A/N: Every one has been saying that the lemon on the last chapter I wrote was great. Sorry to say it. Lady Thundera wrote the lemon on Chapter 8 on this fic. Hehe. Sorry for the misunderstanding guys. She wrote the lemon great and I can't thank her enough. Hope you like this Chapter. R/R
Chapter 9:
The morning light had touched her eyes. And she turned over to fined her husband gone. Waking up alone again. It was expected, but still.... It hurt. She lay there her arm stretched out to Goku's side of the bed her fingers running over the soft material of the mattress. It was a bit wired to Chichi at first. She had cried for only the first hour that morning and then nothing but a smile from that point on, had graced her face. Yes her heart hurt, but her soul was full of love. The warmth from his body was gone and the bed was cool to the touch, but for Chichi, she could still remember the warmth Goku had for her. His love. Last night would always be with her, and she would never for get it.
The day went by and a little bit before lunch Gohan and Goten came home, expecting to find their mother cooking, but sadly she wasn't. In fact, she hadn't even gotten out of bed. She was in the same position she was when she woke up, her fingers stroking the bed, as she looked at Goku's side, a smile on her face.
It had become late, and still Chichi had not moved an inch, nor talked to her boys, she just smiled. Having Gohan start to worry, he tried his best to get a response out of his mother; even bringing Goten in, thinking that he would snap her out of it. But again, she just lied there, as if she couldn't even see or hear them. But he didn't push, afraid that his kid brother would start to worry more then he already was. He didn't want Goten to think some thing was wrong with his mom. He knew his brother was very protective of her; he always was, being the only parent and all. And he couldn't just say that she was sad because their father left again. Goten would ask so many question then. He didn't have the heart to tell him, that he lost his only chance to meet his father.
Sending Goten out to play, and saying that their mom was just running a fever, Gohan went back to his mother's room and sat on the bed. Looking at her he saw that the sheets were slowly falling off, a bit embarrassed, he grabbed them and pulled them back up to her neck, covering her bare skin. Putting a hand on her back he frowned.
"Mother?....Please mom, talk to me......" His voice soft and full of concern; he never saw her like this. Never.
He waited, but there was no reply. He lend over his mother and looked at her face. Her smile still in place and her fingers slowly moving. "Mom, I'm worried about you. You can't stay in bed forever. Goten needs you...... I need you. Please tell me what's wrong...."Sighing, he couldn't give up yet. "Mom, please just tell me why you keep looking there. Dad's gone. And I know he wouldn't want you to do this to your self. It's not healthy."
Just as he thought he might have to call some one, she moved her head just a bit, as if getting a bit more comfortable.
"Mom?"
Her voice was soft, and it was music to his ears to hear it finally. "I know he's gone, Gohan." Her eyes never leaving the spot on Goku's side and her fingers never stopped moving.
"They why mom? Why are you still laying here, when Goten is starting to worry about you?" Gohan said getting up and walking over to the other side of the bed. Kneeling down on the floor he looked at his mother and saw a few tears fall down her face, but her smile never faded.
"Because, I can still see him in the back of my mind. " She said quietly as the tears hit the pillow. "I know our time together here on earth is up. But maybe if I stay here long enough and don't move, I can just replay our day together in my mind and pretend he just went to see Krillin, and that he'll be back soon to lay with me......to hold me."
Her voice was so lost and full of hope that it would come true, that it broke Gohan's heart to hear it. It brought tears to his eyes to know it wouldn't come true and she didn't understand that. He didn't know what to do, and he didn't know what to say. And for a moment he wished he could be a kid again and crawl into his mother's arms and lay with her, waiting for his father to come home.
But he couldn't. His little brother was out side playing and needed him and most of all, his mother, but here she was lost in a dream: wishing for some thing that would never come true.
Turning around so that he couldn't see his mother's saddened eyes, he leaned against the side of the bed. Sitting there he looked out the window not sure of what to do. Seeing his mother like this terrified him, unsure of what might happen to her if she remained like this. He was so confused as to what to do; he was beginning to become frustrated. He wondered how his mother did it when he and his father would go off to battle, worrying about what would happen to her boy and husband. He never felt so helpless, he tired ever thing to get her to snap out of it, but all he got was a few words of pain that only made his heart break for his mother.
After fallowing a bug for an hour and a half Goten soon became bored, and started to wonder why Gohan wanted him out of the house. Was his mother really that sick? His innocence getting the best of him, he walked back into the house and opened a can of soup. His mom always gave him soup when he was sick.
After heating up the soup in the microwave he carried it up to his mothers room, spilling some over the bowl ever once in a while. Finally getting to the room and sitting the soup on the desk next to his mother's bed, he took a look around.
Looking over at Gohan he saw that he had fallen asleep, so he grabbed an extra blanket and laid it on Gohan to keep him warm. "Wow, guess Gohan is getting sick too." His voice quiet so he didn't wake his mother who had fallen asleep as well. "Hm... I bet I should make Gohan some soup too. Where going to need a lot more soup then...... and I'm kinda hungry too, and I can't use the stove. Maybe I should just wait for Gohan to wake up. I wish mom was feeling better."
Not sure how else to help he crawled up on the bed and under his mothers hand that was stretched out to Goku's side. This causing Chichi's eyes to snap open, thinking that Goku had come back, but he hadn't. Instead of seeing Goku's loving eyes, she was met with Goten's worried ones. It had been the first time she had looked at her son all day.
He looked so much like Goku. Her son, he was so young. Tears hit the pillow as she realized how stupid she had been, laying here waiting for her dead husband to come back, while her son was worried to death about her. Sitting up and pulling the sheet with her, she looked over at Gohan who sat on the floor against the bed asleep. He had tried so hard to get her up. She felt so selfish for what she had been doing to them all. Yes it hurt. But her family came first, not her pain. It always did, and it always would. Its what made the pain fade in to nothing but a sad memory.
Sitting up Goten placed a hand on his mother shoulder. "Your suppose to be resting. Gohan said your sick. You should sleep. I brought you soup. Look." He said pointing to the half spilt bowl of soup to her side. "I think Gohan's sick too but I can't cook that much." He said looking at his mother with a sad smile.
"Pulling Goten into her arms she hugged him. "Its ok sweetie. I think Gohan is just sleepy. And I'm feeling a lot better thanks to you. It's getting kinda late, what do you say, we go and fix you something to eat?" She asked having Goten grin and nod.
"Ok!" And with that excited cheer he ran out the room and down stares to find out what he wanted to eat.
Chichi on the other hand got dressed and walked over to Gohan who was still sleeping. Kneeling down she pushed his hair out of his eyes and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you sweetie, for worrying about me so much and taking care of me all these years, but I'm going to be just fine. You don't need to worry about me any more. Your dad may be gone, but I still have you and Goten. Sleep well, my Gohan." She said softly so as not to wake him, as she grabbed his blanked Goten laid on him and stretched it out so that it would cover him completely. She knew how much worry could tier you out, and thought she should let him sleep.
Walking down stares she saw Goten had got out all kinds of boxes of food to cook, having her smile. She made Goten a snack and then took Goten for a walk, telling him stories of his father, knowing Goten would like it as was well as herself.
As they made there way threw yet another path, Chichi stopped to let Gotten run around, playing with small butterflies and kind animals she didn't think were dangerous. Taking a sit under a nice shady tree, she watched him jump, and play with so much energy she could only be reminded of Goku. So much was inside that boy of hers, she couldn't believe that she hadn't realized Goku would be with her more then she thought. In both her boys; Gohan with his inner need to protect life, and Goten... was just the perfect image of Goku..... Goku was gone, but she now knew that she had plenty of him right here with her, loving and caring for her ever second of ever day. Smiling she stood up and called for Goten, knowing Gohan would soon be up and worried about her..... her dear boy, always so protective.......
Just as she though, once she and Goten stepped into the house, there she found Gohan worried to death, having him come up to hug her.
"There you are. I just woke up, and realized you weren't there." His voice full of concern. "Are you ok?......"
A smile graced Chichi's face and she nodded, hugging her boy softly. "I'm fine, don't worry about me. I'm ok, and there is nothing to worry about any more."
He looked her over, still concerned from earlier. Was she really ok, or was she just hiding it just like always. He didn't know if he could take it if she fell into another state of ..... he didn't even know what to call it, but still, he didn't know if he could handle that again. Afraid of loosing her was something he just could not stand.
Seeing the worry on her sons face she reassured him that there was nothing wrong, that she would be just fine. And with that Gohan, a bit uneasy, let the subject drop, just as the phone rang, having him go answer it.
"Hi, Son's residents, Gohan speaking."
"Oh hi Gohan. This is Bulma is your mother there? I would like to talk to her." Bulma replied from the other end.
"Uh, yeah, just a sec." Turning around he looked at his mother and handed out the phone. "Its Bulma, she wants to talk to you."
Grabbing the phone Chi sighed, hoping Bulma wouldn't say anything upsetting. She figured today, was a bit to stressful enough. "Hello, Bulma. What can I do for you?"
Smiling from the other end of the line Bulma knew every thing would work just right. "Hi, Chichi!" Came her unexpected cheery voice. "Well, I just heard Goku stopped bye yesterday, and thought you might need to hear a friendly voice."
The sound of her way to cheery voice made her realized some thing was not right, but decided to continue the conversation. "Yes, yes he did."
"Well, I just thought that it would be a good idea if you and the boys came over tomorrow afternoon for lunch. You know talk about Goku and just catch up. It's been a while since we just had a nice little get together. Nothing big, just your family and mine for lunch. My place. What do you say?"
"Umm... Well that's quite unexpected Bulma. But..... A... sure. I suppose we could do that. I'll bring the boys over tomorrow about 12:00. I'll talk to you then." ChiChi answered a bit worried as to why Bulma would want to spend time together. The two weren't that close of friends, so why all of a sudden would she want to talk.......
"Great talk to you then. Bye!"
"....Bye....." And with that Chichi turned to her two boys, who were sitting at the table. "umm... We were invited to have lunch with Bulma's family. So don't you two run off in to morning." She told them, having them both nod yes.
Gohan looked down for a moment..... "Will Trunks be there?" He asked, a bit worried on how his mother would react in front of him if he were.
Chichi stopped for a moment and thought about it. Did she want to see him there; part of her hoped that he wouldn't be there, while the other part of her didn't want to act like that. She wanted to apologies for what she said..... She hopped he wasn't to angry with her, she just seemed to say what ever she could to get him to leave her alone. She decided to just make amends with him and be friends. So smiling she nodded. "I hope he is. I'm sure Vegeta will be in the Gravity room again, and while me and Bulma are talking, the kids will be playing. That will leave you alone, so hopefully his there to keep you company." She replied to his question.
Gohan nodded... not sure how she still felt about this, did she really want him there?.....
Just as Bulma hung up her phone, her son from the future entered the room. "Oh hi, dear. I invited Chichi over for lunch tomorrow; she'll be bringing the boys too. I'm sure you and Gohan will have so much to talk about. You know he has a new girlfriend right? Kinda boyish, but still pretty good for Gohan-"
"Wait! What?" Trunks said cutting her off. "Chichi's coming over for lunch tomorrow. Why? Mother, what are you up too?" He said crossing his arms, much like his father, becoming a bit angered that his own mother was acting like this.
"What? I'm not up to any thing." She said innocently. "I just want to talk to Chichi and see the boys. Goten is growing up so fast. But any ways I can't talk right now, I have to make another phone call. Now go on." She said pointing to the door, gesturing that he leave the room, which he did still knowing that something wasn't right.
Turning back around Bulma smiled and flipped open her address book. Finding the number she picked up the phone and called.
"Hello?"
"Oh hi, Eric. This is Bulma, remember?" She smiled wickedly.
"Oh, hello Bulma, How are you this fine day." Came the man's smooth voice.
"I'm fine thank you. I was just sitting here worried about a friend of mine. The poor girl lost her husband quiet a bit back, and she's still very lonely..... and well..... I knew you were single... So..... What are you doing tomorrow for lunch?..........
TBC............
A/N: Ahhhhh! I know I know, where the hell have I been, dieing that's where. But hey, I'm back. Yeah, I know I continue to say that, but really, I'm going to work extra hard for you. Please Read and review so I know you guys are still reading my story. I need a bit more motivation. I'd hate to continue on a story, that no one is reading.. :( I didn't get to re read this one, so sorry if there were a lot of bad spelling. Sorry.
Chapter 9:
The morning light had touched her eyes. And she turned over to fined her husband gone. Waking up alone again. It was expected, but still.... It hurt. She lay there her arm stretched out to Goku's side of the bed her fingers running over the soft material of the mattress. It was a bit wired to Chichi at first. She had cried for only the first hour that morning and then nothing but a smile from that point on, had graced her face. Yes her heart hurt, but her soul was full of love. The warmth from his body was gone and the bed was cool to the touch, but for Chichi, she could still remember the warmth Goku had for her. His love. Last night would always be with her, and she would never for get it.
The day went by and a little bit before lunch Gohan and Goten came home, expecting to find their mother cooking, but sadly she wasn't. In fact, she hadn't even gotten out of bed. She was in the same position she was when she woke up, her fingers stroking the bed, as she looked at Goku's side, a smile on her face.
It had become late, and still Chichi had not moved an inch, nor talked to her boys, she just smiled. Having Gohan start to worry, he tried his best to get a response out of his mother; even bringing Goten in, thinking that he would snap her out of it. But again, she just lied there, as if she couldn't even see or hear them. But he didn't push, afraid that his kid brother would start to worry more then he already was. He didn't want Goten to think some thing was wrong with his mom. He knew his brother was very protective of her; he always was, being the only parent and all. And he couldn't just say that she was sad because their father left again. Goten would ask so many question then. He didn't have the heart to tell him, that he lost his only chance to meet his father.
Sending Goten out to play, and saying that their mom was just running a fever, Gohan went back to his mother's room and sat on the bed. Looking at her he saw that the sheets were slowly falling off, a bit embarrassed, he grabbed them and pulled them back up to her neck, covering her bare skin. Putting a hand on her back he frowned.
"Mother?....Please mom, talk to me......" His voice soft and full of concern; he never saw her like this. Never.
He waited, but there was no reply. He lend over his mother and looked at her face. Her smile still in place and her fingers slowly moving. "Mom, I'm worried about you. You can't stay in bed forever. Goten needs you...... I need you. Please tell me what's wrong...."Sighing, he couldn't give up yet. "Mom, please just tell me why you keep looking there. Dad's gone. And I know he wouldn't want you to do this to your self. It's not healthy."
Just as he thought he might have to call some one, she moved her head just a bit, as if getting a bit more comfortable.
"Mom?"
Her voice was soft, and it was music to his ears to hear it finally. "I know he's gone, Gohan." Her eyes never leaving the spot on Goku's side and her fingers never stopped moving.
"They why mom? Why are you still laying here, when Goten is starting to worry about you?" Gohan said getting up and walking over to the other side of the bed. Kneeling down on the floor he looked at his mother and saw a few tears fall down her face, but her smile never faded.
"Because, I can still see him in the back of my mind. " She said quietly as the tears hit the pillow. "I know our time together here on earth is up. But maybe if I stay here long enough and don't move, I can just replay our day together in my mind and pretend he just went to see Krillin, and that he'll be back soon to lay with me......to hold me."
Her voice was so lost and full of hope that it would come true, that it broke Gohan's heart to hear it. It brought tears to his eyes to know it wouldn't come true and she didn't understand that. He didn't know what to do, and he didn't know what to say. And for a moment he wished he could be a kid again and crawl into his mother's arms and lay with her, waiting for his father to come home.
But he couldn't. His little brother was out side playing and needed him and most of all, his mother, but here she was lost in a dream: wishing for some thing that would never come true.
Turning around so that he couldn't see his mother's saddened eyes, he leaned against the side of the bed. Sitting there he looked out the window not sure of what to do. Seeing his mother like this terrified him, unsure of what might happen to her if she remained like this. He was so confused as to what to do; he was beginning to become frustrated. He wondered how his mother did it when he and his father would go off to battle, worrying about what would happen to her boy and husband. He never felt so helpless, he tired ever thing to get her to snap out of it, but all he got was a few words of pain that only made his heart break for his mother.
After fallowing a bug for an hour and a half Goten soon became bored, and started to wonder why Gohan wanted him out of the house. Was his mother really that sick? His innocence getting the best of him, he walked back into the house and opened a can of soup. His mom always gave him soup when he was sick.
After heating up the soup in the microwave he carried it up to his mothers room, spilling some over the bowl ever once in a while. Finally getting to the room and sitting the soup on the desk next to his mother's bed, he took a look around.
Looking over at Gohan he saw that he had fallen asleep, so he grabbed an extra blanket and laid it on Gohan to keep him warm. "Wow, guess Gohan is getting sick too." His voice quiet so he didn't wake his mother who had fallen asleep as well. "Hm... I bet I should make Gohan some soup too. Where going to need a lot more soup then...... and I'm kinda hungry too, and I can't use the stove. Maybe I should just wait for Gohan to wake up. I wish mom was feeling better."
Not sure how else to help he crawled up on the bed and under his mothers hand that was stretched out to Goku's side. This causing Chichi's eyes to snap open, thinking that Goku had come back, but he hadn't. Instead of seeing Goku's loving eyes, she was met with Goten's worried ones. It had been the first time she had looked at her son all day.
He looked so much like Goku. Her son, he was so young. Tears hit the pillow as she realized how stupid she had been, laying here waiting for her dead husband to come back, while her son was worried to death about her. Sitting up and pulling the sheet with her, she looked over at Gohan who sat on the floor against the bed asleep. He had tried so hard to get her up. She felt so selfish for what she had been doing to them all. Yes it hurt. But her family came first, not her pain. It always did, and it always would. Its what made the pain fade in to nothing but a sad memory.
Sitting up Goten placed a hand on his mother shoulder. "Your suppose to be resting. Gohan said your sick. You should sleep. I brought you soup. Look." He said pointing to the half spilt bowl of soup to her side. "I think Gohan's sick too but I can't cook that much." He said looking at his mother with a sad smile.
"Pulling Goten into her arms she hugged him. "Its ok sweetie. I think Gohan is just sleepy. And I'm feeling a lot better thanks to you. It's getting kinda late, what do you say, we go and fix you something to eat?" She asked having Goten grin and nod.
"Ok!" And with that excited cheer he ran out the room and down stares to find out what he wanted to eat.
Chichi on the other hand got dressed and walked over to Gohan who was still sleeping. Kneeling down she pushed his hair out of his eyes and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you sweetie, for worrying about me so much and taking care of me all these years, but I'm going to be just fine. You don't need to worry about me any more. Your dad may be gone, but I still have you and Goten. Sleep well, my Gohan." She said softly so as not to wake him, as she grabbed his blanked Goten laid on him and stretched it out so that it would cover him completely. She knew how much worry could tier you out, and thought she should let him sleep.
Walking down stares she saw Goten had got out all kinds of boxes of food to cook, having her smile. She made Goten a snack and then took Goten for a walk, telling him stories of his father, knowing Goten would like it as was well as herself.
As they made there way threw yet another path, Chichi stopped to let Gotten run around, playing with small butterflies and kind animals she didn't think were dangerous. Taking a sit under a nice shady tree, she watched him jump, and play with so much energy she could only be reminded of Goku. So much was inside that boy of hers, she couldn't believe that she hadn't realized Goku would be with her more then she thought. In both her boys; Gohan with his inner need to protect life, and Goten... was just the perfect image of Goku..... Goku was gone, but she now knew that she had plenty of him right here with her, loving and caring for her ever second of ever day. Smiling she stood up and called for Goten, knowing Gohan would soon be up and worried about her..... her dear boy, always so protective.......
Just as she though, once she and Goten stepped into the house, there she found Gohan worried to death, having him come up to hug her.
"There you are. I just woke up, and realized you weren't there." His voice full of concern. "Are you ok?......"
A smile graced Chichi's face and she nodded, hugging her boy softly. "I'm fine, don't worry about me. I'm ok, and there is nothing to worry about any more."
He looked her over, still concerned from earlier. Was she really ok, or was she just hiding it just like always. He didn't know if he could take it if she fell into another state of ..... he didn't even know what to call it, but still, he didn't know if he could handle that again. Afraid of loosing her was something he just could not stand.
Seeing the worry on her sons face she reassured him that there was nothing wrong, that she would be just fine. And with that Gohan, a bit uneasy, let the subject drop, just as the phone rang, having him go answer it.
"Hi, Son's residents, Gohan speaking."
"Oh hi Gohan. This is Bulma is your mother there? I would like to talk to her." Bulma replied from the other end.
"Uh, yeah, just a sec." Turning around he looked at his mother and handed out the phone. "Its Bulma, she wants to talk to you."
Grabbing the phone Chi sighed, hoping Bulma wouldn't say anything upsetting. She figured today, was a bit to stressful enough. "Hello, Bulma. What can I do for you?"
Smiling from the other end of the line Bulma knew every thing would work just right. "Hi, Chichi!" Came her unexpected cheery voice. "Well, I just heard Goku stopped bye yesterday, and thought you might need to hear a friendly voice."
The sound of her way to cheery voice made her realized some thing was not right, but decided to continue the conversation. "Yes, yes he did."
"Well, I just thought that it would be a good idea if you and the boys came over tomorrow afternoon for lunch. You know talk about Goku and just catch up. It's been a while since we just had a nice little get together. Nothing big, just your family and mine for lunch. My place. What do you say?"
"Umm... Well that's quite unexpected Bulma. But..... A... sure. I suppose we could do that. I'll bring the boys over tomorrow about 12:00. I'll talk to you then." ChiChi answered a bit worried as to why Bulma would want to spend time together. The two weren't that close of friends, so why all of a sudden would she want to talk.......
"Great talk to you then. Bye!"
"....Bye....." And with that Chichi turned to her two boys, who were sitting at the table. "umm... We were invited to have lunch with Bulma's family. So don't you two run off in to morning." She told them, having them both nod yes.
Gohan looked down for a moment..... "Will Trunks be there?" He asked, a bit worried on how his mother would react in front of him if he were.
Chichi stopped for a moment and thought about it. Did she want to see him there; part of her hoped that he wouldn't be there, while the other part of her didn't want to act like that. She wanted to apologies for what she said..... She hopped he wasn't to angry with her, she just seemed to say what ever she could to get him to leave her alone. She decided to just make amends with him and be friends. So smiling she nodded. "I hope he is. I'm sure Vegeta will be in the Gravity room again, and while me and Bulma are talking, the kids will be playing. That will leave you alone, so hopefully his there to keep you company." She replied to his question.
Gohan nodded... not sure how she still felt about this, did she really want him there?.....
Just as Bulma hung up her phone, her son from the future entered the room. "Oh hi, dear. I invited Chichi over for lunch tomorrow; she'll be bringing the boys too. I'm sure you and Gohan will have so much to talk about. You know he has a new girlfriend right? Kinda boyish, but still pretty good for Gohan-"
"Wait! What?" Trunks said cutting her off. "Chichi's coming over for lunch tomorrow. Why? Mother, what are you up too?" He said crossing his arms, much like his father, becoming a bit angered that his own mother was acting like this.
"What? I'm not up to any thing." She said innocently. "I just want to talk to Chichi and see the boys. Goten is growing up so fast. But any ways I can't talk right now, I have to make another phone call. Now go on." She said pointing to the door, gesturing that he leave the room, which he did still knowing that something wasn't right.
Turning back around Bulma smiled and flipped open her address book. Finding the number she picked up the phone and called.
"Hello?"
"Oh hi, Eric. This is Bulma, remember?" She smiled wickedly.
"Oh, hello Bulma, How are you this fine day." Came the man's smooth voice.
"I'm fine thank you. I was just sitting here worried about a friend of mine. The poor girl lost her husband quiet a bit back, and she's still very lonely..... and well..... I knew you were single... So..... What are you doing tomorrow for lunch?..........
TBC............
A/N: Ahhhhh! I know I know, where the hell have I been, dieing that's where. But hey, I'm back. Yeah, I know I continue to say that, but really, I'm going to work extra hard for you. Please Read and review so I know you guys are still reading my story. I need a bit more motivation. I'd hate to continue on a story, that no one is reading.. :( I didn't get to re read this one, so sorry if there were a lot of bad spelling. Sorry.