Chp 12
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Trunks walked out of his bed room to find his best friend, Goten. He could see the worry on his friends face.

"We'll have the training room to ourselves. Your Dad arranged it." Goten looked at his friend with a worried smile.

"K. " Trunks started walking to the training room. "We'll talk there."

Goten shook his head and quickly followed after his friend. He knew something was wrong because he hadn't seen him or his sister for a few days. As they entered the training room, Trunks locked the door behind them.

"This is gonna be hard." Trunks sighed, holding back his tears.

"Is Usa okay?" Goten asked putting his hard on his friends shoulder.

"Not really." He looked at the spiky haired sayian. "Usagi and I were going to have a baby. You were going to be an uncle." Sadness covered his words.

Goten gasped. "Is that what you trying to tell me? Oh fuck!"

"Yeah, we lost the baby a couple days ago." Trunks' voice was flat and emotionless.

"Oh man." He hugged his friend. He had no clue what to do. "Is there anything I can do?"

Trunks slowly shook his head no. "Help me take my mind off of it by training."

"I can do that." Goten stretched and began to power up. Trunks followed suit, only in a slower manner.

Usagi sat up in bed slowly eating. Vegeta sat quietly beside her, watching her. She pushed the tray away from her with only one fourth of the food gone. Vegeta gave her a stern look demanding that she eat more. She just shook her head no and pulled the covers back. She stepped out of bed and walked towards the bathroom. Vegeta heard the shower turn on. Usagi pulled the clothes from her body and stepped into the shower.

The warm water hitting her body felt nice. She lathered up a rag and proceeded to bathe. She started at her arms working her way down her body. As she touched her stomach, her legs went weak. Her body slumped to the bottom of the shower as tears poured from her eyes. She wrapped her arms around her middle as she sobbed endlessly. There was a knock on the door pulling Usagi from her thoughts. She heard it open and looked through the foggy glass door. She saw the outline of Vegeta's figure. She was trying to hold back her tears as he entered the room.

"Usagi," his voice was soft, "are you alright?" He saw her shaking her head no.

He pushed the glass door open slightly and turned off the water. He handed her a towel through the cracked shower door. She wrapped the towel around her body. Vegeta pulled the door open all the way and lifted her into his arms. Her tears had finally ceased, but her body was numb. Vegeta looked into her eyes and saw nothing there, they were hollow and empty. He placed her on the edge of the bed and sat beside her.

"I'm taking you to your room. Just let me get you some clothes, okay?"

Usagi numbly nodded her head yes. She starred at the floor as Vegeta shuffled around the room gathering clothes for her. He set them on the bed and turned around so she could change. She pulled her clothes on and dropped the towel in the hamper. She cleared her throat, signalling to her Prince that she was dresssed. He crossed to her and pulled her into a hug. He scanned the hallway to make sure that noone was in the hall. He wrapped an arm around her shoulders as he led her down to the next room. He sat her on the bed in her room and took up the spot next to her.

"Usagi, I know you're not ready to deal with this yet. What do you want to tell everybody?"

"Cramps. Mom and Bulma won't ask any questions if you tell them that. Dad won't either, he doesn't want to know about girl stuff." Usagi's voice was flat and void of emotion.

"Alright." Vegeta stood from the bed and pulled the covers back. "Rest, I'll stay right here with you."

"I'm not tired." She shook her head slowly with her eyes closed.

"Take this," Vegeta handed her two small pills. "They'll help you sleep."

She curled up on her side shaking her head fiercly. "I don't want to sleep, Vegeta-sama. When I sleep," her voice cracked as she chocked on her tears. "When I sleep I dream about the baby. I can't Vegeta-sama, I can't handle this. . .pain."

He sat beside her, rubbing her back. "These will let you sleep peacefully," he paused as she looked up at him to protest. "You won't have any dreams, I promise." He kissed the top of her head.

She took the pills from him and swallowed them. He covered her with the blanket and sat beside her. He wasn't going to leave her side unless he had to. He watched as her breathing evened out and she fell into a deep slumber.

Usagi found herself in a void full of white mist. She looked around for a clue, a sign of where she might be.

"Don't worry yourself child." A soothing voice filled her ears.

"Who are you?" Usagi was on the defensive, her body poised and ready to protect herself. Even though the voice said not to worry she still wanted to be prepared.

"I am you, just like you are me." A shadowy figure appeared before her and slowly became clearer. "I am LaFaera, the goddess that dwells inside of you."

Usagi relaxed after feeling the comforting presence surround her. "What are you doing here? What am I doing here?"

"I'm here to console you. The baby that you lost, it had nothing to do with you." LaFaera sat on the ground before the young female Sayian.

"How do you know that?" Usagi asked as she knelt down next to the Sayian Goddess.

"Because I am the goddess. I need you to understand that the baby you lost is not your fault." She touched the side of Usagi's face. "You are much stronger than this. You are much stronger than allowing this to bring you down. Lean on your mate, that is the only way you will both get through this. I promise you two will make it."

"When does the pain stop though?" Usagi felt the tears prick her eyes.

"It will stop soon enough. Try not to dwell on it dear Usagi. The children that lay in wait for you two are going to be so special, and strong. Promise me now that you'll be strong. Vegeta-sama will be there for you."

Usagi awoke feeling relaxed and refreshed. She sat up in bed looking around and stretched. She still felt the emptiness inside, but didn't feel like crying anymore. She glanced over to see her prince asleep in the chair next to her. She stood from the bed and moved to where her clothes were. She grabbed a pair training clothes from the drawer, walking into the bathroom she changed. She scribbled the sleeping prince a note and left her room. She walked down the hallway in the direction of the training room. She waited for the door to open for a few seconds before trying manually open the door. She heard Trunks and Goten going at it in the room. She pushed the communication button to gain their attention.

"Trunks, it's me." She spoke softly. The door immediately opened to reveal a sweaty out of breath Trunks.

"Lover," he pulled her to his body and into the training room. The door closed behind them. Goten walked over to his sister and hugged her tightly after Trunks released her.

"Are you sure you should be up?" Trunks asked concerned as he smelled the lingering scent of blood.

"I can't lay in bed any longer. It'll just make me too depressed, I have to do something." Usagi looked to her mate then her brother.

"I'm sorry Usa." Goten grabbed her hand, squeezing it tightly.

"Thank you Goten. I would rather not tell mom or Dad, if you don't mind."

"Your secret is safe with me." Goten smiled at his sister and best friend.

Usagi sat back watching as the two demi sayians trained. She felt Vegeta making his way to the training room. She stood and opened the door for him. He looked her over, wanting to make sure that she was okay. He walked into the training room. He spared a glance at the two boys training then looked back to his daughter in law.

"I talked to LaFaera," Vegeta looked at her in shock. "She calmed me down. I'm fine now, I promise." She gave Vegeta the best smile that she could.

He pulled her into a hug. Just then the ship's communication system went off. Bulma's voice filled the air alerting everyone letting them know that lunch was ready. The group made their way to the dinning area. Usagi nervously rung her hands as they made their way to eat. She didn't want to face the rest of their family. As they entered the dinning room Chichi and Bulma rushed over to Usagi. Asking her if everything was alright. She explained that it was just a female problem. The group sat down to eat as if nothing were wrong. Half way through the meal Usagi fell asleep with her head on the table. Goku scooped his daughter up and carried her off to bed. He noticed that his daughter was still bleeding and it didn't smell normal. He could smell Trunks and Vegeta on her. He made a mental note to ask his Prince what was wrong with his daughter.

END! I know it's shorter than normal and I apologize for that. If you could drop me a line and let me know what you think. Some of you have and I appreciate the response. OH! I don't own SM or DBZ!