"Wow, it's been a while, huh old friend!"
"Sure has, Krillin."
Then Krillin took note of the two babies he was holding and the child hiding behind his legs. Why were they there?
"Hey, Goku?"
"What's up Krillin?"
"Did you take up babysitting or something?"
"Huh? Oh, no. These are my kids. Gohan, say hello."
Gohan poked his head out from behind his legs.
"Hi."
Bulma smiled and got closer. Gohan hid while she bent down
"How old are you, Gohan?"
He counted on his fingers and held up 4.
"I'm four and a half, miss."
"Is that so?" "
So, you named him after your old grandpa, huh?"
"Yeah. He also has the four-star Dragon Ball."
"Oh, that's cool! It's the real deal! So, what do you want to be when you grow up, Gohan?"
"An orthopedist."
"Oh. Well, you don't want to be like your Dad?"
"I do, but Mommy never lets me train with Daddy."
"Oh. Well, do you have any friends?"
"No. Mommy says friends will keep me from learning. But Daddy says friends are good."
Bulma just looked at Goku.
"He's four, and has no friends?"
Goku looked troubled.
"Yeah... Chichi's too controlling with who can and can't be in his social life. I don't like that I hardly ever have a say in his life. I'm changing that when I get home later."
Bulma smiled in reassurance.
"Well, I'm glad you're taking a stand, Goku."
Goku smiled.
"Well, who are these two?"
"Oh, these two? This is Goshen, the little brat, and this is Chiyu, the Daddy's Girl. Ya wanna hold one, Krillin?"
Krillin hesitantly nodded as Goku handed him Goshen.
"Which one's this?"
"That's Goshen. Finally, my hand is free!"
The whole group laughed. Turtle came to Gohan and rubbed his head lightly against his leg.
"AH!" He ran and hid behind Goku.
"What's wrong, Gohan?"
Goku asked while picking him up. Gohan pointed to turtle and then buried his face into his neck.
"It's alright Gohan, that's just turtle!" Gohan looked out of the corner of his eye; head slightly tilted, then turned back. Goku sighed a tired and stressful sigh.
"What's wrong?"
"I just had my arm free."
All laughed until Goshen reached for Goku. He once again sighed. "Well, when all else fails, NIMBUS!" The bustling yellow cloud was once again at Goku's side.
"Okay. Gohan, do ya wanna sit on Nimbus?"
"No, I wanna stay with you, Daddy!"
"Okay. Chiyu, D'you wanna sit on Nimbus by Daddy?"
She laughed and clapped.
"Then that's a yes!"
Goku sat her down.
"Okay Nimbus, just stay here with me, please."
Goku took Goshen from Krillin. Until Goshen reached for Chiyu.
"You're a confusing kid, y'know that?"
He sat Goshen with Chiyu. Gohan was now in the center of his chest.
"Gohan, will you please sit on Nimbus? Daddy's been holding kids all day long!"
"I guess."
Gohan sat on Nimbus with his legs open because of the littles. Chiyu sat near Gohan's left thigh and Goshen near his right.
"Look, Daddy, I'm just like you!"
Everyone laughed again.
"Man, it really has been a while."
"Yep. Why don't you ever come to see this old man?"
Goku laughed while thinking.
"Well, as you know, Chichi doesn't want anything to come between Gohan and his studies, and she'll end up the same with them. But, I needed to wait for Gohan to be old enough. I was completely sure when he was like 3 ½, but Chichi said she was pregnant. This one had seemed different, so I didn't want to leave her home alone. The, after they were born, I had to wait 'til they were old enough, too. So here we are."
Bulma stared blankly at Goku and smiled softly.
"I'm glad you went with your gut."
"Yeah... Just make it one big trip! Well, I mean with the twins. I understand Chichi will want the twins to be home, but Gohan's going to be here with me a lot more. Same with the twins when they're maybe 2 or 3."
Roshi decided to jump back into the conversation.
"So, you'll be here more? Does that mean we'll be training Gohan now?"
Goku smirked. Smirked. All made note of this.
"Yeah. He needs to learn to control his Ki. Or else he could hurt himself not knowing how to control the mass amount of Ki he's storing."
Roshi looked at Gohan and noticed his tail. Seemed the others noticed, too.
"He has a tail!?"
"Yeah, like I did when I was his age."
"Has he always had it?"
"Yeah, since he was born."
"Has he ever looked at a full moon?"
Goku thought. "No, we all go to bed pretty early. Why?"
Everyone raised their hands and dismissed it.
"Daddy."
Goku didn't recognize that voice. It sounded like Gohan when he said his... first...words. Goku turned to see Gohan staring wide-eyed at Chiyu. Then they heard it again.
"Daddy!"
Goku slowly smiled.
"Did... Did she just... Did she just say 'Daddy'?"
Everyone smiled and nodded. He walked up to her and asked her.
"Chiyu, can you say 'Daddy'?"
"Daddy!"
He smiled and picked her up.
"She said it! Yes!"
He threw her in the air.
"Hey guys, whaddya say we do this for longer tomorrow?"
Bulma laughed and nodded.
"Yeah, I bet Chichi will want to hear that. Speaking of first words, what was Gohan's first word?"
"Momma."
Then they all got on the little cloud and yelled their farewells. After Goku was out of earshot they started to laugh.
"You think he's going to tell her this in cold blood?" Krillin nodded.
"Yep. Wanna go get something to eat? I'm getting tired of Roshi's cooking."
Krillin said, whispering the last part. Bulma nodded, uncapsuled her plane, and they hopped in to fly to the city.
