Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Dude Looks Like A Lady ❯ Chapter Twenty-Eight ( Chapter 28 )

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Innocence is Futile
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Dude Looks Like A Lady
By Raven Pan and Alison Sky
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Chapter 28
May 27 797 (friday) continued
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An hour later, there was a knock on the door, Videl's voice cheerily calling through, "Open up, we're heeere!" she singsonged

Goten walked out of Trunks' room, having run out quickly to the store for a cake. "Coming!" he shouted, then opened the door a moment later. "Come on in."

Gohan smiled and hugged his little brother, then walked in, looking around. "My Kami, it's clean."

Videl bapped her husband's shoulder, "How's Trunks doing?" she asked Goten.

"Besides eating us out of house and home, she's doing great," Goten chuckled. "Come on into our room, we have dessert set up in there." Goten waved for his brother and sister-in-law to follow.

Gohan raised an eyebrow and looked at Videl. Hearing Goten referring to Trunks as a 'she' was a bit disconcerting... saying 'our room' was even more so.

Videl just rolled her eyes - she'd long learned, while keeping Trunks company on her turn of days, that it was the preferred pronoun. She also was quite aware of the arrangement, and of course hadn't told Gohan. "She's pregnant, Gohan - you gotta yield a little," she muttered to him as she followed him back.

Gohan shrugged, then blinked again as he walked into Trunks's room... with Goten's bed pushed up against Trunks's... he suddenly felt a headache coming on.

Videl came in, "How're you feeling sweetie?" She asked, sitting down next to Trunks.

Trunks smiled, "Doing okay," she rubbed her belly, "Little Chibi's learning to breakdance, I think."

"That's fine, Pan did that a few weeks before she was born too - stretching those saiyajin muscles."

"Just hope he or she doesn't have a tail... Dad said that Mom was screaming a storm when she had me, because of mi-" Gohan started, then got an elbow in his ribs form his brother.

Videl shot him a glare, "Gohan," she said in warning, her eyes promising much pain if he didn't clean up his act.

Trunks paled considerably... "Well... Pan didn't have a tail... right? And she's only a quarter saiyajin too."

"Actually she did, it was cut off at birth, just like yours and Goten's, or so I hear," Videl told her. "Don't worry - Gohan seems stuck on worst case scenarios," she glared at her husband again.

Gohan rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeah, well, after everything I've seen...."

Goten sighed. "Want some coffee, guys? I just made a pot."

"Yes please, Thank you Goten," Videl smiled.

Trunks just sat, paler than usual with worry as she rubbed her stomach.

Goten nodded, kicking his brother again as he walked out. Gohan yelped, rubbing his shin, then sat down. "So, Trunks... how's everything?"

"Things are going alright, considering," she shrugged. "I feel like a whale," she chuckled, rubbing her stomach, "I think Little Chibi's trying for a role in that movie Jonah, just a little early." She winced at an especially strong kick, "Hey, can't you be a little nicer to Momma?" she asked the baby.

Videl chuckled, "It'll be alright, it just feels that way 'cause the baby's getting ready for being born.

"Could be worse... could be twins." Gohan commented.

"Or triplets...like Paris..." Goten came back in, chuckling as he handed mugs to his brother and sister-in-law.

Trunks laughed, "I almost feel sorry for her... ALMOST," she stated seriously, taking a sip of her orange juice.

Gohan shook his head. "I told you that girl was trouble, squirt... now you see what I mean."

Goten shrugged. "Hey, I think I got the better woman pregnant," he chuckled.

Trunks smiled, blushing slightly as she sipped at her juice.

"I'd have to agree, I never really liked her much either, Goten," Videl told him. "I'm glad you two broke up."

Goten chuckled, then looked over at Trunks with a look that spoke - 'Yeah, me too.'

Trunks winked back at Goten with a small smile.

Gohan caught that, and looked at Videl a moment. "So, what have you two got on your mind to bring us here for dessert?" he asked, looking at his brother.

"Well... we were kinda hoping you two might help us with a problem we have."

"What sort of problem" Videl asked, looking to Trunks. "Is there something wrong?"

Trunks shook her head. "Not really...." she smiled.

"We were wondering if... well... see, when Trunks gets turned back into a man... well, there's a fear that the chibi might get taken away from us because of the courts... so..." Goten looked at Trunks.

Trunks, of course, was blunt. "We want you to witness our marriage, giving Goten legal rights to our child."

Gohan's eye narrowed. "Marriage?"

Goten nodded. "That way we can protect the baby, keep the chibi with us," he stated.

"I think it's a wonderful idea!" Videl grinned. "I'm assuming you don't want your parents to know?"

Trunks shook her head, "Please, don't... Dad'll kill us for sure!"

"And I don't know how Mom will take it, but if Dad knows, Trunks's parents will know and we'll be dead anyways!" Goten stated.

"But you realize that once you're turned back, Trunks... this leaves Goten in a very bad place finacially and legally."

"I'm the vice president of Capsule Corp, and a multi-millionaire, I'm sure I can take care of it," Trunks told him seriously. "As for legally, he's the baby's father. There's a better chance of Little Chibi staying with us, when Trina Briefs disappears or dies, than if we weren't married. Little Chibi'd be put in a foster home or something, and I won't let that happen," Trunks narrowed her eyes, starting to get worked up. "They're NOT taking our baby from us, Gohan, if you don't like it, deal with it and get out of our apartment," she bit out angrily as a tear ran down her cheek.

Gohan held his arms up. "I'm not saying that, Trunks... " he looked at Videl, then found himself being grabbed roughly by his brother and looked at him in shock, the anger in his eyes something different.

"Trunks, calm down, it's not good for the baby," Videl said soothingly, holding the younger woman's hand.

"I AM CALM!" Trunks pointed a finger at Gohan. "HE'S just... He's!!!" her lower lip trembled. "I thought we could trust you to help us!" she shouted at him.

Gohan was about to answer but Goten slapped a hand around his brother's mouth. "Outside," he growled, pulling Gohan up and pushing him out the door.

Trunks burst into tears, Videl pulling her into her arms and rubbing her back. "Shhh, shhh, it'll be okay Trunks. It'll be okay."

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Once outside, Goten pushed Gohan away a bit, closing the door. "Just what were you thinking, getting her upset like that?! I was hoping you'd help, Gohan!"

"Calm down, Goten... I was only stating the obvious!"

"OBVIOUS! Gohan, we need help! You're my big brother, you're supposed to help me!"

"I'm trying to. Kami, Goten, it's bad enough you got your best friend pregnant, and now you want to marry him?!"

"Our child deserves a family, Gohan."

"TRUNKS IS A GUY, GOTEN! He's going back to being one once the baby is born, remember?!" Gohan shouted. "And then what? You're going to have to make up a story about a mother to your child, all because you couldn't control your damn dick around your best friend in his time of need?!"

The door to Trunks's room opened, then closed again, and Gohan was slapped hard. "How DARE you?!" Videl spoke in a low, dangerous tone. "How dare you talk like that, Gohan?!"

Gohan felt the blow, but it didn't phase him much. "I'm just telling Goten the truth, Videl. He has to admit it."

"I love her, Gohan..." Goten said softly.

"What?" Gohan blinked.

"I love her, Gohan... Trunks may only be a female for just a little longer, but I love her and I will marry her and have a bit of happiness for whatever amount of time I have left with her."

Videl glared up at Gohan, "See? Now get over your damn self, Gohan. Poor woman's in there bawling her eyes out, almost in hysterics, and if your ranting and raving like a fucking closed-minded lunatic doesn't put her into early labour, I'll be surprised," she folded her arms and scowled at him. "Now you calm down, and you apologise," she demanded.

Gohan pointed at his brother. "Does anyone but me remember that Trunks is a MAN?!" he exclaimed.

"Gohan, right now Trunks is a woman, a very PREGNANT woman," Videl told him. "Maybe you need to remember THAT!"

"If you were my brother, you'd understand," Goten growled, then turned and walked back into the bedroom.

Gohan looked at Videl. "You want to do this... let them get married only to have Trunks turn back into a man a few weeks later, leaving Goten a widower and having to create a world of lies for that child?"

"It doesn't have to be a world of lies, Gohan," Videl frowned. "They could tell him or her the truth when the time comes, but at least then the child isn't a illegitimate. Did you even think that maybe Trunks has a very real fear for that? Huh? I can't tell you how many times she's cried over that!"

Gohan sighed. "And what about Goten... he has fallen in love with Trunks... what do you think this is going to do to him, Videl?"

Videl rolled her eyes, "Those boys have loved eachother as long as I've known them, maybe not THAT way, but I don't think, after being this close for so many years, a little gender bending's going to break that."

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Trunks was sobbing inconsolably when Goten entered, curled up, her body wracked.

Goten pulled Trunks into his lap, rubbing her back and he kissed her forehead. "Forget about them, Trunks... we'll find someone else.."

Trunks clung to him, sobbing, then cried out in pain, doubling over.

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