.

The young boy stepped up to who appeared to be the manager, and after going through how he would ask for a job in his head, finally spoke up.

"Excuse me, sir," he said, gaining the manager's attention.

"Well hello there, young man, what can I help you with?" he asked Gohan politely.

Gohan tried to act as professional as possible, but it was hard to accomplish this, as Gohan was still only eleven. After pushing this thought away to get to more important matters, Gohan said, "Actually sir, I was looking for a job. My father recently passed away, and I need to find a way to make some money for our family, so I figured construction was something that I would be good at," Gohan asked the by now stunned and skeptical manager.

"Er…well, son, I'm sorry for your loss, but I don't think that construction is something that somebody your age should be working on!" he said, trying his best not to laugh at the boy.

Gohan figured that the manager wouldn't just offer him a job, so he felt that a demonstration of his work ethic was in order. "May I see the blueprints for the building you are working on, sir?" he asked the manager while stepping towards a nearby table. Not seeing any harm in this, the manager honored the boy's request.

Gohan was handed the plans, and found that they were building a simple two story house with a basement. The foundation of the home was nearly completed, so he felt that if he got to work on the rest, then the manager would change his opinion.

As said manager saw Gohan walk towards the building, he was a tad confused. "Hey there young man, you can't go over there!" he said, though his efforts to stop Gohan would prove fruitless.

Once Gohan reached the building, he instantly got to work, and the manager was shocked at what he saw. The little boy who looked like he couldn't even hold up his own weight was now moving hundreds of pounds worth of wood and steel at a rate that he could hardly see! In nearly ten minutes, the young boy had doubled the work that the rest of his crew of ten had done the entire day. The manager was absolutely shocked; as Gohan walked back to the place where the manager stood, jaw on the floor, and upon seeing the look on the man's face, Gohan knew that the job would be his.

As he expected, not only was he hired by the company, but he was also offered a ridiculous salary as well, as he was clearly the most talented worker that the company had ever seen. The best part about Gohan's new job, however, was that because of the speed he worked at, he was able to set his own deadlines on the projects that he worked on, and he was often able to be back home by lunch time. Back in the present, Gohan had just finished a new three story house. It was probably the toughest project that he had had so far, but he still managed to finish it in just less than two days.

The young boy smiled as he looked at the work he had accomplished, and seeing that the job was done, he started his flight back home. On the way back, he contemplated what he would do for his training today. It didn't take him very long, though, as after analyzing his own strengths and weaknesses noticed that there was one severe weakness that Gohan had had when he faced Cell; that weakness was his emotions. Through training with Goku, Gohan was able to negate the emotional effects of his Super Saiyan state, though Gohan now in hindsight sees that once he transformed into a Super Saiyan 2, all of these emotional effects came back five-fold. The young boy quickly decided that in order to maximize his potential, he would have to gain full control over himself while in his Super Saiyan 2 state.

Gohan landed in front of his home, and the first thing that came to his mind was not in fact training, but it was the bane of all Saiyans, his stomach. I'm really hungry, he thought, and went inside to make himself something to eat.

The half-saiyan was surprised to find out that his mother was not home, but after a short time Gohan found that she had left a note on the fridge detailing her trip to the doctor. I hope Mom feels better soon, he thought, though his stomach got the better of him once more and began to grumble loudly.

Gohan decided that it was worthless to try and fight his stomach, and quickly prepared himself an obscene amount of sandwiches for lunch; enough to feed a small village. Despite this fact, it still only took him about five minutes to devour all of them, and he headed out into the woods to begin his mental training.

After flying about two miles from his house, Gohan found an open grass area and he decided that it was safe to transform. He focused his mind, then let out a shout as he felt his power come flowing thorugh his body, he was now a Super Saiyan, but knew that in order for his training to be of any use, he needed to push his power even further. He thought about what Cell did to his father, and used the anger that welled inside of him as his fuel, and as blue-colored lighning began to surround his body and his muscles bulged slightly, Gohan finally completed his transformation into a Super Saiyan 2 for the first time since he defeated Cell.

The young warrior instantly felt different inside, as he was running almost entirely on instincts. Despite this roller coaster of emotions, however, he still was able to keep a hold on his sense of purpose. I need to calm down, Gohan thought. If I can't keep myself calm in this state, then I will never be able to use it reliably.

He tried his best to focus his mind through controlled breathing, and after about ten minutes he was able to get a small hold over his mental faculties. Now that Gohan had control over his actions, he decided to take this opportunity to improve his emotional control. Gohan sat on the ground, closed his eyes, and tried his best to empty his mind as he began to meditate. It was difficult for him to keep still in this form; however, as when he first attempted to meditate the lightning that would crack every few seconds would interrupt his concentration. After the first hour, however, he was able to keep himself perfectly calm for well over ten minutes at a time.

After about two more hours of meditating, Gohan was once more interrupted, however this time it was by the sound of the hover car that was heading towards his house. Gohan opened his eyes and studied the craft, and upon recognizing that it was his mother, he decided to fly back home as well.

"Hi, Mom!" Gohan shouted to Chi Chi just before landing, "What is the word from the doctor?" he asked her.

Chi Chi was a tad confused at first as to why her son was a Super Saiyan, but wrote it off rather quickly and flashed Gohan a huge smile. "Come inside, Gohan, I have some wonderful news!" she said, and the ever curious Gohan obliged.

Once they were inside, Chi Chi led them into the kitchen, where Gohan sat down at the table. After sitting down for a few seconds watching his mother, who was grinning like a five year old on Halloween, Gohan couldn't contain his curiosity any longer, and blurted out "So Mom, what's the news?"

Chi Chi still had a huge smile on her face, and decided that she wouldn't keep her son in suspense any longer. "Well I went to the doctor to find out why I had been sick so much recently, and well as it turns out…I'm pregnant!" she said, her voice full of happiness, and Gohan simply shot a smile back at his mother and said, "That's wonderful news, Mom! When did this happen?"

Now that Gohan knew, Chi Chi figured that she might as well spill the rest without further suspense. "It was the day before you and your father left to fight Cell," she started, "you're going to have a little brother or sister Gohan! Oh, I'm so happy!" Gohan's own smile grew in size as an idea popped into his head. "We have to tell the others Mom! Come on, I'll get us there in no time!" he said, and immediately grabbed his mother by the waist, carried her out of the house, and took off for Capsule Corp, while his mother tried her best to contain her screams she wanted to let out because of the speed they were flying.

A/N: Well there you go, that's the end of chapter 2! Once again thanks to all those who have reviewed so far, and please continue to do so, I really value your input. I'll be skipping to around the birth of Goten at the beginning of next chapter, so you can count on another Saiyan arriving to the party in chapter 3! My goal for this story is to get t least one chapter out per week, but in an ideal scenario I'd get two out every week. I'm on summer break from school, so I have plenty of time to write. Until next time!

-HRR2b23