"He knows, he knows," she said as she hesitantly walked out of her room and down the stairs.
"Hello, Otousama," she smiled as pretty as she could.
"Don't you Otousama me! What do you think you're doing?!"
"I love Goten, Daddy."
"'I love Goten, Daddy.'," he mocked. "Do you realize what it's doing to your poor father seeing both of his offspring wind up with the offspring of Kakarrot?!"
"No one pays any attention to that stuff, Daddy. Goku doesn't even pay attention, and he's a full-Saiyan."
"Seems like a three-quarters Human has," he said referring to Marron.
"Yeah, Trunks told her about some stupid ritual."
"Stupid? Girl, do you realize that ritual goes back thousands of years?!"
"I'm sorry, Daddy. It's not stupid. I'll fight ten Marron's for Goten's love," she stated proudly. Vegeta clutched his heart and fell over.
"VEGETA?!!?" Bulma ran to his side.
"Papa?!" Bra ran over, too.
"I'm fine, Onna. It's just like someone stabbed me in the heart when she said that. I bet it's Frieza, laughing at me in HFIL!!!"
"Oh, get up!!! Listen, you've got to show Bra some moves before tomorrow. I'm sure Eighteen and Krillin are training Marron."
"It won't do any good. One day's training? It will make little difference."
"But, Papa, you have to train me! Trunks is gone, so is Goten."
"You should've let me train you when you were little. Why did I let this baka woman talk me into skipping out on training you?" Vegeta pointed to Bulma.
"Because I wanted to raise her to be a lady, that's why."
"Taking someone else's mate isn't very ladylike, is it?" He smirked to her.
"Tousan!!"
"Vegeta!!"
"Okay, okay, I'll train the brat. Come on Bra, we have a lot of work to do," Vegeta motioned for his daughter to follow him.
In the Hyperbolic Chamber
"You're doing just fine, Panny," Trunks said as he held her hand. Labor wasn't very easy on Pan. She had to use some of her Ki just to keep from going unconscious.
"Are you sure, Trunks?" She panted.
"Yes, you are. I'm not going to let anything happen to you," he whispered as he kissed her forehead.
"How long now?"
"It looks like you could be in labor for a good long while."
"Don't you have something for pain in there?" She asked as she pointed to the capsule case.
"Sorry, I didn't bring anything like that. We agreed to have this one naturally."
"WE?! My aren't we plural all of a sudden?! I'M THE ONE DOING ALL THE WORK HERE, CHARLEY!!!!" She spat as a golden glow enveloped her for a few seconds.
"Pan, you . . . you almost went Super Saiyan!!"
"I don't care if I go Superman!!! I'M IN PAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She shouted right in his ear. Had Trunks been truly Human, he would've been deafened by that, but since he was only half-Human his ears started to ring.
"I'm sorry, Pan-Chan. Here hold onto my hand when you feel pain," he offered his hand to her. She took hold of it and squeezed it so tightly, that his fingers started to break.
"PAN!!!! LET GO!!!!"
"You said I could hold onto your hand!" She smirked.
At the home of Krillin, Eighteen, and Marron
In the home of Krillin, Eighteen, and Marron
"Goodnight, Marron-chan," Eighteen said as she left her daughter's room.
"Marron, I need to talk to you," Krillin said as he passed his wife in the hall.
"Krillin," Eighteen began.
"Juu, leave me be. I want to speak to my daughter," he said as he spoke to her in a tone very unlike Krillin.
"Hai, Krillin-chan," she said softly as she walked off.
"Papa?"
"Marron, I want you to know that no matter what happens tomorrow, you will never be a loser."
"Papa--"
Krillin held his hand up to silence her. "If Goten can't see what a wonderful person you are and can't decide he wants to be with only you, then he is the loser."
"I can't lose. I just can't. I don't think I could go on if I did."
"Marron, Son Goten is not the end-all-be-all," he stated as he sat down upon the edge of her bed.
"Maybe not to you, but he is to me."
"You're a very beautiful woman, Marron. You can have your pick of any man you want."
"Except for the one I love. Goodnight, Otousama," she said as she pulled the blanket up around her.
"Goodnight, Marron. I love you."
"I love you too, Papa." Krillin sighed as he left his daughter's bedroom.
"You are worried, aren't you?" Juu said as he came into their bedroom.
"Yes, I am. She doesn't need to fight Bra over Goten. It's not worth it."
"Would you have fought someone over me?"
"That's different," he said as he dressed for bed.
"No, it's not. She loves Goten with all her heart. She'll fight to the death for him."
"I hope it doesn't come to that," he sighed getting into bed.
Meanwhile at the Son home
"Goten, why did you just stand there and let Marron challenge Bra to a fight?" Gohan reprimanded his little brother.
"Listen, I've already gotten my ass chewed by Kassan. I'm not in the mood to hear it from you, too," Goten said as he tried to pay no attention to his brother.
"How could you love two women?"
"I don't know. Can you explain to me why you love Videl?"
"I love her because she is beautiful, kind, caring, and because I do."
"Well, there you go. You can't really explain it either."
"Who do you love more, Goten?"
"I love them both the same. I just wish I could be with them both."
"But you can't, and tomorrow, they're going to decide which one is going to be with you."
"I know."
"Goten, what if one of them kills the other?"
"I would never let it go that far."
"What if you can't stop it?"
"Of course I can. I'm in control, big bro."
"Goten!!! This is not a game!!! Two lives are at stake here!!!!!" Gohan grabbed his little brother up by the shirt collar.
"Oh, I'm sorry that I can't think like the great Gohan."
"What does that mean?"
"Oh please!! You know what that means."
"No, why don' t you tell me," Gohan said as he threw Goten down into a chair.
"All my life I've heard, 'Goten, why can't you be more like Gohan. Oh Gohan is so perfect. Gohan and Videl are the cutest couple. That Pan-chan is so darling.'!!!"
"Goten, you've made of your life what you wanted to. Don't blame it on me if it's all fucked up now."
"Oh, my! The perfect one said a dirty word! Should I go get the soap?!"
"Whatever, Goten. I just hope that tomorrow you're not sorry for living your life the way you have. You might just cost one of those girls their lives," Gohan spat as he walked out of the Son home.
Later . . . at Capsule Corp.
"Now remember, Bra, only use Gallic Canon as a last resort," Vegeta explained as he and his daughter finished her training. "You really can't control it very well. Don't kill Marron. You just want to defeat her."
"Papa?! I'm surprised at you."
"Listen, she's not a bad brat. She just loves the same baka you do. There's no reason to kill her."
"Okay, Papa."
"Bra, you've come a long way in a short time. Maybe, you'd like to continue training after this is all over?"
"I would like that, Papa."
"Come give your father a hug. It is late, and you need your rest." Bra ran to her father and hugged him tightly.
"I love you, Papa."
"I love you, too, Bra-chan. I am very proud of you."
"Oh, Papa," Bra said as tears ran down her face.
"Now, you make your Tousan proud tomorrow," Vegeta said with a smile.
"I will. Goodnight," shes said as she ran upstairs.
"So, a little father-daughter bonding?" A voice said.
"Onna?"
"Yes, it's me. It's good to see you two act that way. I'm sorry for denying you that by forbidding her from training."
"It's okay, Bulma. You're just a baka Human," he laughed. Suddenly, a pillow came crashing up side his head. "Is this how you treat the man who brought you that ring today?"
"Yes, it is. By the way, this ring is gorgeous!! What's the occasion?"
"Well," he began as he walked over in the dark and sat next to his mate on the couch. "I would like for you and I to be married."
"Married?!"
"Yes, I watched Trunks and Pan get married and realized that's what you said was missing from your life."
"Vegeta, you want to marry me?"
"No, I wanted to marry Dende. Of course I want to marry you, Onna! Who else would I marry?"
Bulma laughed as she saw him getting frustrated.
"Okay, Vegeta, I will marry you."
"Like you had any choice in the matter."
"Huh?"
"You're mine. You'll always be mine."
"Oh really?"
"Yes, you're my mate; the mother of my children. I couldn't imagine being without you," he said as he pulled her closer.
"Vegeta, you have never said anything like that to me."
"Bulma, I love you. I know I've never told you that, but I do."
"Oh, Vegeta," she began.
"Hush. Now is not the time for talking," he said as he scooped her up into his arms and carried her upstairs.
In the Hyperbolic Chamber
"Great, Pan! Just keep breathing and pushing!!! You're doing fine," Trunks encouraged his wife.
"I don't think I can go on any longer!" Pan looked at him with despair in his eyes.
"You can do it. You have to do it for you and our baby."
"But Trunks."
"Listen to me, we have so many people down there waiting to see their grandchild and their great-grandchild. Are we going to disappoint them?!"
"No, but . . . "
"You are a strong warrior Pan Son Briefs. You can do this. I have faith in you," he looked down in her eyes. She knew that he did believe in her and that's all she needed to know.
"How long do you think it will be now?"
"Not too much longer, Panny. Just hold on for a little while longer," he said as he stroked her cheek softly.
Hey everyone, it's Goku again! Looks like Vegeta popped the big question to Bulma. I wonder when the wedding will be? Speaking of that, I have to ask Chi-Chi a question myself.
Wow, tomorrow's the big day when Marron and Bra fight over Goten. That son of mine! What will he get into next? Who will win the battle and Goten? Find out on the next episode of After GT-- Life Without The Dragonballs!!
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