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A young boy with a swishing tail happily shows his drawing, “Mama, Papa look what I drew for us!”

“Aww that’s so sweet Gohan!”

The father smiles softly, “Indeed, it’s all of us together.” 

Later

“Mom, dad! This time I drew that ugly space lizard all bloody and dead! He deserves it for hurting good people after all!”

This time Vegeta bursts out in hysterical laughter despite clutching his stomach and scoops him up in a hug, “I’m so proud of you son! You’re a true Saiyan warrior now! If we see that Frieza again, we’ll all beat him up together, how does that sound?” 

Gohan laughs, “Hooray!” 

Gokua is shocked that her child would think of such violent thoughts at an early age. Oh dear, I guess daddy’s genes are shining through this time. Though I wouldn’t blame him for what happened to our race after all. 

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“Hey papa?”

“Yes child?”

”How did you and mama meet and fall in love?”

The typically stoic man blushes at the question but then smiles, “Oh uh… It’s actually funny really, we were looking for more Saiyans for our cause and your uncle happens to mention that your mama might still be alive on Earth. I was like, ‘Another Saiyan but a woman? Well let’s go to Earth now!’ Then we arrived to this planet, recruited your mama and her group of friends, fought against Frieza and his army, and we won! After that monster was dead, your mama and I got married and you were born!” 

“Wow that’s awesome dad!”

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“Mommy Daddy! Can I please keep Icarus? He’s a good boy!”

The young Saiyan gives the puppy eyes while the purple dragon sits there behind, tilting his head and wagging his tail. 

”Are you sure you are going to take care of him?”

The little one insists, ”Of course I will! I just make sure he won’t go into the city or hurt anyone good! I’ll even make sure he won’t get hurt by any bad people who hurt innocent animals!”

“Alright son, as long as he listens to you and not make a mess of our house.”

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Months after Gohan’s birth

A group of people are inside a cozy home despite it being way out there in the mountains. 

A baby awakes in his crib to his parents’ presences and senses the newer ones too. He giggles and raises his stubby arms for his mother and she obliges, picking him up. 

Then an elderly man gently holds the happy toddler as if he were the new royal leader. 

A photo was taken and saved. 

Years later

Gohan was looking in one of the family albums and noticed Master Roshi holding him, lifting him above his head while everyone else was surrounding them.

”Was that a Lion King reference where an elder picks up a baby?”

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A couple screams loudly as they cling onto each other, tails puffing up and backed into a corner, “Gohan!?”

A preteen causally says, ”Yeah mom and dad?”

Goku shouts, ”What the heck are you holding!?”

Gohan says as if this is normal, ”A worm and a needle.”

Vegeta screeches, ”Throw them away! This isn’t funny son!”

”Come on guys, are you really afraid of these tiny things?” Huh, I guess the rest of the Z team don’t even joke about their biggest fears. But they say that conquering fears build trauma, I’m trying to help them for Kami’s sake, these kinds of fears shouldn’t be that big of a deal. 

Goku is hysterical, ”Yes! I’m begging you to put the worm back into the wild and dispose of the needle!”

”*sighs and rolls eyes* fine. I was just trying to help you overcome your greatest fears.”

The youth struts outside as his parents breathe a sigh of relief.

Vegeta shutters, ”What the hell has come over our child?”

Goku’s tail is that of a rattlesnake still shaken up, “I have no idea…”

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“Happy birthday Gohan! Mommy cooked this for all of us!”

”Wow, that’s a lot of food even for us! We got bacon, we got cheese omelets, we got cinnamon rolls, we got donuts, we got fruit punch, and we even got puffy pancakes cooked with sprinkles!”

Vegeta chuckles and says, ”After we eat, do you want to go shopping for your favorite toys? I hear that this year there are the limited edition rare ones from that one tv show you like so much.”

Gohan’s tail was swishing, “Yay daddy!”

When they arrive back at Mount Paozu hauling loads of toys, everyone in the house shouts, “Surprise Gohan!”

“Mama! Papa! Uncle Raditz! Uncle Krillin! Uncle Tien! Uncle Yamcha! You guys made a big giant cake for my birthday this year?” The child Saiyan’s eyes sparkle with joy. 

Goku says, “Why of course sweetie, it’s also got all your favorite flavors and sweets in there!”

”All of them!?” He squealed as he goes into a hunter’s crouch as if a feline is ready to jump it’s prey.

He then dive bombs into the massive cake as if it were a pool, splattering the batter onto everyone else in the vicinity. They all laugh at this, everyone was filled with too much joy to be ruined by this big mess.