Chapter 3: New Saiyans and Old Rivalries

A/N: Alright Everybody, Its HRR back with another update! This chapter, we get to welcome Goten into our story, and I get to write my first fight scene (of many this story) as well, and I'm pretty excited about that. Once again thanks to those who reviewed my last chapter

Dbzfan777: I'm glad you liked that part, believe it or not it was pretty difficult for me to write that so I'm happy it turned out well.

Herbert89 and ultranx: Glad you two like it so far!

Now then, this chapter will take place eight months after the conclusion of chapter two, so try and keep that in mind. So then, here…we…go!

***Mountain District, Eight months Later***

Gohan stood beside a river a mile away from his home. He was currently in his Super Saiyan 2 form, and his training in that form was going quite well. In fact, he was now able to almost totally control his emotions in that state, and he was also able to even reduce the bioelectricity that came with the state reduced to almost nil. Gohan had actually been in his SSJ2 state for over a week straight now, and really wasn't feeling all that worn out from it, which he took as a sign that he was getting far stronger in that form as well.

He had recently finished a four hour training session in the Gravity Room at Capsule Corporation after work, and upon returning home he had gotten the urge to eat, so Gohan figured that fish would be a good meal for today.

The young saiyan stood beside the winding river, waiting for a large fish to make his way by him. After patiently standing by for around five minutes, he found his catch. It was a large pale-blue fish of at least ten feet in length, and several hundred pounds in weight. Gohan salivated at the sight of the beast, knowing that it had to be the largest fish in the river. After waiting one final moment for the fish to pass by, Gohan dove headfirst into the water, and swam full speed at his prey. The fish, not one to come quietly, speed up his pace as well, and even tried to outmaneuver the Saiyan by swimming in a semblance of a zig-zag pattern. Despite this, the fish was still no match for the boy, and after a few more seconds of the fish struggling pointlessly, Gohan landed a swift underwater kick to the fish's skull, killing it on impact.

Gohan congratulated himself silently on the catch as he brought the fish ashore. Once there, he set the fish aside and walked up to a tree of about twenty feet in height. He inhaled deeply, then launched at the tree with the side of his hand, slicing through the tree which fell shortly after. Then, he took the bulk of the trunk and chopped it up further, making some firewood out of it. He then took the logs and arranged them in a small circle, and set the logs aflame with a small blast of ki. Finally, he impaled his catch with one of the branches of the tree and placed it over the fire, and started to cook his catch.

Once the fish had been cooking for a solid twenty minutes or so, Gohan felt that it was ready to eat, so he sliced off a section of fish and prepared to take a bite. However, he never got the chance, as he picked up on the faintest bit of a scream.

He focused himself on the source of the noise, and after a while he was able to make out the words "Gohan, come here quick!" Recognizing his mother's voice, he instantly dropped the fish and quickly flew to his home.

As he flew through the air at near top speed, he wondered to himself as to what predicament his mother could possibly be in. After worrying for a few seconds that she could possibly be in real danger, another thought hit him like a punch to the face. Mom's been pregnant for nearly nine months…maybe the baby is finally coming,he thought to himself. With this knowledge, he pushed himself to top speed and made it to his house in a matter of seconds. The young Saiyan pushed his way through the door and sprinted down the hallway until he saw his mother in the living room. Once he was in the same room as her, he gasped in surprise after seeing that his earlier suspicions were correct, evidenced by the small puddle below her.

"It's coming, Gohan," Chi Chi said to her son.

"Okay Mom, I'm going to take you to Capsule Corp now, we can use the delivery room they have there," he said, trying to keep as calm as possible.

"Alright Gohan, just…make it fast, okay?" she replied, and Gohan simply gave her an affirmative nod before picking the woman up and bolting out the door. He took off at top speed for C.C., and it was times like this when Gohan was glad that he was still in his SSJ2 state. Chi Chi merely hung in Gohan's arms, squeezing them forcibly from time to time in an effort to fight the pain that came with her contractions. Gohan put up with this rather easily, and didn't really blame his mother for using him as her proverbial punching bag either, as the pain was among the most that Chi Chi had ever felt. This is only the beginning too,the woman thought to herself with worry.

In a matter of minutes, the pair had arrived at Capsule Corp, and not wanting to waste any time, Gohan plowed his way through the door the instant they landed and started his search for Bulma. After searching for her ki, he was able to locate her after a couple of seconds. Now that he knew where she was, he ran down the halls at top speed towards her, still carrying his mother in his arms.

"Bulma!" Gohan shouted, "Mom has gone into labor, I need you to get her into the delivery room as quickly as you can!" he said to a surprised Bulma.

"Okay, Gohan, just wait right here, I'll do my best for you!" she said to the boy, and after putting Chi Chi in a wheelchair, she was off to the delivery room.

***Ten Minutes Later***

Gohan sat in the waiting room with much anticipation. He worried for his mother's safety, wondered how long that the delivery process would take, and above all, wondered whether his new sibling would be a boy or a girl. Throughout the whole time Chi Chi had been pregnant, she had never bothered to have an ultrasound, and thus she had no idea what sex her child would be. Another thought crept into Gohan's mind as well, this also means that we don't know whether or not this baby will have a tail…he thought, feeling rather glad that they had brought his mother to Bulma and not a regular doctor, because if the baby did wind up having a Saiyan tail, it may come as a bit of a shock.

He continued to sit in relative silence for around ten minutes, with the only sounds that could be heard coming from the sound of him furiously tapping his foot. This continued until Gohan heard another set of footsteps coming through the hall, and the person they belonged to spoke up in a raspy and commanding voice.

"Won't you calm down already, brat? Whether I like to admit it or not, the Woman does know what she is doing in there," the man said, and Gohan immediately labeled the voice as Vegeta's. He turned around and faced the Prince of all Saiyans, and spoke up, "Yeah, sorry Vegeta, just a little concerned about my mother, that's all," he said, although he knew that the older Saiyan had little concern for this.

As if he was reading Gohan's mind, he replied "Well if I were you, I would be more concerned with your training. Even in peacetime, you never know when something could happen," Vegeta stated bluntly.

Gohan started to get a little angry at this statement, "You really think I don't take my training seriously? I've been doing nothing but working and training everyday, how is that not serious? Just today I was using your Gravity Room!" he argued with the older Saiyan, while some cracks of electricity could be seen as his rage began to build slightly.

Vegeta liked the fire he was starting to light inside the younger Saiyan, and decided to see just how seriously Gohan took his training. From what he could see, Gohan was at least somewhat serious, as he was still in his SSJ2 form for what seemed like no apparent reason, which meant that he was trying to gain full control over it. After giving Gohan a smirk, Vegeta said, "All right then runt, If you think that you've been taking your training serious enough, then you should have no problem taking me on, right?" he asked, and the young half-breed shot a smirk right back at Vegeta.

"No problem at all," he said, "lets take this to the GR, we don't need anybody getting in the way," he told the man, narrowing his eyes as he did so, and led Vegeta to said room.

Once they entered the GR, Gohan took to the left side of the room and faced Vegeta, who stood approximately twenty paces in front of him on the right side of the room. The two looked each other over; sizing each other up. Gohan closed his eyes, focused his mind, and relaxed his muscles. As his hair began to lose its edge as well as its golden color, and his eyes turned back from the teal they previously were to a jet black, he said to Vegeta, "I may as well start in my base form too. I don't want to make this too unfair for you," he said.

Vegeta was surprised, though he didn't show it. It wasn't like the brat to trash talk an opponent, perhaps Vegeta's words earlier did get to the youth. After acknowledging his talk with a simple nod of the head, Vegeta took a fighting stance, as did Gohan. Neither one of them being patient enough for the other to make a move, they both charged at each other simultaneously. Gohan was the first to go on the offensive, sending a flurry of punches towards Vegeta's face, all of which Vegeta dodged with relative ease. Seeing that his punches alone were not having any effect, Gohan decided to use these merely as a distraction, and after sending a few more punches Vegeta's way, he sent a kick aimed for the Saiyan Prince's midsection, which connected and sent a jolt of pain through the elder Saiyan's body.

After reeling back from Gohan's assault, Vegeta decided that it was his turn to go on the offensive. He charged at the half-Saiyan, fist back, and delivered a punch headed straight for Gohan's forehead. Surprisingly, though, when his fist should have connected, Vegeta only felt air. It's an afterimage, dammi-,he thought, but was rewarded for his failure to recognize this earlier with a kick to the cheek, sending the Prince flying to the other side of the room and crashing into the wall.

He recovered rather quickly, however, and after mentally cursing himself for his failures, began rushing Gohan again, and this time Gohan did not try to use any tricks and was simply dodging every single one of Vegeta's punches and kicks. The elder Saiyan would not be bested so easily, however, and after launching an attempt to punch Gohan in the face, Vegeta followed up by sending a ki blast out of his other hand, which connected with Gohan's chest and sent him back a few feet. Though it didn't do much damage to him, this did break Gohan's guard and opened him up to several punches from Vegeta, who finished his assault with an uppercut that sent Gohan flying up into the air, followed by an elbow to the back sending the young Saiyan crashing to the floor, making a crack in the ground as he made contact with it.

Vegeta, however, felt that his offensive was not over, and proceeded to send an assailment of ki blasts down at Gohan. Gohan was able to make a recovery, however, and used a ki blast of his own aimed towards the ground to send him across the room and away from Vegeta's attack. With Vegeta still sending ki blasts at where he thought Gohan was, the boy was able to use this distraction to rush at Vegeta. Once Vegeta noticed that Gohan was coming at him, and not on the floor, he immediately took up a defensive stance, trying his best to block the punches and kicks Gohan was sending at him. Noticing that Vegeta was forced to block his hits rather than dodge them, Gohan decided that he needed to push himself further, and increased the pace of his punches. Eventually, he was able to land a right jab on Vegeta's face, which he followed up with a kick to Vegeta's midsection. Next, he landed a left hook on the Prince's face, and then a devastating right to the forehead, sending Vegeta flying. As he saw Vegeta flying helplessly across the room, Gohan decided that it was time to end this fight. "Ka-me-ha-me-ha!" he shouted, and a blue beam of energy shot out of his hands straight towards the still reeling Vegeta. The elder Saiyan tried his best to block the hit, but in his position he was helpless to avoid the wave, which hit him head on, and after landing on the floor, Vegeta felt himself slowly lose both his consciousness, and the fight.

Gohan smiled to himself as he slowly descended back to the floor, happy that, at least when they were both in their base forms, he could still take on Vegeta. After he concluded his mental celebration, he walked over to the fallen Prince, pulled a senzu bean out of his pocket, and fed it to Vegeta. After eating the bean, the Saiyan's eyes shot back open, and he picked himself up off of the ground and turned to face the victor of their sparring session.

What happened next is something that Gohan never would have expected. "Good job, brat. It seems you have been taking your training seriously after all," Vegeta said to a surprised Gohan. He knew it was a lot for Vegeta to actually compliment somebody, so he smiled at the man and replied with a simple "Thank you."

He was about to start another conversation with Vegeta, when they were both interrupted by the crack of the PA system. "Gohan, Vegeta? Are you two in here? I told you to wait outside the delivery room! Anyways, If you two are in there you may want to come back now, I just finished Chi Chi's delivery," Bulma's voice told them.

Happy that his Mom was finally finished with her ordeal, Gohan bolted for the door of the GR and ran back to the delivery room where Bulma was waiting for him.

"Hi Bulma," he said, "How did it go?"

Bulma smiled at the young Saiyan and replied, "It went just fine. As it turns out you're going to have a baby brother Gohan!" she said with excitement. "Chi Chi is in the delivery room with him now, you can go see them if you want to!"

Gohan easily decided that he was going to take Bulma up on her offer, and went inside the room where his mother and new brother laid on the bed together. Gohan was stunned when he looked at the full head of hair and tail on his newborn brother, and after Chi Chi turned her head to look at her son, Gohan said to her, "Wow…he looks just like Dad."

"Yes he does, doesn't he? He even has the same hairstyle as him!" she said while the two boys in the room laughed in unison.

"Have you decided what to name him yet?" Gohan asked, his curiosity peaking.

"As a matter of fact, I have," Chi Chi started, "I'm going to call him Goten, seeing as how he looks so much like Goku, I thought he should have a name like him too," she said, and Gohan's smiled widened slightly as he said back to his mother, "I like the name, too." He then asked Chi Chi the question she was waiting for ever since he walked into the room. "Can I hold him?"

Chi Chi laughed slightly, "It's about time you asked! Of course you can!" she replied, and handed the baby over to Gohan.

Gohan looked at his brother as he held Goten by his sides in front of his face. "Hi there, little guy. My name's Gohan and I am your big brother!" he said, and Goten, as if knowing what Gohan had said, giggled in response to him.

Gohan looked back at his mother, and asked her one more question. "Hey Mom…are we going to let him keep his tail?"

Chi Chi just looked at Gohan with mild amusement, and after seeing Gohan's confused look in response she laughed and told him, "Now what do you think?"

A/N: And there you have it! That's the end of Chapter 3. Lucky for you guys, I was stuck at work for 6 hours today with literally nothing to do, so I was able to get this chapter done in one day. Once again thanks to those of you who reviewed, but I'd really like to see more people reviewing this story! I see the number of hits it gets, and I know that more than just a few people have something to say or suggest to me! Anyways, next chapter I am going to be fast forwarding six years, so we will be about 3 months earlier than the gap that was originally made. Until next time, guys!

-HRR2b23