Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Blinded ❯ Dragonballs Can't Do Everything ( Chapter 5 )

(A/N: I know I said the next chapter would be called Tragedy Strikes but I had to push back that chapter to make room for this one. They were two long to be only one chapter together. Please forgive me.)

Dragonballs can't do everything

In the months that followed Gohan and Piccolo settled into an established routine. First they would work with the rocks then the ki blasts. After a while Piccolo decided they would get back to regular sparring. Gohan was definitely improving daily. There was almost no need to work with the rocks or the ki blasts anymore because Gohan had mastered them so quickly but Piccolo insisted on practicing anyway. Sparring was still a little difficult for the demi-saiyan. The first few times they had tried sparring Gohan hadn't been able to concentrate on sensing his surroundings and the fight at the same time, but after a while he managed to handle everything. After that it was back to regular sparring. Not once during sparring did Gohan turn into super Saiyan. Piccolo noticed but decided not to comment on it just yet.

As Gohan was steadily improving in his training Chi Chi was increasing her waistline. Gohan didn't know how his dad had survived when his mother had carried him. Chi Chi had horrible mood swings and the weirdest cravings. One minute she would be screaming at him for making a pot of soup before dinner and the next min she would be asking if they had any pickles with grape jelly. The important thing was she was doing well and had regular check ups with Bulma. On one check up they did a sonogram and found out Chi Chi was having another boy, and that the baby was doing just fine. Gohan could already feel his little brother's ki and regularly check on it himself.

Throughout the months of training with Piccolo and taking care of Chi Chi time was passing before they knew it. And with one month before Chi Chi was due Gohan realized it would only be 4 more months before the dragonballs were reactivated. He kept the observation to himself and instead concentrated on his mother. Finally one week before Chi Chi's due date they moved into Capsule Corps with Bulma so Gohan wouldn't have to try and fly his mother in himself when her water broke. Sure enough the next day Gohan woke up to his mother cursing in the next room. He quickly dashed into her room.

"Mom what's wrong!"

Chi Chi's voice was just a snarl as she responded.

"Your little brother has decided he is going to make his entrance early."

At that point Gohan freaked.

"Oh crap. Oh crap. Oh crap. Got to get Bulma. Oh crap."

Chi Chi sighed as she looked at her oldest son and just brushed past him stopping outside the door to push the intercom button that would page Bulma down in the lab. Chi Chi winced as another labor pain shot through her. She could still hear Gohan babbling in the back round. The intercom crackled as Bulma's voice came on the line.

"Yes this is Bulma what is it?" There was structured impatience in her voice.

"Bulma it's Chi Chi it seems that the baby is going to be a little early."

Bulma let out a squeal that could have bee heard in a three-block radius and immediately started giving instructions.

"Ok Chi Chi. Have Gohan take you down to the med room and I will be there in just a minute I'm going to make a quick call to the others. How far apart are the contractions?"

"15 minutes," was the reply.

"Good we have plenty of time I will meet you in the med room."

With that Bulma let out another loud squeal and the connection cut off. Chi Chi sighed walked back into her room grabbed a babbling Gohan and started walking towards the med room.

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Oh crap. Oh crap. Oh crap. That was all I could think when mom told me my brother was coming early. I didn't notice when she stepped outside the room for a minute and I barely noticed when she grabbed my arm and started dragging me down the hallway. My little litany was still repeating itself in my head I guess I was being a little loud because all of a sudden I heard Piccolo yelling at me in my head.

//What the hell is going on Gohan your practically screaming in my head! //

I could tell he was just a little irritated at me. But then I remembered my reason for freaking out and the litany started again but with a little variation.

//Oh crap. Oh crap. Mom having baby. Oh crap. Oh crap. //

Once again my mentors voice jolted me back to reality.

//Snap out of it Gohan. Your moms having the kid right now? Where are you? //

//Oh crap. Capsule Corps. Oh crap. Med room. Oh crap. //

//Gohan if you're at Capsule corps in the med room your moms going to be fine. //

I finally realized that I was indeed in Capsule Corps in the med room and as my senses focused I felt mom getting helped into bed by Bulma and Mrs. Briefs while Mr. Briefs was setting up equipment. I sent out another thought towards Piccolo this one decidedly calmer than the last as I sensed people helping mom.

//Thanks for snapping some sense into me Piccolo. Will you come? //

There was a pause and then a response.

//Sure kid. // And the connection was broken.

I heaved a sigh of relief and headed over to the bed. As I walked up Bulma lifted her head from where she was inserting what i guessed to be an IV into mom's hand and spoke.

"Well Gohan you definitely have your fathers genes. Goku acted almost exactly the same when Chi Chi went into labor with you. Krillin had to knock some sense into him literally and then he freaked out over the needles."

I smiled weakly at Bulma and turned to my mom who was panting quite heavily.

"How are you doing mom?"

Mental note to self never ask a woman in labor how they are doing.

"HOW THE HELL DO YOU THINK IM DOING GOHAN!! DOES IT LOOK LIKE IM GOING ON A WALK IN THE PARK OR SHOPPING FOR A NEW DRESS? IM HAVING A BABY I HURT LIKE HELL. NEVER AGAIN AM I GOING THROUGH THIS." She looked up at the ceiling "HEAR THAT GOKU!"

I grimaced to myself mom had even more volume in her voice when she was pregnant. Just then Vegeta came storming in.

"Damn onna! What I all this shouting about I can hear the banshee inside my gravity room!"

Juat then i got a feeling of mishcief from Bulma and it was directed at Vegeta. I almost felt sorry for him when Bulma gets like that it means she is either going to embarrass someone or make you so something you don't want to do. Her voice as she spoke was sickly sweet.

"Vegeta." He looked a little surprised at her tone but didn't back down "Since you weren't here when I gave birth to Trunks you get to be here when Chi Chi gives birth to her baby. Just in case I decide to have another one."

As Bulma finished her sentence everyone in the room but Gohan could see the Saiyan Prince's naturally tan skin start to fade as all color left it leaving behind a pale color tinged with green Vegeta looked absolutely horrified at the prospect of having to watch someone give birth. Gohan almost snickered as he felt Vegeta's dicomfort. After a second Vegeta regained his composure.

"No way in hell am I watching this weak human give birth to Kakarrot's spawn onna." He spat out before turning to leave. As he got to the door Bulma spoke again.

"If you don't you get the couch for a 2 months, I will break the GR for six months and you will only have one meal a day."

Vegeta froze finally grumbling to himself propped himself on the wall furthest away from the bed.

I almost couldn't contain my laughter the only thing that stopped me from letting it loose was the fact that I knew he would kill me then and there. But I promised myself later after all of this was over I would go have a nice long laugh way out of range of Vegeta's hearing.

I felt the ki's as the rest of the gang arrived and decided I had better go out to them before they busted the door in. When I got out to the waiting room everyone was chatting excitedly and I ended up having to yell at them to shut up before they even noticed me. Then I got bombarded with questions but finally I got a word in edgewise.

"Mom is doing fine Bulma and her parents handling it. All of you guys can wait out her Bulma says it shouldn't be long."

Once again everyone started talking to each other and ignoring me. Everyone except Krillin and Piccolo. Piccolo was being his usual self and meditating only there in case i needed him and Krillin was standing by the door with a far off look on his face. Over the past months Krillin had pursed 18 after he had made the wish with the dragonballs and now finally they were together and planning on getting married. I was happy for that everything worked out for them, so I decided to see what was bothering Krillin.

"Hey Krillin why are you by yourself?"

He looked at me for a minute and then at his feet and sighed.

"I wanted 18 to come with me but she didn't think it was a good idea considering she tried to kill everyone a while back."

I couldn't say I was surprised. I mean who would want to be in a room full of people you had been programmed to destroy. But I decided I had better cheer Krillin up any way.

"Its all right Krillin she will get used to being around everyone sooner or later and vice versa. You just got to be patient."

He smiled "Yeah I guess so Gohan."

"Well I got to get back to my mom. Good luck Krillin!" I called out as I left and went back to the med room.

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The next couple hours were an adventure. Chi Chi screamed her head off during labor. Vegeta was trying not to let it get to him and almost threw up when the baby came. Bulma was busy trying to calm Chi Chi down and get her to let go of Gohan's hair. And the two older Briefs were delivering the baby. Finally Son, Goten the newest member of the Son family made his appearance. After cleaning the baby and settling him in a new blanket he was handed over to Chi Chi who immediately named him Goten. Everyone was silent as they watched the mother and newborn son. Finally Chi Chi looked up at Gohan, who was trying to understand what was going on. With his mind he could see what everyone was doing, but it did nothing for expressions on peoples faces. As everyone went silent he figured they were just watching Chi Chi and the new baby since they weren't moving. So he was startled as he heard his mothers tired voice.

"Gohan honey would you like to hold your new brother."

To say Gohan was shocked was an understatement he had never expected to hold the baby this soon. What if he dropped it? Mustering his courage he spoke.

"Sure mom."

All of a sudden a bundle of warmth was placed in his arms. Gohan walked over to the only window in the room and sat down on the ledge un aware of the stares he was receiving. He was too busy examining his little brother, physically and mentally. Gohan ran his fingers over the squiggling bundle in his arms and at the same time opened up his mind to the little being in his arms. As he touched the new borns mind all he received was an impression of warmth and contentment. Gohan smiled to himself but remembered the promise he made the day he found out his mom was pregnant. Now was as good a time as any to reinforce that promise.

With that thought Gohan began to raise his ki slowly as to not alarm the baby or the other Z fighters and then when he felt it was at the right level reentered his baby brothers mind all the while covering them both with a ki blanket. As soon as he felt baby Goten's mind he began to repeat his vow.

// I Son Gohan protector of this planet and by our shared blood your brother. Do vow to protect you from all evils no matter where they come from with my last breath if need be. Know that you are protected always. //

Vegeta noticed when the boy's ki began to rise and had a feeling he knew what was going on. The two onna's had no idea because they couldn't sense ki. No doubt they thought it was just a sweet bonding moment. Vegeta snorted to himself, the oldest son of Kakarrot was a fool. If what Vegeta suspected was right he had tied his fate to his brothers. If Goten died Gohan would as well. Vegeta snorted to himself again at least the brat had been smart enough not to make it a two-way bond. So if Gohan died Goten would not be taken as well.

<Well its none of my business what Kakarrot's spawn decides to do> he thought to himself and settled back into his leaning position on the wall.

The next few weeks were certainly eventful. Chi Chi and Gohan stayed at capsule corps for a whole week. Everyone had held baby Goten at least once, and when Gohan and Chi Chi did leave Bulma's jet copter was filled with presents. Bulma had insisted on flying Gohan and Chi Chi back to their house, because in her words no flying cloud could keep a newborn warm enough.

Baby Goten was a very lively and curious baby he already had a full head of hair and it looked exactly like Goku's did. He loved to put things in his mouth especially Gohan's fingers. Chi Chi was amazed at the bond that had already developed between her oldest son and his new brother. Gohan always seemed to know what his brother wanted when he cried and he always knew when the baby was getting into something he shouldn't. Gohan was baby Goten's favorite person and seemed happiest when he was in Gohan's arms. After a while Gohan began his training with Piccolo again but was always careful to make sure he played with his baby brother a couple hours each day. Chi Chi was a little jealous of the fact that her baby wanted his big brother more than his mommy.

The next couple months passed with a blur until finally the day came when the dragonballs would be reactivated. Piccolo and Gohan were busy mediating in the clearing when Dende contacted them.

//Piccolo. Gohan. The dragonballs are ready. //

Piccolo looked over at Gohan and replied to the young guardian.

//Thanks Dende. //

Then he turned towards Gohan and spoke.

"Well kid you ready to go dragonball hunting?"

A corner of Gohan's mouth lifted into something resembling a smile and he started walking out of the clearing towards his house. Piccolo frowned to himself. He thought Gohan would be at least a little more excited than that. But he ended up shrugging it off and followed his student's progress back to the Son house. Bulma had left the dragonball radar there because she knew they would be searching for them as soon as they were reactivated. She didn't want them to waste all that time flying over to Capsule Corps when they could have already gotten a head start searching. When Piccolo reached the edge of the woods by the house he spotted Gohan in the doorway with Chi Chi with baby Goten talking to him. Chi Chi paused in her list of instructions and turned to glare at Piccolo.

"If you let my baby get harmed in any way I will personally cut off your head green man."

Then she went back to her list of instructions. Finally after twenty minutes she wound down. Gohan reached over and kissed baby Goten on the cheek, gave Chi Chi a hug, and lifted off into the air. Piccolo glanced over at Chi Chi who was still glaring and shaking his head took off after his student. When Piccolo caught up to him Gohan handed him the radar saying.

"Here you take this I can see what it sense what it says. You're going to have to tell us where to go."

Piccolo studied the green screen and clicked the button once, then twice, and finally a flashing dot appeared about 800 miles to the north west of where they were. With a small humph Piccolo told Gohan and they began heading in that direction.

It took them two whole days to get all the dragonballs. A family of T-rex's that thought the two star ball was their egg had chased them. Then they had to dig through 50 feet of desert sand for the sixth star ball. Ended up buying the one star ball at an antiquities store in some weird city. Steal the fifth star ball from some scientist who claimed it was a meteor from mars. The third star ball was at the bottom of some ocean. The seventh ball ended up in a really spooky cave that gave them the shivers. They did end up having a pleasant surprise with the four star ball however. Somehow it ended up on Master Roshi's island with Krillin, 18 Master Roshi and turtle. They managed to stay and chat for a few minutes but ended up saying goodbye quickly and flying off towards the lookout with Krillin yelling goodbye after them. As they arrived at the lookout Dende and Mr. Popo came out to greet them.

"Hello Gohan have you been well?"

"Yeah ive been doing just fine Dende. Mom says to thank you for giving Goten that plushies of Shenlong he really likes it."

The young god blushed and replied. "Tell her she is welcome and it was nothing."

With the pleasantries out of the way they laid all of the dragonballs in a circle, and Gohan stepped forward and shouted.

"By your name I summon thee. Arise Shenlong." (A/N; Where those the right words?)

The sky grew dark, the lightening crackled and the eternal dragon rose into the sky. Almost immediately his voiced boomed out.

"I will grant two wishes that are within my power. Make them quick so I may return to my slumber."

Gohan stepped forward and spoke out.

"I wish for my eyesight to return to normal."

For a minute Shenlong's eyes glowed red and then he spoke.

"I can only grant you partial sight. You will be able to see indistinct shapes but no more. Is this what you wish mortal?"

For a minute Gohan looked shocked but then replied.

"Yes."

Shenlong's eyes glowed red again and bandages appeared over Gohan's eyes.

"It has been done now hurry and give me your second wish."

Gohan thought for a minute and then called back to Dende Piccolo and Mr. Popo who were still in shock from the last wish.

"Do you guys need anything?"

They all just shook their heads so Gohan turned back to the dragon and made his second wish.

"I wish to have the knowledge of the instant transmission technique."

One last time Shenlong's eyes glowed red and spoke the words "it has been done."

With that he disappeared and the dragonballs were seen splitting up and flying away. The sky tuned back to normal and the lightning disappeared. Gohan turned around to face Piccolo and the others. A corner of his mouth lifted up in a smile as he said.

"Well it looks like the dragonballs can`t do everything."

Piccolo, Popo, and Dende jaws dropped at the oh so casual words and could only stare in shock as Gohan just walked past them and into the lookout.

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