Monster Island

Rhuda let go of Trunks hand and looked around the beautiful and untouched scenery. "It's so beautiful here," she said, eyeing the rolls of hills, the many exotic plants, and the breeze which swayed the large and voluptuous trees.

"I thought you might like it," Trunks said.

Kolard stirred a little in Trunks arms, and the half saiyan smiled. "He's waking up. Is it time for him to eat?"

"Maybe."

Rhuda took Kolard and offered her breast, and he suckled until full. She gently laid him onto the grass and changed his diaper after he gave a cute burp. "Heehee. You're already outgrowing your clothes," she told him.

"..."

Trunks looked on, seeing just how attached Rhuda was to Kolard. He must have been thinking on the subject heavily, as Rhuda said, "You're embarrassing me..."

"Sorry! I uh, was just thinking about how beautiful you are...being a mom." He said, sitting beside her on the tall grass.

"You r-really think so?"

"Yeah. And...I can't wait for it to be my turn."

'Hya...! Talking about it, I can't help but think about 'that!'

"Pfft. It's okay. I'm not...I mean, we're all alone here. Sorry that I...keep trying to push you into things." Trunks said. He pulled up some grass and flung it out, "You don't need to leave Gohans home. Kolard...needs his real Dad. I'll...manage."

"Ano...."

"Hm?"

Rhuda held Kolard and looked squarely at Trunks. "I want to live with Gohan. With Trunks, and Broly too."

"Uwah--" Trunks jerked a little, "All of us?"

"Is that...bad?"

Trunks took his time in answering. When he did, it was slowly, "...I'm not sure that's a good idea. But...we can try it."

"I'm being very selfish aren't I.." Rhuda looked away as a sadness filled her eyes. "...Thinking we could be one big family..."

"N-No, no, it's fine. I was uh, referring to something else."

'Something else?'

Trunks put his head to her shoulder. "Gohan will be able to hear everything, you know. And I don't think I'll be very gentle. A-At least...what I'm saying is that...when we're married...I won't hold back at all."

"Hya....T-Trunks is being v-very bold!"

Seeing Kolard asleep in a nice patch of soft grass, Trunks pushed his girlfriend down and stared at her beautiful face. "All this time you've driven me nuts. Every second of every day....I want those moments to be with you. Seeing Chisato...makes me feel like I finally have a home."

"Uuu...!"

"S-Sorry! Did I say too much?" Trunks leaned away but Rhuda tugged him down and held him, pressing his head to her bosom.

"The same. For me...I want to be beside Trunks forever. You have my heart and soul, so please...t-take good care of me."

"..." Trunks fell silent listening to her words and hearing how her heart raced. He relaxed into the arms of his beloved and vowed to do as she said. A quiet peace they shared for a time, until Trunks let his hands wander up and down her curvy side, squeezing the hip meat.

"Ahn..."

He could smell the scent of her, being so close, and it only made him that more eager to be married. "When...should we do it?"

"D-Do it? Kya...!"

"Not that! I mean, get married."

They picked a date one week in the future, giving both time to prepare and tell everyone. The rest of the day was spent on that Island with just the two of them talking and looking around at all the different creatures and flowers.

*

*

Gohans Home - Orange City

Rhuda tapped down just at the edge of darkness, having been gone all day with Kolard and Trunks. As she shut the door behind her, a shadow loomed over. "Hya!"

Broly pouted down at Rhuda unhappily. "Where were you?" He asked.

"Brother! I was with Trunks, on an island far away from here. Kolard as well." Rhuda held up her son, who had been the best of babies all day. Seeing that she was alright and so was his little nephew, Broly calmed down and walked from the foyer to the living room, where the TV set was on. It was the news, something a mysterious ball being discovered. Scientists had excavated the site and planned to run tests of the ancient rock.

Beyond the living room and without walls attaching it was the kitchen and dining room. There Rhuda could see Videl chopping away at vegetables, Pan helping. "Good evening, Videl, Pan," Rhuda said.

"Chisa! You're back!" Pan said. She dashed from the kitchen to her and hopped up and down, "Broly taught me a new move! It's super awesome!"

*

*

Gohan rolled his neck which was aching and scooted back in his chair, sighing up at the ceiling of his office. He yearned to be done already for the day but with being so behind on everything, that was a dream. The words on his screen had began to run together hours ago.

'I need to get some fresh air.'

He opened his window and was about to hop out of it, one bare foot on the sill, but stopped. Across from him in the grass was Rhuda and Pan, Kolard in the former's arms.

"Chisa! Look! Look!" Pan shouted.

His daughter leaned down and hopped up, punching a straight fist to the sky. Afterwards she kicked her left leg out, swinging to Rhuda whom blocked with her arm and caught her foot, pulling her up.

"How amazing! But you have to watch out for my counter. Do it again Pan, and this time be ready." Rhuda said.

Pan nodded and performed the same move, and as Rhuda blocked her leg, Pan hovered higher and thrust her hand out. "Hyah!" She sent a tiny, tiny blast to Rhuda who caught it and swat it away, where it burned some roses.

"Did you see that?" Pan asked excitedly. She dashed around and around Rhuda, "I shot a blast! Just like Daddy and Grandpa!"

Rhuda smiled and leaned over, snatching Pan into her arm for a side hug. She kissed the girls dark head. "That was amazing. You're doing so well, Pan."

"It's all because Chisa and Broly are here. I'm so happy! I wish you were tiny like me, that way we could play together every day." Pan said. She snuggled into Rhudas ribs and gave Kolard a hug, too.

Gohan hopped out of his office window and began clapping. "Pan! Nice one!"

"Daddy! Hee hee!" Pan ran over and hopped up to her fathers shoulders, tackling him to his back.

"Easy, easy. Dads a little sore," Gohan said.

He ruffled her hair and Pan looked up and over, "I'm gonna show Broly! See you later, Chisa!"

Like that the girl flew off to find Broly.

Gohan sat up and fixed his glasses, looking at Rhuda who was walking over. His dark eyes trailed from her lovely face to his son in her arms, half in a daze of wonder. Little did he know but it was the expression of one deeply in love.

'Chisato...' he thought, smiling a little too deeply.

"Pan is working very hard. I'm sure one day she'll beat all of us," Rhuda said. She held out her free hand and Gohan took it, hoisting himself up.

"Yeah I'll say. But you know...Kolard won't be a light weight."

"Our son is a legendary super saiyan...and already nearly as strong as I am," Rhuda reminded him.

'That's right. When she gave birth to him, Rhuda had trouble calming down, feeling his Ki rising with the stress of childbirth.' Gohan thought on that amazing day when Kolard was born, how crazy and beautiful it had been.

Both parents seemed to be thinking the same thing. It was an amiable peace for a moment before Rhuda spied something in Gohans hair. She reached and plucked out a leaf. As her hand drifted away from him Gohan lightly took it into his and kissed the tan knuckles.

('Gohan...he's so sweet. I'm thankful to have him by my side.)

Hearing such kind thoughts Gohans heart raced. He swept her into his chest, minding Kolard, and planted a kiss to her temple. "I'll always be here. So, did you have a nice day with Trunks?"

"Mhm." Rhuda snuggled into his chest and nuzzled his neck. It was an automatic response to his scent, a scent she inhaled and cherished.

Sensing her desire Gohan went still with sexual tension, and she rubbed her nose to his cheek, kissing it. Her next touch went into his hair, where her hand wade through the crazy untamed locks. Gohan shut his eyes, realizing how close they were, both in heart and bodies. It wasn't long and he forgot all about his sore neck until her hand kneaded into it.

"Nnn....that feels nice..." he mumbled to her ear.

"You've been working so hard. Without even a break...I knew that you must be very sore."

Gohan relaxed his tense shoulders. His body was getting hot under her massage, until even his ears were warm. 'Her hands are amazing.' They were the soft hands of a woman but also the strong ones of a fighter. Hands he knew well, had grabbed and held.

Rhuda finished her job and made to leave his arms, but Gohan couldn't stand the tension any longer. His hand cupped the nape of her neck and pulled her in for a passionate kiss. She tensed up, but as he persisted his coaxing his tongue entered her mouth, fondling her teeth and tongue, drinking everything in like a starving man until she relaxed.

('His tongue....is inside me...I can't even...think clearly.') He heard her mind say. There was a deep dusting of red across her tan cheeks, and eventually Rhuda rose her own to meet his. That desire had more than whittled away her worries to nothing, for the touch of her child's father was welcomed by her saiyan body.

Like that the two passed a few minutes engaging in the forbidden act of french kissing.

Finally having enough, Gohan pulled away and licked her spit from his lips, only to nuzzle her nose with his. "...Chisato...." he said hotly, "...let's go back in. If we don't I...might do something to you."

"Y-Yes."

But it didn't happen. Rhuda's saiyan instincts breathed in his wonderful aroma, the aroma of her mate and she was much too heated by him to move. Her lips kissed at his sharp jaw, sliding down to the space just below his ear.

Gohan groaned and couldn't stop himself. He pushed her face to his neck as if daring her to do something. And Rhuda did. She bit down into him and licked at his blood flow. With one or two swallows of it, Gohan was practically in ecstasy, his sense of time and reason gone, only realizing she'd bitten him as an afterthought. Endorphins lit his core and pelvis, making him weak in the knees. It was comparable to sex-- that feeling of mounting satisfaction--and Gohan almost didn't catch her unconscious body. He tucked her to him. "Ha...ha..."

*

Rhuda awoke in a daze. She was on Gohans couch in his office, and he was typing at his computer until seeing her eyes open. "Chisato. Are you okay?" He asked, stepping around his desk and walking over. Right away she could see the red stain on his neck.

"...Gohan..." she teared up. "Oh Gohan...! What have we done?"

"I-It's okay. You didn't mean to. Both of us--w-we just...." he trailed off, knowing the truth.

The truth was that they were mates, and it had been only natural to do such a thing, even if one was married and the other taken. Gohan lifted her hand into his and gave it a squeeze. "..."

"Uuu...I'm so confused. Is this how you felt as well?" She asked.

Gohan nodded. "Yeah. You get used to it. I mean, loving two people seems like a horrible thing but...we both know...it was bound to happen eventually."

"Hic...I don't understand. He's the one I want to be with, but m-my heart..." she looked into Gohans deep gaze, "...it wants Gohan too...!"

It wasn't just something from out of the blue. Rhuda realized it had been creeping over her, that bond which had been forced upon them by Fu, and biting him had only opened the door for her to see through his eyes and into that realization. From the very beginning, when she'd touched him and their strange charge had occurred, it was foreshadowing their inevitable attraction.

Further thoughts clouded her mind. All along she'd been hoping to be one big family with him, not just for Kolard but selfishly for her. To stay with Gohan. To be near him. To see him, and feel his energy brush hers as it always did, shocking both of them with its drawing power.

"Let's...not think too much." Gohan said, rubbing her damp cheek.

'If you do, I might end up making things worse for us,' Gohan thought.

"Worse...how could it--it be worse?" Rhuda asked.

"...Sorry. I forgot you can hear my thoughts now, too." He shook his head, "...I'm going to tell Videl tonight. That...I'm..." his shoulders sagged as if the weight of the world had just been put onto them, "...in love with you. Whatever happens from now on...we'll be in it together."

"Gohan..." She rose and cried into his chest. The truth had came from his mouth, and her heart responded by feeling that same deep emotion. "This is too much...! I'd rather leave forever than have Trunks and Videl know this!"

"I--I know. But don't worry. And please...don't ever leave. I--I'd go crazy."

"Then please...tell me what I should do. We have to protect them from being hurt--"

"--No. We can't protect them from this, Chisato. You know as was well as I do that's impossible."

Her belly broke the conversation with a loud growl.

They ended their chat, Gohan making Rhuda go wipe her face and eat dinner, despite her lack of appetite. He also ate, and the silence around the dining room table was solemn. Each one lost in their own worries. Videl and Broly kept them company, but it was clear to everyone that something had changed the atmosphere. Pan was the only one upbeat, running and dancing.

Dinner ended.

Night came, and with it a new level of fear and panic for Rhuda. She snuggled Kolard on her blue bed, looking out the window and sniffling. Her tears would cease only to come back, and each time a panic attack with it.

A knock came at her door two hours later. She opened it, seeing Videl walk in with tears in her blue eyes. "...Chisato," she said, wiping her eyes, "Is this true? You and Gohan...love one another?"

"...Hic...! I'm sorry..." Rhuda went to her knees, pressing her forehead against the floor, "I--I'm so terrible! I didn't mean for this to happen...! I'll leave right away! And I'll get Dad to fix this...somehow...so please...don't worry..."

Videl leaned over and surprised her by a gentle touch to her head. "...Oh, Chisato...please don't do that for me. It's true that I'm very upset...but I know you're a good person inside. And so is Gohan. The two of you...are meant for each other. I--I see that, now."

"No..! Don't be so kind to me..." Rhuda sobbed, her tears sparkling the floor, "...I don't deserve that. I can't bear the thoughts of hurting your family...I'd rather die...!"

"Chisato Shino." Videl said. "You won't do that! Do you hear me?"

"UU..."

Videl hauled Rhuda up by her shoulder and stared into her mess of a face. "You love him, don't you? My Gohan?" She asked.

"--I--I do, but I....love Trunks...I'm such a awful person...! I can't face you, please Videl...let me go..."

But Videl took her hands into her own and shook her head. "...It's true that right now, a part of me wants you to leave. But...he told me something about you, Chisato...he knows your heart even more than you. He can sense your feelings, your emotions, without even trying. It's the same for you, right?"

"..." Nod.

"How can I...possibly make you go? That depth of love is more than any human could give him. I'll always be his wife, but you...you can give him more. And..." Videls eyes flowed again, "...I love him with all my heart. But I'll never be a saiyan. A part of me has always wondered what he truly feels, how it must be to be born torn into two different worlds, one human and one an alien warrior race. You...know both, because your soul is human, and your body saiyan...do you see? If there's anyone out there who could understand him, who am I to take that away?"

"Videl...! You're an amazing person---hic--I wish I were like you...but I can't...do that...I can't hurt you anymore. I have to go..!"

Rhuda stood up..

Videl watched in shock as Rhuda began to pack Kolard a bag. Seeing that her words had done nothing, Videl turned, "Gohan..!"

Gohan carefully walked in and saw Rhuda packing her things in a tearful manner. "Chisato?!"

"I--I can't.." Rhuda said, "I'll go somewhere. The two of you--I know how much you love one another. I've felt it, seen it with my own heart! How can I...come between that? I'm nothing...!"

Gohan stepped over the threshold and held her to him. "...Stop this. It's...alright. You're okay, Chisato. Please...stop throwing away your happiness for others."

'Don't touch me Gohan...! R-Right in front of her, too...!'

('I won't let you go. You belong with me, no matter what.')

Videl walked over and smoothed away Rhudas sweaty hair in a motherly way. "He's right. It hurts us all right now, but that's because it's new. I'm sure that we'll find some way to live together." She said the words as tears ran down her pretty face.

Between the two of them Rhuda could only cry until her ribs hurt. She sank into Gohan in defeat, who looked as pained about things as she did, holding back his own tears.

Videl stepped away, checked on Kolard, and said, "I'll take him for a bit. Why don't you two talk about it?"

"Videl..." Gohan looked at his wife, full of love. "...Thank you."

Alone, Gohan ducked into Rhudas hair and let his sadness out, "It's so hard, Chisato. I feel what you feel. Everything that you're thinking right now, like making a crazy wish or vanishing into reality...it hurts me. I'd die a thousand times if it meant I'd save you. Don't you feel that way?"

"I do! ...That's why I must go. It's because I'm here this has happened...everything. I was supposed to be dead and I can't help but think it would have been better to fall from that roof again, then make you hurt because of my actions. I love you Gohan...!"

With ease he pushed her to the floor, straddling her hips. The dew from Gohans chocolate eyes fell to her cheeks below him. "I love you too. Be with me. We'll share our pain, together."

"Hic...then erase it. Make this feeling of drowning go away..."

They comforted each other with their lips well into the night.

*

The next day came. Rhuda rolled over, feeling and smelling Gohan beside her.

'He's in my bed? We didn't do anything, did we?'

Gohan shuffled atop her cover where he'd been wedged against her back and cracked one dark eye. He'd awoken the moment her thoughts had entered his brain, as if saying them aloud. "...Mhm...hey." Lazily he pat her head and yawned, "...I came back after Videl fell asleep. Had to make sure you wouldn't run off. I must have dozed off."

"I see..Ano..."

Her next words where trapped with embarrassment. Being so near, his arm around her hip, Rhuda could feel something hard and she was quite alarmed.

"It happens to guys in the morning," he said.

"Is that so..."

Rhuda sat up and covered her self, feeling exposed due to wearing a short gown and only panties. Gohan crawled out and rubbed his head, yawning again. "I'll...be in my office. Gotta finish my butterfly research."

He left and a tiny whimper came from the crib. Kolard had awoken and she tended to him, "Good morning..." she said to him, checking his diaper, changing his clothes and feeding him. Once he was ready for the day and fast asleep after playtime, Rhuda got herself ready to face everyone.