"Papa?" Bra asked as she felt her father's Ki
dramatically rise. "What is going on?"
"Bra, do you feel that?" Goten ran to her in their
bedroom.
"Yes, it's Papa."
"And Gohan."
"Gohan?!"
"I know, and I don't think they're sparring! Let's go!"
He exclaimed before grabbing his wife by the hand and taking off
through their bedroom window.
"Tousan?" Pan asked as she wrapped up in Tomarotto's
arms.
"Did you feel that, Pan-chan?" The Saiyan asked as his
head snapped up.
"I feel Vegeta-sama too!" 'Oh, no, Ouji-sama was going
to Gohan's house!'
"We've gotta stop them, Pan!" He expounded wasting no
time in flying them both in the direction of Pan's house.
"What's going on, Toma-kun?"
"We'll see when we get there," he said his brow
furrowed.
"Trunks, are you alright? All the color has left from your
face!" Marron asked as she prepared their son, Cabot for the
big outing where he would meet his grandparents.
"Marron, it's Tousan and Gohan fighting. It feels like
they're pretty angry with one another. I have to go. I'll be back
soon!" He exclaimed before kissing her on the cheek. He flew
out the door as Marron was holding their infant son.
"Well, Cabot, I think we'd better get used to being left
alone," she sighed.
Pan and Tomarotto were the first to arrive on the scene as her
father and the Saiyan Prince were slugging it out. "Tousan!
What is going on!?"
"Pan, stay out of this! I'm tired of his pompous
mouth!" Gohan shouted as he prepared a Masenko blast. Bra
and Goten landed as Gohan threw a very powerful blast toward the
Saiyan Prince. Vegeta knocked it away and called down to him,
"Is that all you have, Son of Kakarrot!?"
"No, Vegeta, I have much more," he grinned evilly.
"Gohan, no!" Bra shouted as she ran toward him.
"Bra, what are you doing?! You're pregnant!!" Goten
charged off after her. Trunks landed at Gohan's home watching his
sister running toward the glowing energy that was Gohan.
"Bra!! You can't go near him!!!" Trunks ran over,
trying to stop her.
"What are you doing here, Bra!?" Gohan asked as he
turned his head.
"Trying to stop you from killing my father!!!" She
exclaimed as she ran right up to him-- not being harmed from the
massive energy he was emitting.
"She can walk right into it!!! But how?!" Vegeta
gasped.
"He started this!" Gohan frowned.
"I don't care who started this. Please stop fighting before
one of you gets killed. I couldn't stand it if one of you
died."
"I know, Bra-chan," he smiled to her. Just as he was
about to raise his hand to stroke her cheek. Goten and Trunks
grabbed her by both arms and flew her out of there.
"You're going to hurt our baby!!" Goten scolded.
"Have you lost what little mind you have, B-chan?!"
Trunks chided.
"Put me down, you stupid monkeys!!! Gohan was going to stop
fighting, but now," she looked in horror as Vegeta tackled
Gohan to the ground.
It looked as though the Saiyan Prince was about to best Gohan
when Pan came out of nowhere and kicked Vegeta in the head; much
like Vegeta had done when Android 19 had Goku's number all those
years ago.
"Get off my father!!!" Pan screamed.
"Little girl, this is none of your concern. Be a good little
brat, and GET OUT OF MY WAY!!!" He screamed back at her.
"Pan, get out of here," Gohan said as he got to his
feet.
"Tousan, you're not used to fighting like he is. He'll kill
you," she said as the tears began to fall.
"Pan, please leave," a voice said. She turned around to
find Tomarotto standing in front of Vegeta.
"Toma-chan, what are you doing?!"
"I am protecting my Prince. If you continue to stay here, I
will be forced to fight you."
"WHAT?!" Pan and Gohan exclaimed in unison.
"I am sworn to protect Vegeta. I promised his father when he
was born that I would give my life if it meant keeping him
alive."
"Fine! If you're protecting Vegeta, then I am protecting my
father!"
"Pan! You can't do this! That's your love standing before
you," Gohan said.
"And this is my father standing behind me," She smiled
back to him.
"If this is what you want, Pan, then this is the way it will
be," Tomarotto said solemnly as he began to power up.
"He's not a Super Saiyan. I can take him, Dad."
"Pan, you're just a quarter-Saiyan."
"No, I can't let this happen," Bra said managing to
wiggle free of Trunks's and Goten's hold upon her. She flew down
between Tomarotto and Pan.
"Bra, you're pregnant!!! What are you doing!?" Pan
asked as she powered down.
"I'm stopping this senseless battle!!! Listen, none of you
need to fight. Whatever caused this, I'm sure we can work it out.
Pan, do you really want to fight Toma-san?"
"No."
"Toma-san, do you want to fight Pan-chan?" 'Pan-chan.
Did she have to call her that?' Tomarotto thought to himself.
"Of course not."
"Then, that's settled. Tousan, what happened between you and
Gohan?"
"He . . ."
"I insulted his Saiyan heritage," Gohan thought on his
feet. 'I can't let him reveal to everyone what we were really
fighting about.'
"You insulted his Saiyan heritage!?" Trunks asked as he
floated to the ground.
"All this over that!?" Goten joined Trunks on the
ground.
"Yes, I said . . ."
"It's not important what was said! Next time, Son of
Kakarrot, my daughter won't be around to save you!" Vegeta
growled as he flew off in the distance.
"I'm not buying this. Something more happened here!"
Trunks crossed his arms and looked strangely at Gohan.
"Believe what you want, Trunks. That's what happened,"
he said turning to look at Bra. 'You put your life and our
child's life in danger just to stop your stupid father and me
from killing each other. I don't deserve you.'
'Ah, but I love you anyway,' he heard in his mind. His head
snapped up to find Bra smiling at him lovingly.
'How?'
'I don't know. I'll have to ask Papa; since he already knows
about you and me.'
'How did you know?'
'What else would you two be fighting about?'
"Bro, are you okay?" Goten asked waving his hand in
front of Gohan's face.
"Yeah, I am," he said as he smiled at her one last
time.
"Bra, are you okay?" Goten asked.
"I'm fine. Let's go home," she smiled and walked over
to him. He took her into his arms and flew away.
"Bye Gohan!" Goten called down. Gohan turned and walked
into his house. He couldn't bear to see her in his brother's
arms. He left Trunks, Pan, and Tomarotto standing out in the yard
with a ton of questions he wasn't about to answer.
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