31/01/2011 - Chapter 10 Updated*

WARNING!
MATURE CONTENT
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The next morning 18 sat at the breakfast table sipping her green tea replaying the events she had witnessed the night before in her head. Goku…pregnant…now that was one she had not been expecting. Having been pregnant once herself she knew what accompanied it and how much strain it can be on the human body, but for a Saiyan she could only imagine how different it may be, the Saiyans never exactly did anything small, she didn't think that this would be any different. Herself, Chi-Chi and Bulma had all suspected that Gohan was up to something, but now she that she knew Gohan was just being Gohan, trying to help anybody in any way he could. It was obvious, even to her, (and she had only just found out) that it was beginning to take its toll on him. That was why she was going to tell the others, they shouldn't have to do this alone. They where their friends and family, that's what they were there for.

"DAD! DAD! QUICKLY DAD BEFORE IT GETS COLD!" Gohan shouted down the hall to his father, smelling something starting to burn he quickly ran back to the kitchen to try and save their breakfast from certain doom. He paused for a moment smiling, he had just got a flash back to the year they both spent in the hyperbolic time chamber, now that was a year of bad food. Suddenly coming back to his senses Gohan realized that he had now just burnt his second round of toast.

Goku walked into the kitchen groaning and holding his stomach. "Morning sickness again?" Gohan inquired. His dad nodded in response, not able to speak in fear of whatever was left in his stomach making an appearance. Gohan sat a cup of coffee in front of him, which was one thing that he could produce without burning it to a cinder. "Maybe it's for the best…" Gohan sighed looking around the room giving a giggle. "I just don't think this breakfast was ever meant to be." "Perhaps..." Goku replied staring into his coffee mug.

"I wish your mother was here sometimes Gohan, she always knew what to do in situations like this. She always has a remedy for everything." "Yeah that's true" Gohan answered scratching his chin for a second trying to think of an idea as Goku gave another groan as the youngster inside him played football with his stomach.

"Come on dad I've got an idea!" Gohan said "It's about time you got out of the house; we shall go to the nearest town and ask around to see if we can get anything to settle your stomach. Maybe then you can have a decent meal, you need to keep your strength up!"

Giving out the biggest groan yet Goku dropped his head on the table with his hands over his stomach trying to calm the infant by sending fait waves of Ki inward. "5 months today" Goku whimpered "It's a good idea Gohan but have you seen the size of my belly? I can't really leave; I would attract too much attention."

"Dad I'm not taking no for an answer, you need to get out, when was the last time you left the forest?" Goku shrugged. "I rest my case…" Gohan gloated … "You can wear really baggy clothes, nobody will notice."

Gohan wanted to get out of the house more than anybody, this way Videl wouldn't be constantly on his mind. He was still certain that he made the right decision; after all you can't force yourself to love somebody for the rest of your life. However he still felt bad at the way he had broken the news to her; he hadn't been thinking straight at the time and it had led to some messy business he would rather forget. Maybe in time they could be friends, but for now it was best to give her time and space.

It took a while longer to convince Goku to leave the house, but Gohan finally managed it. They gathered what they needed and left in the direction of the nearest town, and not a second too soon, for minutes later a yellow Capsule Corps plane landed beside the house with Chi-Chi, Bulma, 18 and Krillin exiting it when it did.

Chi-Chi and Bulma stood side by side holding each other, not knowing what to expect, or who to find. 18 had not told them anything, except that she had followed Gohan and that she would show them where to find him; that they needed to find see for themselves. Of course this only raised suspicion even more. Krillin knocked the door and waited for a response, when none came Chi-Chi took matters into her own hands and hit the door hard, demanding Gohan to open the door, again with no response. Finally Bulma walked over to the door and pulled away a panel just beneath the doorbell revealing a selection of wires and with her technical skills she soon had the door open.

As they entered the house Chi-Chi automatically yelled "LOOK AT THE STATE OF THIS PLACE! You can tell Goku and Gohan have been here. Well if they disappear without reason or not, I cannot have the house they live in looking like this. It's in desperate need of a woman's touch!"

"Chi-Chi…what are you doing?" Bulma asked as Chi-Chi began to clean. "I can't have my boys living in such a tip." She replied as the tears started to stream down her face "I can't believe Goku has been here all this time and Gohan has secretly been coming back and forward!"

Krillin whispered to 18 "I don't get it…if she is upset then why is she cleaning their mess?" 18 replied "it's because she isupset. She must be doing it out of love, or anger or just something to keep her distracted. Either way it's not working."

Light-years away Vegeta was continuing his relentless and unforgiving training on the barren planet of Kraven. The harsh weather conditions of this planet made it an excellent challenge. Over the last few months it had become obvious to him that the previous occupants of the plant had depleted it of its natural resources, and gradually because of this everything had died, the planet was no longer capable of sustaining life. Human life that was, but for a Saiyan that was a different story. During his childhood Frieza had sent Vegeta to planets in worse condition that this, but planet Kraven was one of the slightly harsher planets that he had been too.

During his time here Vegeta had planned out the perfect training routine. His day consisted of 8 hours sleep, 1 hour for meals and personal hygiene, the remaining 15 hours where divided between mental, physical and KI training sessions.

5 months had now passed since leaving earth, and to his frustration Vegeta was no closer to getting Kakarot out of his head than he was the day he left. His thoughts often drifted to his son and Bulma also, thinking of their progress without him. He could not figure out what he was doing wrong, was it so much to ask that he get what he deserved, to be the perfect warrior in the entire universe? It had been his birth right to achieve this, and yet constantly when it seemed in his grasp it was always taken away from…nearly always by Kakarot, and now stealing his heart was the final straw! No matter how long it took, Vegeta would stay here until the task was complete and nothing would distract him.

Recently however to his annoyance Vegeta had noticed a strange what felt like energy signal coming from the ruins of the old city near to where his ship had landed. They would only be there momentarily and be gone again anytime he stooped to try and sense where they where emanating from. They had appeared much too often now for him to be imagining them. He felt it necessary to eliminate this annoyance now before it distracted him from his training any further. Apart from him this planet was completely void of life, of this he was certain, and apart from him nothing organic could survive.

"It's probably something stupid left behind by the previous inhabitants" he thought to himself. He was not far from wrong. He felt now was as good a time as any to investigate this, and to hopefully solve whatever it was, for he could not have anything at all to distract him, he had important training to finish.

Vegeta took to the skies and within seconds had arrived at the old city ruins. He paused, closing his eyes searching out with his mind, trying to locate the signal. It was difficult…the signal was always faint at best, but now it seemed that it was almost completely dead. Vegeta sighed in annoyance. "What a complete waste of my fucking time!" Preparing to leave and return to his training Vegeta flared up his Ki in annoyance, just as he did the energy signal came back, strong this time, he was close. "Ha-ha…I found you …" he sniggered. Within seconds Vegeta was standing outside the building where the signal was coming from, it was still quite week in general, but more pronounced now that he was in close proximity. He seemed to be in an industrial area, factories all around, old machines and vehicles. There was a red light flickering inside one of the buildings, "This is what I've been following, some old fucking machine about to die?" He had come this far, Vegeta's curiosity took the better of him and he blasted a hole in the side of the building, entering it once the dust had settled.

He appeared to be in what looked like some kind of robotic construction factory. There were metal skeletons, mechanical parts and tools everywhere. It smelled of damp and oil, there was no light except for one…the red light he had seen; it was coming from one of the robots down at the back. He approached it and as he did it became brighter. "This one seems to be the only one complete." He said looking around at all the other incomplete models. "The workers here must not have been able to complete the rest of them before the planet became uninhabitable, there must have been a very sudden natural disaster."

He studied the machine closer; its legs seemed to be the only part of it that had protective casing. Its upper body was bare, revealing different wires, tubes and mechanical components. Strangely some of the tubes resembled a circulatory system and they appeared to have fluid moving extremely slowly through them. Its blank stare shot right through him. "They modeled this thing after themselves?" Vegeta said "what a pathetic attempt at playing god" he sniggered. "I guess it gave me 30 seconds of entertainment, but now it's time to pull the plug" Vegeta chuckled holding out his palm in the direction of the droid. With a flash and explosion the building was no more.

Vegeta stood in the same spot after all the dirt and rubble had settled. "hum" he mumbled as a speck of blood ran down his forehead from where a brick had hit his head "I didn't intend on destroying the whole building, perhaps that blast was a bit much, thought it seems my training is working, I've never felt so strong!"

I'd like to see you beat me now Kakarot!

"Gohan are we going to hang around much longer, I don't like these clothes I feel awkward" Goku whispered in his son's ear. "Dad we've only been gone 20 minutes, let's have a proper look around first, we could do with getting a few supplies, then how about we go and get food?" Gohan suggested. "…I am a little peckish…" Goku pondered, "Okay deal, but then we go home okay?" Gohan nodded in agreement as they walked down the street.

This was a pleasant little town, nice people in it too, Gohan liked it here, and he could even possibly see himself living there someday. It had all you needed with a very good entertainment district for all ages. They were in the town centre and there was a little market there for the day, filled with strange items from all over the world. Gohan looked around in interest while Goku walked beside him, giving short one word answers when Gohan asked his opinion on something. He felt very awkward, he held his arms around his stomach trying to hide its size without realizing that doing so only made it more obvious. Nobody was paying interest, thought Goku didn't feel any more comfortable.

They stopped at a small stall that was filled with different herbs and spices. There was an elderly couple behind it mixing and brewing different concoctions, a small child played behind them with her doll brushing her hair, she looked up and smiled at Goku with a big grin. Goku smiled back and asked her what age she was. Pausing for a second to think the young girl then raised four fingers shyly. "Wow that's a big age!" Goku said laughing; thinking that he will soon have a baby of his own, perhaps his first daughter. He felt a bit better now; it was funny how the smallest thing can make somebody feel better. Gohan was busy talking with the elderly lady, wondering if they had anything in stock that would calm an upset stomach, it was not going well however. Neither of them understood him, and Gohan certainly didn't understand their strange foreign language. To help make them understand he held his stomach and put on a sad face and gave a groan, hoping they would understand him; they looked at each other for a second as Gohan looked quite the fool, but they then smiled. They began lifting different herbs and mixing them together, adding water when needed. Gohan felt proud of himself as he felt he had accomplished something. "What are you smiling about?" Goku asked turning his attention away from the young girl who had returned to brushing her doll's hair. "Nothing…I just asked them to make something for your morning sickness." Gohan replied.

The elderly couple both stopped dead in their tracks giving a gasp when they saw Goku. Goku took a step back suddenly feeling very nervous again, they turned and began talking very fast. They seemed in quite a deep discussion, Gohan looked at his dad and then back at the couple. "Is everything okay?" He asked. They seemed to answer him but again he had no clue as to what they said. The elderly lady threw out the mixture they had just been making for him and began a new one. Lifting up big glass jars from underneath their stall and began adding the contents into a large pot which was over a portable gas cooker. Throughout all of this every now and then they would glance at Goku and Gohan and smile at them; it was quite unnerving. "What are they doing now?" Goku whispered to Gohan, "I have no idea" he replied.

Once the mixture they were making came to the boil they quickly removed it from the heat and poured it into a brown bottle and corked it once it was full. The elderly gentleman turned to Goku and began talking to him in their language. "I don't understand you." he cut in. Just then the young girl came out from behind the stall still holding her doll. "He said you have to take this every morning and evening everyday and that it will make your baby not give you a sore tummy anymore." She said.

"WHA!" was all that came from Goku's mouth as his jaw hit the floor. The little girl looked up at Goku and asked him to knell down; he did so still in shock from what she had said. Gohan turned to the elderly couple, "How did you know?" He asked. They just smiled and nodded their heads handing Gohan the remedy. "Are you really going to have a little baby?" The small girl asked Goku, who nodded still not able to talk. The little girl put her arms around Goku and rested her head on his swollen belly. "Aww" she said after a moment lifting her head again.

By now the elderly couple had also come out from behind the stall. Goku looked at them as they smiled back at him with sincere eyes. The old woman approached Goku and gave him a kiss on his forehead and said something to him. Goku smiled back her, "Thank you," he said "I hope I have a healthy baby too." The old lady nodded in response resting her hand on the little girls shoulder.

"You understand her? Come on dad I think it's a good idea that we go home after all." Gohan said. "Yes I think your right Gohan." Goku replied putting his arm around his son and his other hand to his forehead. A second later they were gone.

Moments later Goku and Gohan where back in the secluded forest outside their capsule home. "You where right Gohan, that wasn't so bad after all." Goku said. "I told you," Gohan replied "But how did that old couple know? And why weren't they fazed by the whole thing, and how did you suddenly understand her?" "I can't explain it Gohan, things like that are just best left as questions."

They approached the door and found that the panel beside it had been forced open! "Hold on dad…I'll go in first, make sure the place is clear." Goku nodded to his son showing that he agreed. Stepping into the house slowly, Gohan crept down the hallway leading to the kitchen where he could hear movement, raising his Ki to defend himself if needed Gohan burst into the kitchen.

"…MOM!" Chi-Chi, Bulma, 18 and Krillin all jumped in surprise at Gohan's sudden outburst. "Gohan…" Chi-Chi muttered, then remembering her anger "WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN! DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING TO YOUR POOR MOTHER, I'VE BEEN WORRIED SICK!" Gohan stood there in shock, taking the full brunt of his mother's rage, looking at the others, not expecting any sympathy from them, and none is exactly what he got.

"Boy Chi-Chi is really giving it to Gohan." Krillin said kind of scared by what he saw. Bulma saw Goku poke his head round the door looking blue in the face. Chi-Chi obviously hadn't noticed him for she would have turned her attention to him if she had of. Angry that Vegeta was nowhere to be seen she clenched her fist and tried to resist the urge to lose her temper.

Goku still hiding his body from view of the others was panicking big time, they had found him somehow, but how did they manage it? That was it, he could not hide it anymore, his secret had to come out, and it wasn't fair that his son get the blame for something he had done. He wanted to speak out but no words came. Getting angry at himself for being a coward and not defending Gohan sooner Goku shouted with all the strength he could muster: "THAT'S ENOUGH, STOP!"

The silence that followed seemed to last a lifetime in Goku's mind. He had done it now, there was no going back, he was soon going to find out what his friend's reactions that he feared so much where going to be. His legs shaking under him Goku finally plucked up to courage to speak: "Leave Gohan out of this Chi-Chi, it's not his fault; he was only trying to protect me."

Chi-Chi could only stare at him, her husband had only been back from the dead a matter of months and already he had vanished on her. Her tears where coming on strong again, she had a lump in her throat that she could not get rid of, trying to compose herself Chi-Chi said in a shaky voice: "Protect you from what? Me?"

"Not from you…" Goku paused as he stepped into the room revealing himself. "He was protecting me and my baby. I didn't know how I could tell you. So I left."

Chi-Chi took one look at him and gave what sounded like a small giggle just before she hit the floor. Gohan rushed to her side trying to wake her. He knew it was useless, she would be out for hours, and he lifted her and said "I'm just going to lay her down on the sofa." He exited the room leaving 18, Krillin and Bulma in the room with his dad. Krillin and Bulma were unable to even gasp when they first saw him; they still hadn't said anything. 18 however walked over and began to fill up the kettle with water; she felt that coffee was going to be needed for this conversation.

Still stood in the door way Goku finally managed to lift his head to look at his friends. He suddenly felt ashamed for what he had done. Not what he had done with Vegeta and not of his baby, but for not telling his friends in the first place. All these secrets and hiding where not good for him; in his head he was begging his friends to say something…anything, good or bad, he just couldn't take the silence anymore.

Krillin was the one to finally break the silence; he walked over to Goku to get a better look at his stomach. "So you're telling me that there is a baby inside you Goku?" He looked up at his friend and he nodded. Giving a laugh he said "How on earth did you manage that? Man that's weird!" "We'll get to how it got there later; right now I need to sit down." Goku replied. Bulma suddenly came to life again after the initial shock. "Goku do you know what this means? You're the first man on earth to ever give birth. I don't even care how it got there, this is too fascinating! Do you mind if I examine you?" Bulma said excited.

"Not at all." Goku said with guilt in his voice. Somehow he thought Bulma would care how the baby got there when she found out that her husband was the one who put it there. Although he did admit that he already felt a lot better. Krillin had simply laughed it off, and Bulma was fascinated, obviously they had questions but if they were going to abandon him simply for being a "freak" or something like that they would have done it by now. Chi-Chi on the other hand took the news a little worse than the others but that was to be expected.

The only thing he had to worry about now was how they handled the news about who the father was. Over the next hour Bulma brought out capsule after capsule of medical equipment, taking scans of the baby, listening to the heartbeat, which brought Goku joy he never knew he could feel. The others seemed happy for him, he didn't know why he expected anything else, and after all with everything they have seen in their lives this was hardly going to push them over the edge into madness.

After Bulma was satisfied with her tests she had to get information on how it got there. They all sat at the table with a cup of coffee each. Gohan had now joined them again. "So Goku, would you like to know what the sex the baby is?" Bulma asked. Goku looked at Gohan and thought about it for a second, he finally nodded in excitement. Bulma gave a grin "Well Goku it must be a Saiyan thing because you're going to have another son!" Goku looked down at his stomach rubbing it and smiling. His heart missed a beat as he felt the life inside him; it was overwhelming how much love he felt for this little bundle inside him. I'm going to have a baby boy he thought to himself as tears started to build in his eyes.

Everybody was looking at him, all with a little extra warmth in their hearts than normal. No matter the circumstance, another life was going to be brought into the world, and that could never be a bad thing, especially if Goku was the one doing it.

Bulma finally had to ask, her curiosity was too much for her to take. An intelligent, logical woman such as herself had to understand things like this, she how to know how it came to be! After all she was the closest thing to a Saiyan specialist there was on earth.

"Goku, I've compared you and your baby's wellbeing to that of a normal pregnancy you would get here on earth and you both seem perfectly fine, but we all know this is not a normal earth pregnancy, and I have to know, how did the baby get there? Is it something naturally that happens to a Saiyan, or did you conceive the baby through sex? It would help me understand things a lot better." Bulma enquired.

"When it's you Goku nothing is impossible!" Krillin laughed.

"Well…I don't really know the answers to the scientific questions you want to know Bulma, King Ki is the person you need to ask, he was the one who told me in the first place, but for some reason I haven't been able to contact him recently, I think it could be something to do with the pregnancy itself. All I can tell you is that yes the baby was conceived through sex."

"How the heck could an earth woman impregnate a Saiyan male?" Krillin butted in, scratching his head.

18 and Bulma both turned to him and gave him a look as if to say shut up! Krillin lowered in his seat fearing he may get a slap.

"Well the only reason it happened is because I was a Super Saiyan at the time, that's all King Ki told me." Goku answered.

"Really…that's interesting, the transformation to a Super Saiyan must do a lot more to your body than increase your power and strength." Bulma said thinking out loud.

"There is more…"Goku paused lowering his head. Gohan put his hand on his dads shoulder to offer support.

"What is it Goku?" Bulma asked wondering why Goku suddenly couldn't look at her.

"It…wasn't…having sex with Chi-Chi that caused this to happen…"

The others gasped…

"It was a…it was…I had sex with a man." Goku finally said

"GOKU" Bulma said in surprise.

That was all it took for Goku's guilt to take over, he could not hold the tears back anymore. Gohan held his dad even tighter. Krillin and 18 sat there and said nothing. Bulma finally put her hand on Goku's other shoulder. "Goku…I know this must be a lot of strain on you…and I'm sorry for responding the way I did, and I know it's none of my business what happens in your marriage, it's just I would never have expected you to cheat on Chi-Chi"

Goku wiped away his tears trying to control and calm himself down. "It happened by accident the first time, but after that I could not control myself. It's not just an affair, I love him." Goku said with another sob.

"Goku…" Krillin said "We're your friends…we love you…you've gave your life for us twice before, we're not going to judge you for your sexual preferences."

"Thanks Krillin" Goku replied wiping his eyes with a tissue. Laughing he said "when have you ever seen me like this before? I can't help it."

"It's your hormones," Bulma said helping get rid of a tear. "So obviously you know who the father is then?"

Lowering his head again for another stream of tears Goku tried to fight them but failed.

"Goku…Goku what's wrong?" Bulma asked

"Its okay dad, just tell her, you knew you were going to have to eventually." Gohan said giving his dad another squeeze

"Tell me what?" Bulma said looking at Gohan with a concerned face.

"Bulma I'm so sorry…"Goku cried

18 gasped as she figured out what Goku was trying to tell Bulma. "What is it?" Krillin whispered to her? "Vegeta is the father" she whispered back to him.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Bulma shouted as she overheard them. She turned back to Goku, "Goku is this true?"

All Goku could do was nod.

Bulma stood up not knowing where to look…she reached in her bag for her cigarettes… "FUCK…where are they?" She shouted.

"Bulma…" Goku sniffed reaching out for her hand.

"I have to go…I have to leave now" she said in an angry tone, her voice wavering at the end, unable to look at any of them. Before anyone could stop her she was gone. Probably best that nobody tried to.

Again there was a long silence…Goku sat there staring at the table while Gohan rubbed his back looking at him concerned. 18 drank her coffee and Krillin also was looking at Goku. Goku could fell their eyes staring at him.

"Dad…its okay…just give Bulma time." Gohan reassured him. "Gohan is right Goku, she is angry now but give her time." Krillin said.

Goku looked up at his oldest friend "you don't resent me?" Krillin looked at him in shock. "Goku don't say anything like that again, of course I don't, and we've been friends since as far back as I can remember. I don't care who you sleep with or if you get pregnant, I can't forget what we've been through together. Neither can Bulma, she is just going to need time, yes she is going to be angry but I really doubt that she will never forgive you."

"Thank you Krillin, you really are the best friend someone could ask for."

Krillin and 18 stayed a while longer discussing what had happened, Goku told them how Vegeta had left, and that he still had to explain it to Bulma when she would hear him out. Once they had left Goku and Gohan continued talking about the whole situation. Gohan did all that he could to reassure his dad that things were going to be okay; all he had to do now was tell Chi-Chi.

Once she finally came round again she took the news surprisingly well, once Goku had calmed her down from the shock that her husband was pregnant, they discussed their marriage. They both agreed that since he had come back from the dead that it had not been the same; they had been apart too long and had learned to live without each other, though they both still cared for each other greatly.

Since Goku was being completely honest with her, she thought it time that she was honest with him. Although it had been over for a year before Goku had returned, she had been with another man while he was gone. Goku understood that she had been lonely and needed someone to love her, and that's why Chi-Chi took the news better than expected, for all this time she too had been riddled with guilt because she felt she had cheated on Goku.

When Chi-Chi found out that Vegeta was the father of his baby that changed matters a little. She was angry at Goku for doing that to Bulma, and that he would have to do everything he possibly could to make it up to her. Nor did she understand what he saw in Vegeta, Goku could not understand or explain his love for Vegeta, but it was there. This upset Chi-Chi a little, for she still loved Goku, and he loved her, their love for each other now was like the love you feel for a brother or sister.

They decided on no more secrets, no running away, to be honest with each other and do the best for their boys. Goku thought to himself: Man, Chi-Chi must be mellowing out as she gets older; however he thought it best that he didn't tell her. Now that everything was out, he felt such relief, he just hoped that Bulma could forgive him with time, gaining back her trust and friendship and caring for his new son where on the top of his list.

TO BE CONTINUED.