Goku and Tomata stepped out of the doorway. Mr. Popo and Dende looked at the two in awe. Tomata was standing there worn and ragged but with a content look in her eyes. "Hey, guys!" Goku said as he smiled at the fellow Saiyan.

"You came out early." Dende observed, "What happened?"

"I need some new clothes to hide this." Tomata brought her tail out from around her waist and showed it to the two. Dende and Mr. Popo's eyes widen in shock. "I don't want Vegita to know about this... yet."

"Oh my." Mr. Popo said as he gulped, "It's fortunate that we didn't have a moon any more." He knew about the dangers of a full moon with a tailed Saiyan around. That was one of the reasons that Kami removed Goku's tail permanently when he restored the moon. Kami had wanted the moon back but knew the danger Goku would have posed if he had seen it.

"Yes." Tomata said, "Do you have my outfits here?"

"Of course. I have your clothes right here." Mr. Popo went off and came back with a bag full of clothes. "I even had them washed."

"Thank you." Tomata reached in to her bag and got out an outfit. "I'll be right back."

She went off into the building as Goku grinned. "How did she get a tail?" Dende wondered, "I thought Saiyans don't regain their tails after a certain time."

"Tomata's different. I don't know how she regained her tail. Could be a female Saiyan thing." Goku replied as Tomata came back. She was dressed in a Fruan outfit. She had a leather top with a knee high brown skirt and a pair of long boots. Around her waist was a thick belt covering her furry tail.

"What do you think?" Tomata asked as she spun.

"Not bad." Piccolo replied as he landed with Bulma in his arms. Gohan landed next to him with a very indifferent look on his face.

"Bulma! Gohan! Piccolo!" Goku greeted.

Gohan smiled slightly as he came up to his father. "Hi, Dad." His mood switched suddenly and Gohan growled as he went Super Saiyan and slammed his fist against Goku's face. Then, he pulled back his fist and stared at it. "Oh no." He muttered as he fell out of Super Saiyan mode. He didn't know why he just gone Super Saiyan. After the Buu incident, his mystic power had been fading from the lack of need. He eventually managed to go either Super Saiyan or Mystic, depending on his mood. The sight of Goku and the knowledge of Bulma's pregnancy has been too much as his primal instinctive side had taken over and his anger was released.

"Orang!" Bulma and Tomata exclaimed at once as they went to the fallen warrior. Goku sat up dazed with small birds flying over his head.

"Can you hear me?" Piccolo asked as he shook Goku. The former god/demon glared at Gohan who was still staring at his fist. **I knew that Gohan had pent up rage and anger about the baby thing but I never thought he would ever hit his father like that in the face.**

"I think so, Dende." Goku answered as he collapse again.

"Gohan!" Tomata gritted her teeth, "How could you? Striking your own father like that!"

"I never saw you act like that before in my life!" Dende observed as he immediately healed Goku. "What happened?"

"Gohan?" Goku asked as he looked at his son. He didn't know Gohan as well as he should but he knew that Gohan seemed like the quiet type who only fought when needed.

Gohan stopped staring at his fist and then looked up at his father. "Dad... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to... I just... why?" Gohan fought the urge to not cry.

"Gohan? What's wrong? What did I do?" Goku asked confused. The last thing he wanted to do was to hurt his oldest son. While he may did know Gohan as well as he should, he still liked him and regarded him as his son.

"Nothing and everything." Bulma said as she came up to him. "I'm going to have a baby."

Goku blinked and then repeated, "A baby?"

Bulma nodded and gestured to Piccolo, "Piccolo verified it for me. I'm pregnant with your baby."

Goku's head spun as he sat down on the ground. He didn't want it to be true but it was. If it had been two weeks ago, he would have been ecstatic but worried about the baby due to the war. But now, he was confused; They were now having a baby that shouldn't exist. "Oh man." He looked at Gohan and said, "I'm sorry. I swear I had no idea at the time."

Gohan waved at him. His anger had diminished greatly. He had only needed to release his frustration with that punch. "That's okay. It's logical. You and Bulma had no ideal about Goten, Trunks, and me. I'm sorry for hitting you like that. Must be the Saiyan in me." He laughed lightly and then looked at Tomata. "No offense, Tomata."

Tomata half smiled at the demi-Saiyan and said, "I know the savagery of the Saiyans. I'm not insulted."

"Right."

"Oh no." Bulma muttered, "If Gohan reacted to the pregnancy like that, then how would Vegita and Chi Chi react?"

"What about Goten and Trunks?" Goku asked, "They're kids, they may not understand."

"Super powerful kids that could destroy this planet if mad enough." Gohan added.

"Okay! This is not a time for panic!" Piccolo boomed, "The best thing we can do is tell everyone at once so if anyone finds out by accident or rumor, it wouldn't feel so bad."

"Great!" Goku exclaimed at the plan. It would be a good idea to have everything out into the open. "We'll get everyone, especially Vegita here an-"

"No!!!" Dende, Piccolo, and Mr. Popo yelled at the same time.

"We can't risk having the Lookout destroyed!" Mr. Popo argued, "Can you imagine the damage Vegita and even Goten and Trunks will cause?"

At once, everyone pictured the Lookout exploding in a giant blast. "Bad idea." Goku agreed.

"We could hold him back when we tell him." Gohan figured, "Goku and I can hold Vegita back. Tomata and Dende can handle Goten and Trunks... Piccolo can you handle Mom?"

"No one can handle your mother." Piccolo answered, "But I'll try."

"Okay, we'll get everyone up here and we'll tell them the news." Goku said.

"What news?" Trunks asked as he and Goten land.

"Should we tell them now?" Bulma asked Goku.

"Might as well." Goku said as he knelt down next to Goten. "Trunks, Goten, we have something to tell you two."

"What is it?" Goten asked.

"Ummmm..." Goku and Bulma looked at each other hesitantly.

"Trunks, Goten..." Bulma said as she smiled, "I'm going to have a baby."

The Gohan and every other warrior tensed as the two powerful warriors gasped. "A baby?" Trunks repeated.

Goten jumped in joy as he hugged his friend. "All right! You're going to be an older brother!" Goten realized as Trunks nodded.

"Yeah. I'm going to have a baby brother or sister." Trunks muttered. "Cool!"

The warriors sighed in relief at the response. "Trunks, Goten..." Goku said as he scratched his head, "I'm the father."

"Huh?" The kids looked at Goku with dropped jaws.

"No way!" Goten yelled, "How can you be the dad?"

Trunks' body trembled as he went to his knees. "No..." Trunks muttered, "NO!!! That means that my mom and your dad will have to get married!"

"What do you mean?" Goten is confused. Why did his father and Trunks' mother had to be married?

"Duh!" Trunks yelled, "That's the way it works! Two people get together and if they have a baby, they get married!"

"I thought it was first get married then have babies." Goten said as he looked at his father and Bulma.

"Nope, these days its the other way around and if they are married, they go on the Jerry Spraenger Show, and fight it out there." Trunks and Goten looked at each other and then at Goku and Bulma. It dawned on them that their lives will never be the same again.

"No! Don't leave us!" Goten pleaded as he ran up to his father and wrapped his arms and legs around Goku's legs. "I don't wanna go on Jerry Spraenger and watch you and Mommy go on a fight!!!"

Goku toppled back and forth and finally stood up straight. The man gazed down at the boy. He still wished that he could remember Goten from before he saw him on Lotcamel. The boy was so bright and strong, and he was a smaller version of himself. "Goten..." Goku gently pulled his son away and patted him on the head. "I really like you, even though I can't remember you before I lost my memory. I won't leave you, your mother, and Gohan." He looked at Gohan who was standing to the side. "And I won't go on this Jerry Spraenger Show. I promise."

Goten looked up with tears in his eyes. "You mean it?" He didn't want his father to leave. His father just came back after six months away from home and before that, he was dead for seven years.

Goku laughed and rubbed Goten's head. "You bet, little buddy."

Trunks went up to his mother and asked, "You won't throw my dad out right? I mean, I don't want to either of you. I want it back to normal with you and Dad arguing about little things now!" He started to cry as he held his own mother tight.

Bulma sighed as she patted her own son's head. "Don't worry. Just because I'm going to have this baby, doesn't mean that I don't love you. In a few days, your grandfather will rebuild that machine and Goku and me will have our memories back." **Orang, what will we do?** She is still confused about what will happen. At least their kids understood what was going on but they still have to tell Vegita and Chi Chi and that will be the most dangerous part.

**I don't know.** Goku replied as he held his son, "Say, Goten, I have a question. What's this Jerry Spraenger show?"

"It's a talk show." Gohan explained, "People get on, tell their stories, and get into slap fights with those involved with the story. It gets pretty weird, even by our standards."

"I think I saw Mom watch one of those." Bulma commented as she paled, "Those things are weird." She glanced down at her son and asked, "Are you okay, Trunks?"

"I'll be fine." Trunks lied as he wiped his eyes. He wasn't one of those types who would bawl like Goten. He was the son of two of the most stubborn people on this planet and he would fight to keep the image of himself as the strong one.

"Good. Because we still have to tell Vegita and the others." Bulma held her stomach in anxiety.

"Don't worry, I'll make sure Vegita doesn't harm you when he finds out." Tomata promised.

*****

It took one hour to gather everyone on to the Lookout. Beside the ones who were on the Lookout already, no one else knew. The ones who came were Krillian's family, Master Roshi, Chi Chi, Yamcha, Puar, and Vegita.

"What's the matter?" Krillian asked as he held Marron in his arms.

"Why do I have to be here? It's not another enemy is it?" Vegita demanded. He was upset. In the past few days, he was feeling tense from all the stress that had been happening; Bulma and Kakarot being in love, the Exiled returning, the revelation that Humans and Saiyans are related, and the pain of Bulma looking at him with fear in her eyes. The only way he released the pressure was with training and he wasn't training right now.

"No... it's just..." Bulma gazed at Goku for an answer. During the hour wait, she had been rehearsing the speech constantly but now, her mind went blank. "Ummm..."

"I swear, we didn't know anything at the time." Goku insisted.

"It's my fault. I insisted that it should happen." Tomata argued as she came up.

"What happened?" Chi Chi asked as the scowled. Her women's intuition told her that something was very wrong.

"I'm going to have Goku's baby." Bulma blurred out and then hid behind Goku.

At once, there was complete silence. The group looked at each other and then at Vegita and Chi Chi. Gohan, Goku, Goten, Trunks, Piccolo, and Tomata all tensed up in anticipation. Chi Chi gave out an exasperated cry of disbelief as she sank to her knees and sobbed her broken heart out. Vegita reacted like he normally would. He went Super Saiyan II and flew up at Goku.

"I'll kill you, bastard!!!" He screamed as Goku went Super Saiyan and held him off. Vegita roared and then grabbed Goku by the throat. Goku went out of Super Saiyan mode and gasped for air.

"Let him go!" Tomata ordered as she grabbed Vegita by the neck. "It wasn't his fault!"

Vegita looked at her and smiled. "You are right. It's not Kakarot's fault." He reached up behind him and tossed her to the side. Tomata landed on the ground with a thud.

Piccolo, Gohan, Goten, and Trunks was about to step in when they heard a voice in their heads. **No! He needs to release his anger!** Tomata argued as she got up. "Would you like to fight? Because if you are, I'm ready!"

Vegita went up to her and grabbed her arm with incredible strength. "Already? You had a few more days to go."

Tomata nod and then said, "I know. But, I had enough time. Besides, you look like you need someone to beat up."

"Good." Vegita smiled with delight. He had been waiting for the moment when he could exact a punishment on the Exile. She was the reason for all of his problems and needed to be taken down and made to acknowledge her low status. He knew that Bulma would get mad if he hurt her, but she had betrayed him. She had defiled their bond with the man who was used to taking everything away from him and rankly, he really did not care if she got mad anymore.

"But if I survive, you must promise me that after Bulma regains her memory that you will give her another chance if she desires it." Tomata said. She wanted the fight to be over. Ever since she went Super Saiyan, she was eager to fight Vegita and show him how powerful she is.

"Tomata! Wait!" Yamcha argued as he reached up to Tomata and held her. "Have you lost your mind?! You still have a few more days to train!"

Tomata looked up into the man's brown eyes and smiled. "I can handle it now." She took Yamcha's hand and held it in her hand. "Trust me. Please."

Yamcha stared into Tomata's dark eyes. He could sense that she had changed. Her power was great and she seemed so confident in herself. "I do trust you but I don't want you to lose you."

"Neither do I. I thought about you every day that I was training." Tomata said, "But, I need this. I have to fight for my rights."

"Tomata..." Yamcha whispered as he came close to her. His heart pounded at the thought of Tomata dying at the hands of Vegita.

"Yamcha..."

"Excuse me!" Vegita boomed as he came up, "I hate to interrupt this little romance scene but we have a battle to fight! Meet me at the old Cell Games arena at sunset!" Vegita ordered.

"I'll be there." Tomata growled as Vegita powered up and flew down to the earth below.

After the super angry Saiyan blasted off, the group relaxed and then looked at Tomata, Goku, and Bulma. "Bulma, are you really pregnant with Goku's kid?" Yamcha finally asked as he was already worried about Tomata being hurt by Vegita and not had to deal with two of his best friends possiblly having a baby together.

"I'm afraid so." Bulma answered as she held her stomach, "Piccolo verified it himself. I'm so sorry. I had no idea at the time."

"This story will get very complicated." Krillian commented.

"Like it's not already?" Oolong asked, "I mean we have two people with amnesia and in love, a lost Saiyan woman who was exiled, the revelation that Saiyans and Humans are related, and now a baby. This author have one twisted imagination."

"What are you guys talking about?" Goku asked the two. He doesn't have any idea what they were talking about. Like most of the stuff they talk about already.

"Long story." Piccolo said, "Trust me, you wouldn't understand. Let's get back on track." He gazed over the Lookout and said, "Sunset is in two hours. You better rest up, Tomata."

"Good idea. I'm hungry!" Tomata said as she sat down, "Do you have anything to eat, Mr. Popo?"

"Yeah, now that you mention it, I'm kinda hungry myself." Goku added as he rubbed his stomach, "Tomata and I aren't the best cooks."

"That's an understatement."

All at once, everyone face faulted.

*****

After a good meal, the group finally settled down. Goku rubbed his stomach and sighed in relief. "That was great."

"Yes." Tomata agreed as she looked at the sky. It was getting closer to sunset. Just one more hour until her battle.

"Tomata, you're very confident about this fight." Gohan observed, "What happened in there?"

"I can't say." Tomata replied, "All I can say is that I can handle Vegita."

"How's Chi Chi?" Bulma asked as she looked at the brooding woman. Chi Chi had finally recovered from her bout of shock and just went to the steps to sulk.

"Not too good." Piccolo answered, "I'll go and talk to her. I've known her for a very long time."

"And the fact that you were Kami could help too." Gohan added helpfully. "Thank you, Piccolo."

Piccolo smiled at the young man. He knew Goku and his family for a very long time. He could still remember Gohan as a scared little boy and now he's a young brave man. All that was wrong with him now is the Great Saiyaman costume and the dumb poses.

The former god went over to Chi Chi and sat down next to her. The two sat on the ground silently. Chi Chi glanced over at the warrior and then sighs, deciding to talk to him as she knows no one else will understand.

Chi Chi crossed her arms and looked away. "Piccolo." It wasn't like she hated Piccolo. Once, she would've attacked him if he even get close but after getting to know him better before the Androids she grew to like him. She grew a certain respect for the man for his wisdom and good manners.

"You seem pretty calm. Especially since that..."

"Since that whore took my Goku and now is pregnant with _his_ child?!" Chi Chi snapped as her eyes lit up with anger.

Piccolo gulped as he fought every urge to run away. For some unknown reason, he tended to be afraid of the woman despite her lack of power. "I understand your anger, Chi Chi, when I found out about it too, I was shocked. Gohan was upset too."

Chi Chi sobbed into her hands. "Why does this always happen to me? I'm just want to be a good mother and wife. But, it feels like that every month something happens. A monster attacks, aliens threaten the world, someone wanted to kill Goku, and then of course those damn Dragon Balls took him away from me with that damn wish!" Chi Chi wailed as she cried.

Piccolo conjured up a handkerchief and gave it to her. "Here. Blow."

The woman complied and blew on it hard. "Thanks." She sniffed, "But, what can I do? My husband is gone! I can't ask him to give up the baby! Why must this happen to me?"

"I don't know." Piccolo answered solemnly. It was one of the answers he could never give despite his vast experiences as both the demon and the god. "That's one of the woes of having Goku as a husband. Weird stuff happens to certain people. Things are just like that."

"I know." Chi Chi sighed. "I've been doing some thinking. When I married Goku, I was just happy to be with the man I loved. But since Goku returned, he is not the same. He does not love me. He does not even know me. I don't even know what I am destined to be anymore. I thought it was just to be a good wife and mother. I guess that's what Goku wants from me. What do I want from me?"

"Chi Chi, you managed to raise two of the most powerful boys in the world, one of them without a father. You also been through many things. Too much for any normal person to handle without losing their minds." Piccolo explained as he looked over to see the others leaving. "I am telling the truth."

Chi Chi remained silent as she looked on. "I know. It's just... damn it, all I have are my children now and Gohan is already a young adult. Goten will grow up one day and after that, what will I be?"

Piccolo frowned and then nod. "I understand what you must feel. I have my own identity crisis. Look at me, I was born as a double to a demon, then I was merged with a Namekian warrior named Nail, then remerge with Kami. I sometimes wonder who I was. I am no longer a god, nor am I a demon, all I know is that I am mortal and a Namekian. I am also a mentor, I know that much."

"How do you cope?"

The warrior shrugged. "I just do. I ponder myself many times and I just accept that who I am and what I am is Piccolo. That is what I believe in. Look, there's a battle at the old Cell Games arena that will determine the fate of one woman. If you'd like I will take you there."

"Tomata's fight with Vegita." Chi Chi realized. It was getting late and getting close to sunset. "I'll go. I need something to keep my mind off things."

"Let's go." Piccolo picked up the woman and flew off.

*****

Tomata stood silently as she stare at the sky. She had never seen an Earth sunset before. The sky was blue with orange/red highlights, the clouds were an odd shade of pink, and there was a silence that seem to echo everywhere. In many ways, it was like a sunset on Lotcamel and yet it was not.

"I love sunset." Yamcha sighed as he stood beside her. "I see them all the time in the desert but I never see the exact same one."

"That's the same way on Planet Vegita and Planet Lotcamel." Tomata replied, "Never the same sunset."

"Nice to know that some things are the same on every planet, eh?" Yamcha joked.

Tomata gazed up into the sky. She had been to several planets and seen many things but it was true. Every planet she had been to had a sunset. Every planet with one sun has a sunset. She could vividly recall sunsets of both Planet Vegita and Planet Lotcamel. "Yes."

"Tomata?" Yamcha asked as he held her hand, "I need to ask you something. If... by... I mean after... you... er... ah... fight the battle... and... possibly get healed up..." Yamcha closed his eyes. He was nervous and didn't want to do it but he had to. "Go out with me?"

"Huh?" Tomata stepped back in confusion.

"A date. With me." Yamcha replied as he looked at her and turned bright red. "Some dinner (boy would that be expensive), a walk on the beach... maybe a movie... if you want to." He felt so embarrassed. It had been a long time since he asked a woman for a date. Tomata may not live to see tonight. He knew that he wanted to be around her and had been planing all day on how he would ask her on a date. In his rehearsals, he had attempted to be suave and dashing. But now he sounded like an awkward teenager who was asking the homecoming queen to the prom.

Tomata smiled warmly and kissed his hand. "I'd love to go on this date with you after the fight."

Yamcha's eyes lit up. "You mean it?!"

"Of course." Tomata replied, "I'd like to go out on this... date with you. And it will give me an incentive to live through this." She wanted another reason to live through the battle.

"I... ah... thanks." Yamcha said as he smiled goofily.

Tomata nodded and then went to the group of warriors. She put on her most brave face and said, "Guys, I must ask you a very hard thing for all of you to do. If you can't do it, then watch the fight at a distance."

"What is it?" Gohan asked, "What do you need for us to do?"

Tomata frowned and gazed harshly at Vegita who was standing at a distance. "The fight will last one hour and that's a very long time. If it looks like Vegita will kill me and I don't have any hope, hold back. Don't rescue me. Yell if you like but don't defend me."

The warriors looked at her like she lost her mind. "What?! You expect us to do nothing if Vegita was about to kill you?" Gohan exclaimed. The man was never for watching those he cared about suffer. He knew that he was more of a match for the mighty Saiyan thanks to the power up but Tomata was much weaker despite the fact she was a full-blooded Saiyan and was much older than he. Despite all the training, she could still die.

"Okay. I'll try to hold the others back if they try to interfere." Goku promised as everyone else gawked at the warrior.

"Dad?! You can't be serious! I thought you think of Tomata like a sister!" Gohan screamed. He knew that despite memory loss, Goku shouldn't have let Tomata do something suicidal.

"I do." Goku glared at Gohan with determination, "But this is Tomata's honor. If anyone saves her, she won't be able to regain it. This is just as hard on me as it is on you but it must be done." Goku nodded toward Tomata and she nod back in understanding.

"Thank you." Tomata said as she walked to the arena. The other warriors parted and followed her. All her life, she never dreamt that this day would come. The day that she will regain what was once hers. She stepped on the ring with Vegita staring at her. "I'm ready." She said with every ounce of determination in her voice.

To be continued...





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