Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Truthfully Yours ❯ Secrets and sudden knowledge ( Chapter 25 )
Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball Z/GT. Any other characters mentioned below are mine.
A/N: Yes! It's me again. I'd like to thank those few who review and those who even look at my story. Doesn't mean that I don't want the reader to not review, I do. I just wish that if people like it they would keep coming back to see it and read it and maybe one day review and tell me what they think.
By the way, you should check out the following stories called:
"Forgotten tears of a Warrior" by: Star Spangle Mistress,
"The Story of You and Me" by fusionHA
"The story between you and me" by Akemi
"Puppy love series" by Slyhterinette
"Love's Labor" by Ryukodomo
"Fractured Fairytales" by SaintMe
"Caught between Two Worlds" by alfarrar
"Shattered and Scarred" by alfarrar
"The Kakarotte factor" by Echelon "The Moon Travelers" by Cinead (This one is finished, though she promised
a sequel).
Maybe by doing this they'll write more and I won't have to wait till next month for an update.
Ch. 25
Goten felt the pains of labor around the time his mate disappeared into his own bathroom. His stomach had been just slightly more distended than his fathers and he couldn't move that much without using all of his ki in a simple task like walking to the kitchen and serving his own food down. He felt bloated and though Trunks continued to tell him he was wonderful and that he felt lucky to have him as his mate, Goten couldn't help feeling depressed and un-pretty. Now he knew how his mom could've felt when she was carrying him.
Around the time his mate came back, Goten was already had by three contractions. When he moaned out in his sleep-laden eyes, Trunks mistook it for lust and he quickly shook his head in response. He and his mate hadn't done it in quite awhile, but Goten tended to feel lustful every once in awhile and once when Bulma had been checking the 'twins' progress, she had asked like any scientist-doctor if they had been doing anything more than cuddling and Trunks blushingly had said no. She had told him in deep secrecy that he shouldn't stop taking care of their need as she so quaintly put it and that it was okay to touch each other every once in awhile.
But today Trunks didn't want to do it, 'cause he was stressed out with everything that was going on. He was someone else to take over Capsule Corporation when he and the rest of the saiyans left Earth. It took him awhile to get dressed as he suddenly found himself falling asleep on his feet. It wasn't until Goten whimpered a soft 'Trunks' that he realized that Goten wasn't dreaming of lustful encounters between them two.
"What is it Goten, are you alright?" - he said as he knelt in front of the bed and realized quite suddenly that Goten's water had broken just then.
Three hours later, they were all standing near the medical room. However, it was Goten's father, known as Son Goku who was not there.
"Is everything ok Radditz?" - said him.
"Yeah, everything is coming out the right way. Bulma says it'll be over in a couple of minutes." - came the silent response.
Radditz was happy his nephew was finally giving birth. The whole Royal family and the Sons were all waiting for the telltale sign of a specific ki and Pan was waiting for her cousins first yell signaling all humans who could feel ki that they were alive. And it came right around twenty minutes later. Trunks found himself holding two young 'cubs'. One with a lavender tail, a fuzzy mop of hair and black eyes that Bulma had said it was a girl and the other with the traditional Son black spiky hair and dark blue eyes that Bulma had laughed at as she expressed the fact that it was a boy.
Trunks took his baby girl to his father first and the baby boy to his father-in-law. And then quickly went back to see his lovers' health. Goku laughed as he played with his first grandson and decided that he should be named as Wily to which the baby quickly responded with a giggle and he knew for a fact that this was a Son all right.
At the other side, Vegeta looked at his first granddaughter and smiled.
********************************************************** ************
A month later Goten was still not used to running after his son Wily, but Trunks helped a lot with making the twins less troublesome. By. taking them to work with him! Who'd have thought that him in the computer and his son and daughter in a crib next to his desk would be the greatest thing above all?
Then the news hit them hard. Vegeta-sei was ready to be inhabited. Trunks still hadn't found someone to take over and things were getting complicated by the minute. Goten was moving everything that he and Trunks owned in capsules and so were the rest of the Briefs and Son family for exception of Gohan, Pan and Bren.
"We are not coming with you to Vegeta-sei. I've thought of it long and hard & I've made my decision." - Bren stated at a family dinner.
"Which is?" - Gohan asked puzzled. He had thought Vegeta's youngest would have loved to live in a planet such as Vegeta-sei.
"Both of us - that is Pan and me - have decided that we really don't need to live on Vegeta-sei. Besides what better replacement to my brother than myself. I was studying for that anyway, so there would be no fighting for the throne when the time comes." - he didn't add the word that everyone feared to say: Sakura.
All Gohan uttered was an 'oh' feeling extremely relieved that he wasn't going to be left alone on Earth as he had declared before. His thoughts ran amuck and he was suddenly reminded why did he really want to stay on Earth. He was too human for any saiyan and the warning that Sakura had told Pan to tell him. She wasn't coming back. She was dead for good and he could not do anything to bring her back. Besides, that big gaping hole in his soul, he felt as if he were waiting for his lost four-year-old daughter Lee.
Every one seated around the big table was quiet for a few minutes before Goku cleared his throat.
"I think it's a good idea that Bren and Pan stay here. What better way to hold some sort of friendship with Earth than having one of the princes of Vegeta-sei taking over Capsule Corporation?" - then he mumbled it low for the benefit of Gohan only, although both Vegeta and Pan heard him: "Sakura would've wanted it that way."
Marron who had stayed over with the Briefs-Sons since his father had said that he wanted nothing to do with his lost friend sighed. Yamcha and Chichi were there and Chichi had agreed that it was okay her youngest go away whilst Gohan stayed with her.
Marron was feeling unequivocally emotional. She wouldn't dare to say this to her dearest father or her best friend Pan. She couldn't. She already felt terrible about it and she didn't need Pan screeching at her for it. Although that would have been Bra's job if she came to him about the subject. And she had hated her for dumping Gohan like he was a sack of potatoes. Completely and utterly unimportant. It had made her blood boil.
But Sakura kissed her to bring her up-to-date with everything that had been going on, and after that she couldn't really find a fault in her. She had even begun to accept the truth of their love. For Gohan, this was it as it seem. So when she had heard Pan telling her father that Sakura had contacted her and said that she wouldn't be coming back. Her heart went out to Gohan. It broke with his and rejuvenated immediately at the thought that perhaps she had a chance at winning his heart.
She smiled a secret smile to herself and silently cheered Mr. Son for confirming her thoughts. Chichi nodded and Yamcha clapped Goku on the back as in a silent congratulations and was more than merely surprised that his rival did not stand up and hiss at him. It was then that the King cleared his throat and said that a ship would be taking them away, the day after tomorrow. Chichi cried out in dismay and rushed to her grandchildren saying endearments while Turles hugged his grandnephew Gohan saying it was good to spar with him. Everyone was saying goodbye and the time had come to say some truths. It was evident in the faces of Bulma, Goku, Vegeta, Gohan and last but not least Marron. They Had to speak of whatever remained unsaid.
********************************************************** ************
"Hey Vegeta." - Bulma called out to him before he finished his packing in his own separate room taking all the odd tidbits that he had.
He didn't reply as was his custom when it came to her. He hoped that she'd say whatever she wanted to say and get the hell out of his room. This brought weird memories of her doing this when she was hunting him down. It was usually for the way he treated - rather; maltreated - the gravity room and how she had to fix it. But one day, something had changed and he was suddenly on top of her, thrusting into her and when they both moaned out his name, they looked at each other and realized where their true feelings lied.
She was remembering that too and she sighed.
"That was fun, wasn't it?" - she sat down in his bed and he knew now he had to look at her.
"I guess." - she patted the spot next to her and he sat down staring at the white wall.
"I know you've been hurting lately and I know why." - he didn't dare to look at her as she placed her hand on his.
"Did he come to you?" - stupid question, of course he wouldn't. Kakarott was an honorable man and if he said he was going to honor him, he wouldn't brake his word for anything in this universe.
"No, but Sakura did. You'd be surprised of how many times we tolerated each others existence. But we did chat every now and then. Then she mentioned to me her plan of making Son-kun deliberately demand the right to be your mate. So I lent her one of my dresses. I thought she was nuts and was greatly relieved that he didn't kill her in that miserable fight. But it seems that her plan failed, did it not?" - he was shocked.
"It failed because Kakarott affirms that he does not love me." - he was frustrated with himself and when he jumped off the bed in a fuss, he wasn't surprised to find her blue eyes evaluating him.
"Is it because he is too human?" - Bulma had asked Sakura that and she had said it was a possibility, but she wanted to hear it from Vegeta himself.
"No. Up to a couple of years I would've said that was the main reason. But he is a man full of contradictions. He played the fool for us, but he is the greatest genius of all of us. He is not too human, there is not such a thing like that."
"I guess there is not. But we humans - cough - the humans have a lot of faults and I thought that those were his. Too caring and too kind."
"He has no faults except the fact that he will never love me. Twenty years ago I would've said this feeling doesn't exist, but it does. It just doesn't fit in our vocabulary, there was passion, lust and hate. I felt all those for him all at the same time at one time, but when we-when we made love for the first time I realized that that was why I cared for him so much. I was obsessed. Still am. Kakarott baffled me and he still does. I don't know what to do. It hurts a lot. I feel as if my heart has been ripped into two." - although he said this with an even tone of voice, Bulma hugged him because she knew he needed it.
"I don't think Son-kun has ever known what loving is. I always floated between several males and always felt that I would fall in love and get married. It wasn't after I saw him as he grew older that I realized I was in love with him and it hurt to realize he would never look at me that way. I don't even think he really loved Chichi all the way. Sakura said it was the perfect way to hide what he was. An alien, until you guys came along. And then it was a roller coaster that I still feel it has never stopped." - her words made sense, but he couldn't help feel lost.
"Do you have any idea of how he will fall back into my hands?"
"Iie. I don't think I know him enough to assure you he'll be back to you that easily. But, once he gives birth to the kiddo inside of him. make sure you never leave his side. Even if he tells you to go. For the sakes of the whole planet and the Royal Family and for us, if you convince him to not leave the kiddo alone with you, then maybe you can conquer him."
"I've tried. But I cannot go on like this. Either he pledges the truth to the saiyan kingdom or he loves me back. Honoring the bond won't erase the fact that he feels no such thing for me."
"I think we've made you soft Vegeta. It's official. Sakura said you would probably have to bend your pride for him and you have, but I'd rather have Mr. Pompous ass himself instead of this softer side of you." - with that she left him and he finally crumbled, his mind and soul conspiring against him.
It was midnight when Kakarott or Goku - as his earthling friends called him - sat down in front of Gohan and took him out of Capsule Corporation's building to 'talk'.
"My heart is breaking into two. Is there any hope for us, father?" - his soft voice cut the space between them and made his father shiver for a second.
"I supposed she sent word for you to stop pinning for her, right?" - as his son nodded, he began to choose his next words carefully.
"I don't think it's a bad idea son." - Gohan turned to see him right in the face and he would've swung a punch at him in anger, if it wasn't because his comeback would've hurt much worst.
"I know that you fell in love with Vegeta dad, I just don't understand why you don't give in." - he counterattacked and expected his father to flinch.
He did not. He just sighed and looked at the sky expecting to see all the answers written in there. After a moment he looked back at his oldest son and said.
"I don't know what love is. I've felt lust and I've felt caring, but I've never felt love. You on the other got a taste of both lust and caring. I'm not undermining what you felt for Sakura, but so far I'm not quite sure if love is a combination of lust and caring or something else."
"I guess I understand what you mean. But I never felt like that for any other female in my life. I read in the dictionary once what love is and it mentioned both strong affection and attraction based on sexual desire. So I guess your definition was acute, but why is it that you doubt that its' definition when you apply it to you and Vegeta?" - Gohan's attitude was confused.
Goku looked at the sky and then talked as if he were alone with Sakura once again like the first time they've met. He knew that she was listening in thru Gohan even if the latter didn't even realized it. He told his son and Sakura that he wasn't sure if that were the bond talking or his own heart and Gohan nodded as if suddenly clueing himself on the situation. But off into the waiting-room located in a plane where Goku couldn't I.T himself even if he did feel her ki, Sakura growled low.
She swung her tail left and right and suddenly wished she could go back in time, but knew her powers were gone and she couldn't do a goddamn thing. Then. a thought crossed her head. She couldn't go back in time to change things, the universe didn't work-out that way. How to make it better? The gods had given her two wishes to carry out and so far just one had been made. Pan couldn't have come out into this hellhole if it hadn't been for that wish. She snapped her fingers and decided that she didn't have the need to go back, she could just confer this with Vegeta before going thru with anything.
After the conversation with Bulma, Vegeta had everything packed except his own self. So he decided that a hot shower might do the trick. His tall black hair fell to his shoulders and when he touched his neck with the lathered sponge he didn't feel anything and was instantly troubled. He quickly went to the bathroom mirror and discovered with amazement that the bite mark Kakarott had given him had disappeared. He searched his mind for the actual presence of his mate and found him, but he could not discern the reason as to why the bite mark had disappeared.
Then he swung around ready to defend himself. Instead he found the ghostly wicked smile of Sakura. His hair already in its regular position, he saw that it was only a mouth that he saw and a tail, no essential body as of yet and he kept waiting for it, but after a couple of minutes of nothing, he dropped his guard and crossed his arms over his chest silently demanding an answer.
"Remember when Kakarott told you he would never belong to you after the first time you actually entered him and made him yours by a simple bite? I know you remember, but this is where you went all wrong."
"How come your body hasn't materialized before me?" - he was curious as to what was the real reason of her visit.
"Well. the truth is I'm dead. My powers were stripped of me and I got two wishes left. The Saiyan Gods said they'd give me two wishes before they finally judged me and sent me wherever they wanted to. This little thing is what I'd like to call the rest of my will trying to work things through." - the wicked smile turned into a frown as she said this and the tail disappeared.
"And the reason you are here is.?" - his voice mildly irritated but the undertone was confusion turned into liquid fire that could easily turn into anger or gratitude - which he would never show - depending on her answer.
"Easy. I asked the gods to remove the bite mark from you. Just because there is a bite mark, it doesn't mean that there is a bond and just because there is a bond it doesn't mean that there has to be a bite mark, right? There was always a bond, so what better way to confront Kakarott of his feelings if proving to him that what Gohan said is actually true. He lusts after you and he cares for you, a combination of both is the meaning of this love he keeps speaking of. To which I still don't understand, but what the heck!"
Speech being said the mouth disappeared and he knew he was again all alone. He considered it and knew for a fact that she was speaking the truth. He would test the theory tonight.