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The year was almost up. Time seemed to just fly by for everyone as many things were going on.
Bulma and Yamcha had reconciled . . . again . . . for the, who-knows-how-many-times now.
Gohan and Piccolo were immersing themselves with their training, giving it their all as the arrival of the Saiyans loomed closer and closer.
Raditz was still training, just not as much with Gohan and Piccolo. He would occasionally drop by and spar with them but he had gone solo for the most part.
To say that nothing had been going on with Kat recently would very much be BS. Not only did she finally accept the fact that she was pregnant- ahem three months later, she'd broken the news to her parents, had reunited with her old partners in crime, had to deal with the pregnancy, hormones and other crazy stuff that came along with it, had to deal with technically being married to that bastard Raditz, and had to deal with A LOT of other stuff.
At first, she still couldn't get her mind around the whole being pregnant part. It's not that she was in denial; she just couldn't believe it. She'd broken the official news to her parents and that seemed to go completely well, that is, until the whole 'who's the lucky guy' crap came up. Oh yeah mom, this so called lucky guy is an alien from outer space who kidnapped me, almost killed his own brother and nephew, and now totally mated with me without me ever knowing any of it. Ah yes, quite an interesting conversation that would be. All she could really tell her parents without blatantly lying to them was that this 'lucky guy' was someone whom she'd known for a while. In a way, that was no lie at all because she never specified how long of a while. They seemed content with that and let it be. Aside from that, it all went well.
She'd talked to her mother about the whole 'I still can't believe I'm pregnant' bit and after a nice heart to heart conversation, Kat finally accepted it and began warming up to the prospect of being a mother; even if she was still scared shitless and had no idea on how to be a mother. "It's like a natural instinct that will just come to you. No one ever really knows what to expect the first time," Mrs. Briefs would tell her after Bulma, in her own excitement, accidentally let the beans spill. From there on it spread. Kat really did appreciate the advice though and it did calm her nerves about everything because it wasn't like she could be like, "Hey mom, what exactly is it like to have a- oh, right."
And finally there were her old partners in crime. . .
It was mid evening and Kat was walking downstairs after having woken from a nap.
"Sir, please, I don't know if she's available right now."
"Please, we just want to talk to her for like five minutes, real quick, promise."
That sounded like Bulma and-
She turned the corner into the lobby and was quite surprised to find Bulma and her ol' partners in crime standing near the entrance.
"Hey, it's her!" one of the guys pointed out. "Kitten!"
"Kat!"
"Kitty Kat!"
"Kat Knipers!"
"Kat do you know these-"
"Call me Kitten one more time and I'll rip your fucking tongue out!"
"I'll take that as a yes," Bulma sweatdropped as she excused herself and left them alone.
"Hey you, how's it going?" one of the guys asked with a big smile.
Was this happening? Was this seriously happening?
"Looks as though you've got your own tongue."
"Oh ha-ha."
"Since I first saw you walk into our bar, I knew I recognized you from somewhere."
They then went into somewhere more private to talk and began catching up on lost times.
Kat was still trying to register this in her mind. She knew them before any of the whole crime years started so she understood them remembering her. It was the same case as her parents. But what she didn't understand was what they were telling her now. They were telling her things that happened during those crime years. So was it possible that because their bond was completely linked to before and during those years, it caused them to remember those memories? That's the only plausible explanation she could come up with.
They were telling her that just recently their memories of those crime years seemed to have been restored. Was it possible that by re-encountering Kat, it caused their minds to search back for the bonds they once shared?
"It's weird 'cause when I saw you that one day, I felt as though I'd met you before. Then, a few weeks after that, I have the strangest dream in which I then remembered all of us as a group and all of the things we would do."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"I remember the day you went on to help that group of kids, well I wouldn't say kids since they were all older than you, and then some time passed by and next thing we know, we wake up in hospital beds with the nurse telling us that we were found unconscious in a truck. We didn't have any memory of what happened or a single memory of you."
"So, Byrne, what you're saying is that everything seemed to just come back to you? EVERYTHING?"
Byrne nodded. "Yeah, like before it all seemed as though there was this giant gap in my memory but now, I can vividly remember everything; even up to the day we found you roaming the streets."
"Who could ever forget the day we ever came across our stray little Kitten," one of the guys cooed.
"I swear to god," Kat began.
"Apparently WE forgot, Ty," another guy replied, as he adjusted his glasses.
"We get it Bo," Ty mumbled.
"What I find weird is that no one else seems to have recognized us, more importantly you, since you were the one under the public eye," Bo explained.
"Well, you see," Kat fidgeted with her fingers. "Well let's just say that some complicated things happened that resulted in what has led up to now."
"Do you want to explain?" Byrne asked.
"Not really," Kat said slowly, not really wanting to get into the complicated of things.
"Good because it sounded as though it was really complicated," Ty sighed to which everyone shared a nice short laugh.
"To be honest, I could care less about it all. What really matters to me know is that we're all here," Byrne smiled.
Everyone nodded.
"Yep, all here and well," Ty added. "Well indeed, I mean c'mon, look at Kitten, she's grown to be a FINE young woman," he said slyly.
"You son of a bitch!"
"Woman indeed. I can remember her being a little brat when we first took her in," Koga, the big guy, spoke up.
Koga, Byrne, and Bo shared a nod as Ty was busy trying to evade Kat's punches.
Byrne smiled. "Ah, how I missed this . . ."
With them back in her life, it seemed as though an emptiness she never knew she had, had been filled. They would meet up and catch up on things and talk about each other's lives as well as reminisce about the past.
The days continued to go on by and eventually the one thing everyone had dreaded finally came into fruition. . .
"Are you- are you the one who killed my Goku?" Chi Chi demanded, staring up at the Saiyan while clenching her fists at her sides.
"Technically it was the green man who shot that- OW! WHAT THE HELL?" he hollered as he was bashed over the head with a frying pan.
"How dare you! How dare you take Goku away from me!"
"I told you woman, it was the green man- AHH! SON OF A- DAMN IT THAT HURT!" he roared holding his head; his patience quickly slipping away. He had told Kat that he wouldn't harm her but damn it he was about to change his mind!
"And on top of that you take my baby Gohan away as well?" Chi Chi went to strike him one more time but he caught her hand.
Kat decided it was best to step in.
"Now now Chi Chi, with all honesty, Piccolo WAS the one who took Gohan," she said with her hands up in defense when Chi Chi shot her a deadly look. "Bu-but I've seen him though! And he looks perfectly fine. He's getting stronger Chi Chi; to fight for you, me, and everyone on this planet. I'd be really proud of him if I were you."
"I- I just- I can't help it! He's my baby!" she swung at Raditz with her free hand that just so happened to be holding another pan.
"WHERE THE HELL DO THESE THINGS KEEP COMING FROM!" the angry Saiyan roared letting go of Chi Chi's arm.
"Raditz!" Kat exclaimed as she got in between him and Chi Chi so he wouldn't try and do anything to his sister-in-law. He had promised not to hurt her but Kat knew better; his eyes were screaming murder right now, that much was clear.
"Kat, why did you- Wait! Kat! Don't tell me you two are-"
Kat slowly turned her head and nodded with a sly grin.
Chi Chi fainted just like that.
"Huh, imagine what'll happen when she finds out I'm pregnant," Kat wondered aloud as she looked down at Chi Chi's unconscious form . . .
Yes, quite an interesting day that turned out to be. Nothing bad really happened, but that didn't mean that Kat wasn't freaking out the entire time Raditz stood his ground. After much, much, time of talking, Chi Chi finally left and things returned to normal. . . or at least as normal things got around there; Raditz with his training and Kat and Bulma dealing with each day at a time.
It was weird though, dealing with each day at a time.. while pregnant. It was one thing to finally accept the fact that it was happening, it was another to begin to feel the actually symptoms, and it was another thing to actually see the peanut shaped form that would eventually grow to become her child.
Weird but she was growing fond of it. Each day was something new. Each day was an experience. A different experience.
Will I throw up today? Or will I sleep all day? Will I eat out because my stomach feels like a bottomless pit? Or will I cry because my small bump looks like the biggest thing in the world to me?
Ah, pregnancy. But also, ugh, pregnancy.
Somewhere out in space . . .
"Vegeeta. Vegeeeeta. Vegeeeeta. Vegeta!"
"Oh god damnit Nappa! What is it?"
"Are we almost there yet?"
"W-what?"
"Are we. Almost there yet."
"Almost Nappa. Now shut up."
"Heh, alright Vegeta."
Bulma stared at the TV in absolute shock at the news being broadcast. East City had been completely destroyed. Wait! Wasn't Kat-
"Oh my god! KAT!" Bulma cried, tears streaming down her face as she immediately ran for the phone and dialed Kat's number.
"Wut," Kat answered groggily.
Bulma couldn't begin to explain the joy and relief she felt when she heard her friend's voice on the other end of the line.
"Kat! Oh my god you're alive!"
"…of course I am," she replied.
"Have you heard what happened to East City?"
"… no… is there some kind of celebration going on or something.."
"Weren't you supposed to be in East City today? Where are you?!"
"…my room…. Bulma? Hey, Bulma?" it was absolutely quiet on the other end.
"..aaaaaaAAAAAAATTTTTT!" Bulma burst into the room and jumped onto the bed to tightly embrace her friend.
"Whoa there Bulma, you're acting as though I came back from the dead," Kat teased as she was finally released.
"You're here!"
"Yes I am," Kat smiled, not really understanding where all this was coming from.
"I thought you were in East City!"
"Well, I was going to go… but then I suddenly got hungry so I ate a light snack, lied down, and took a nap….. and probably overslept some… heh," Kat scratched her cheek with a small laugh.
"You have no idea how glad I am to hear you overslept!" Bulma continued upon seeing Kat's confused expression. "The Saiyans are finally here and they destroyed East City! It's gone! Completely gone!"
Kat's eyes widened. "W-what?"
Had she actually gone… she would have very much.. died. She gripped her shirt at her growing belly.
"You have no idea how relieved I am!" Bulma hugged her friend close once again.
"I'm at a loss for words," Kat ran a hand through her hair. "Just, wow."
Things sometimes worked in the strangest of ways.
They soon headed out to Kame House where they were greeted by its residents along with Chi-Chi and her father.
Kat stepped outside, the tension a little too much at the moment.
"Katherine!"
Glancing up, Kat shielded her eyes from the sun as Raditz landed in front of her wearing his repaired armor courtesy of Bulma.
"Do you feel it?" he questioned, crossing his arms over his chest.
"We all feel it," Kat motioned back at the house. "They destroyed East City."
He nodded. The time had finally come. He felt when they arrived and he definitely felt when they decided to show off.
"I swear if you decide to do something stupid and turn your back on us," she pointed her finger at him.
He scoffed, "Hush up and let me protect your stupid planet."
"Just so you can have your way with it once this is all over with?" she looked up at him with a small grin.
He smirked, "Of course. They've already destroyed one of the main capitals of this planet. If they destroy any more, what will be left for me?"
"Well I guess you'll have some work to do first."
"Of course," he flashed the roguish grin before taking off.
"Ass," she muttered staring off into the ocean.
"This will surely be a battle unlike any other," Master Roshi said as he stood alongside Kat and placed his hand on her shoulder. "Such a powerful force our fighters are, I know they will not let us down."
"Yeah, I agree" Kat froze when she felt where that old man's hand had decided to wander. Who knows what Raditz would have done if he saw Roshi feeling up his Katherine's ass. It probably would not have ended well.
"HANDS ABOVE THE EQUATOR OLD MAN!" Kat exclaimed as she knocked the living daylights out of the old hermit.