Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Though you don't know it now... ❯ Tomb Of White Orchids ( Chapter 2 )

Though you don't know it now...

Chapter 2: Tomb Of White Orchids

DISCLAIMER: I don't own DBZ ...sigh... if only...

Gohan held his mother in his arms. For some reason, he wasn't sad. A little feeling of happiness seemed to pass through him as he looked at her. He knew that she would be happy in Other World with Goku. he knew he had to do something very difficult now: tell Goten.

He sighed as he went and placed Chi Chi on her bed she looked so... happy... he couldn't explain it. It was as if she had been relieved of... everything. He smiled at her and wiped one last tear from his eye. He went outside, and suddenly felt lonely.

"How... am I going to tell Goten...? Gohan thought to himself. "How will Goten take this, and what will everyone say ?" He could just here it: "Poor little Goten, he never knew his dad and his mom died when he was only seven..."

He dismissed this though with a heavy sigh and slowly flew off into the sunset, into Capsule Corp. He flew slower that usual, worrying about Goten, he decided that he would have to be the strong one for once.

"I...I've always relied on other people to help me...but... no more. I must be strong for Goten, and for everyone." As he spoke this to himself, he knew that his life would go on and that he could be strong, and he knew that is what his mother and father would want. He knew that this was the first day of the rest of his life, and, he decided that it would be a happy life. He put his head up to face the world, and shot off to Capsule Corp.

He landed at the front of the huge complex and let out a heavy sigh. "Time to get this thing over with"

He rang the doorbell, and there was a huge sound that chimed clearly outside. Bulma appeared at the door with a wide smile, happy to see him.

"GOHAN!" she said and gave him a big bear hug. "It's good to see you, you've become such a stranger!"

All of a sudden, his emotion took the best of him, and Gohan began to cry. "Bulma, we need to talk." he said to her, still hugging her tightly.

"Of course Gohan, you can tell me anything you need to, you know that, right?" She said this in a nice, caring voice, that calmed Gohan. Bulma led Gohan into the complex and into a small private room, where nobody would listen.

In the course of the next few minutes, Gohan divulged everything that had happened, staying strong and not letting a single tear leave his eyes. Bulma began to cry when she heard. But, she too knew that Chi Chi would love being happy and care free in Other World. Now all she would have to do is correct all of Goku's mistakes. She would have eternity to turn Goku into a perfect gentleman. She wiped the tears from her eyes and let out a slight smile at the thought.

"No one, could ever make Goku into a gentleman." she said subconsciously.

"Gohan, would you... do you... do you need help telling Goten...?"

"Thank you Bulma, but, I must be strong for once." he said this and Bulma smiled and caressed his cheek.

"You've really grown up little boy, I'm proud of you..."

"Thanks Bulma, I think... it's time to tell him."

Bulma got up and led Gohan outside. There Goten and Trunks were playing tag in the huge open space, laughing, and enjoying themselves.

"GOHAN, I KNEW I SENSED YOU!!" Goten screamed as he flew to Gohan and gave him a big hug.

"Trunks, I have a suprise for you and Goten under my bed!" Bulma said as she pointed inside. "Maybe it's candy..." she said innocently.

"OH BOY!!" Both Trunks and Goten said in unison and started racing to get it.

Gohan caught Goten before he got inside. "Wait up Goten, Trunks will bring you your candy we need to talk."

Goten looked disappointed "Alrighty big brother, if you say so..."

Gohan sat on the floor and put Goten on top of his shoulder. "Goten, you've gotta promise me that you won't be angry mom, she was hiding something from both of us for a long time."

"Okay Gohan!" Goten answered looking completely innocent expecting nothing major.

"When I was little, dad was really sick Goten. He was about to die if he hadn't taken some very special medicine. Dad got completely better and we completely forgot about it." He looked at Goten, who obviously didn't understand what he was getting at. "Goten, mom was sick with the same disease dad had, and nobody knew. Goten, she just died about an hour ago..."

"Gohan... I knew..." Goten said this as if this wasn't a suprise at all.

"Wha...?"

Gohan was interrupted. "Big Brother, mom told me one time when you were studying and we were outside playing. She told me that Daddy had a disease and that she had it too, but to not be scared. She said that when she died, she and Daddy could look at me from some place called Other Word."

"That's world Goten, Other WORLD." He said feeling confused, and a little betrayed.

"Don't worry though Gohan! Mom said that she couldn't tell you because you would wanna take care of her and not study. She made me promise not to tell you and made me lots a' cookies so I wouldn't!" Goten declared feeling happy that he kept his promise. "I told mom that I'd take care of you, Big Brother! And that I would do a good job of it too! I told her I wouldn't cry and be happy all the time so she could always be happy when she saw me."

Gohan smiled as tears filled his eyes. "Thank you, Little Brother."

"Gohan..." Bulma said warmly "I'll keep Goten here for a few days... I think you should go home and be by yourself. I'll pay for Chi Chi's funeral... do you know what kind of flowers she likes...?"

"Well... I know that it might not be to appropriate for a funeral, but she did love orchids... white orchids... but she seldom had any."

******

Videl looked at the empty seat next to her...

"Gohan, where are you, are you okay? Do you want me to check on you?" Videl paused. "What's wrong with me? The Professor told the class that Gohan would be out for a few days a while ago... Why am I so... sad?"

She felt a tap at her shoulder. "Hey girl, you miss Gohan don't you? Erasa said jokingly.

"Come one Erasa! Why would she miss a skinny little wimp like Gohan?" Sharpner spat out the words with a bit of jealousy.

"OH BOTH OF YOU BE QUIET ALREADY!" Videl whispered loudly and shut them both up.

Just then the bell rang loudly. "Clazz deezmeezed!" Said the blonde proffesor whom everyone made fun of.Videl rush out of class and to the front office where she asked about Gohan.

"Why does he live so far away in the mountains?" Videl thought to herself as she gazed at the records of Son Gohan.

A few moments later she was in her yellow jet copter and soaring through air. "What wrong with me... I've only talked to Gohan once... I can't possibly... love...him...can I? Then, why do I feel like I've know him forever when I look at him?"

Videl dismissed these thoughts as she knocked at the door of

the Son family home.