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All or Nothing

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Emma

“Bulma, why do I have to do this?” I asked, pleading with my eyes to her, only for her to smile sympathetically at me.

“Because you have been depressed lately. Goku wouldn’t want you to live like this. He would want you to be happy for Gohan and Goten.” She said, and I sighed, nodding sadly as I thought about my Goku. Sniffling, I looked at my children, before following Bulma to the front of the room. You see, Bulma had suggested we sing karaoke and I didn’t want to, since I was still crushed by Goku’s death, but I guess she had a point that I had to be strong for my kids. I looked at Bulma to see her holding a book out for me. “So, what do you want to sing?” she asked, and I took a breath in and out, taking a look at the book and automatically seeing a song that I wanted to sing; hoping Goku would be listening. Pointing at it, she nodded and put the code in, going over to Vegeta on the couch. I waited for the song to start, looking at Gohan and Goten, who smiled at me, mouthing encouraging words to me. I took another shaky breath as I started singing.

“When I first saw you standing there
You know, it was a little
hard not to stare
So nervous when you flew you home
I know being apart’s a
Little hard to bear
Sent some flowers to your work in hopes
That I will have you in my arms again
We kissed that night before I left
And now that’s something
I could never forget
You’ve got all that I need

Looking at all or nothing
Babe it’s you and I
With you I know that
I am good for something
So let's go give it a try
We've got our backs against the ocean
It’s just us against the world
Looking at all or nothing
Babe it’s you and I
Looking at all or nothing
Babe it’s you and I”

As I sang, I had to close my eyes so that I could stop the tears from falling. One thing Goku and I had always said to one another whenever something got too hard to handle or one of us, that it’s all or nothing, and it’s just you and I. Of course, we had had Gohan, but we had always known that eventually Gohan wouldn’t be around, he would have his own family. I opened my eyes and looked up, my eyes widening at the sight of him standing there, his famous smile on his face. I passed it off as a hallucination and kept singing; I had been seeing Goku everywhere lately, and Gohan had continuously told me that I was just seeing things, that dad was gone, and we couldn’t bring him back.

“Let's take a chance go far away today
And never look back again
Since I said I loved you in Las Vegas
It's never been the same since then
You’ve got all that I need

Looking at all or nothing
Babe it’s you and I
With you I know that
I am good for something
So let's go give it a try
We've got our backs against the ocean
It’s just us against the world
Looking at all or nothing
Babe it’s you and I
Looking at all or nothing
Babe it’s you and I”

My hallucination started walking towards me, but then everybody started noticing him. The tears I had been holding back to save my sons from the pain of feeling like they had lost two parents built up around my eyes and fell down my cheeks like rain as he walked up to me, wrapping his arms around my waist, leaning down to push our foreheads together and started to sing.

“This is it nothing to hide
One more kiss never say goodbye
This is it babe you're all mine
Looking at all or nothing
Babe it’s you and I
I know that I am good for something
So let's go give it a try
We've got our backs against the ocean
It’s just us against the world
Looking at all or nothing
Babe it’s you and I
With you I know that
I am good for something
So lets go give it a try”

I could feel myself choking on my tears, but I really needed to sing with him. Like doing that would seal the fact that he was alive and had come back to me.

“We've got our backs against the ocean
It’s just us against the world
Looking at all or nothing
Babe it’s you and I
Looking at all or nothing
Babe it's you and I
Babe it’s you and I
It's you and I”

As the song ended, Goku pulled me to him and placed a kiss on my lips, before resting my head on his chest, letting me hug him and cry. “I’m sorry it took me so long to get back to you, Emma. I promise I will never leave you again.” He whispered and I only cried harder, hugging him tighter, afraid that if I let him go, he would disappear and I would be left in shambles. He just held me and let me cry. Through all of it, he just stood and silently rocked me back and forth, but I swore I could l hear Bulma whisper something.

“Perfect timing, Goku…”
Dragon Ball Z Karaoke Series #1- Goku x Emma

Here's the first part of the series! I know it's my OC, but i couldn't resist it. :) enjoy and look forward to other ones that will be reader stories!

Yamcha- Any Kind of GuyReader
I watched as Bulma set up the karaoke machine. Looking around at everyone talking about the songs they wanted to sing, my eyes paused on Yamcha, who looked like he didn’t even want to do this. I sighed sadly, and Bulma walked over to me. “What songs were you thinking about, _______?” she asked, and I shrugged. She smiled sadly at me, knowing exactly what was wrong. “Well, I know who is going first! Yamcha! Get up there!
“Me?! Why do I have to, I didn’t-” he said, but Bulma glared at him so that he got up and went to the front of the room. I watched him input the song and could have sworn I heard him say something. “It’s now or never I guess…” As the music started playing, he shifted his eyes to me and locked them with mine.
“Here I am
There you are
Why does it seem so far
Next to you is where I should be (Where I wanna be)
Something I, want so bad
Know what's inside your head
Maybe I could see what yo

Vegeta-  Oh YeahReader
“Bulma, this is ridiculous! Why do I have to do it?” I asked, annoyance written all over my face. She sent me one back that looked just as annoyed.
“Because you, Ms. Sourpuss, might just make Mr. Sourpuss get up and do something. So set an example!” she said, and mu face grew red. Bulma liked to make it painfully obvious that I had a thing for the Prince of all Saiyans, and everyone had gotten the hint except for him. Sighing in annoyance, I swiped the book and mic from her, putting in the code and waiting for my cue. Looking out, everyone but Vegeta was watching me with a smile.
“Oh, yeah
(Oh, yeah, oh yeah)
Oh, yeah
(Oh, yeah, oh yeah)
So tell me who am I supposed to be?
What I gotta do to get you close to me?
If I run away tonight will you follow me?
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon
(Oh, yeah)
I see you standing there all alone
Knowing you've been wanting me to say hello
'Cause when the lights go flashing everybody tonight
It's on, it's on, it's on

Trunks-  StuckTrunks
“Mom, what are you doing? What is this?” I asked, watching her set up what looked like a karaoke machine. She looked at me and smiled.
“Karaoke! Everyone’s going to be here. And of course I invited _______ to come.” She said, and I blushed, my eyes widening. She invited ______?! I mean, sure, she’s Goten’s sister, but still. She smiled at me and I raced off, not wanting her to say anything else.
~Karaoke Time~
“Okay! Trunks, it’s your turn!” I looked away from _______, who I was talking with, to my mom, who was holding out a mic to me, a challenge-issuing look on her face.
“Go ahead, Trunks!” ______ smiled at me, and I smiled back at her, feeling my face heat up as I walked to my mom.
“Show her how you feel!” mom whispered to me, sending me an encouraging smile. I smiled at her and took the mic and song book from her, inputting the code and waiting for it, looking at ______, who was lookin

Gohan- WorldwideGohan
“I really miss you, ______…” I said, talking on the phone with her. I could almost feel her sad smile.
“I know… I miss you, too. But it won’t be much longer, Gohan. I’ll be back soon.” She said, and I sighed. ______ had been accepted into a foreign exchange program, and I told her that she had to go, to not worry about anything here, and that I would be here waiting for her when she got back. She’s my best friend and I love her; I hated sending her off, but I had to.
“So, how’s America?” I asked, trying to talk about something happy. I heard a laugh and smiled at the sound.
“Besides lonely? It’s cool. I’m in this place called New York City right now. There’s smoke all over the air, hot dog stands on every corner, and they even have a two story McDonald’s! Also, there’s a big statue of a woman watching over the whole place. They call her the Statue of Liberty.”

Goten-  Count On YouGoten
“Goten! Come on, we’re going to be late!” I looked up at the sound of mom’s voice. Sighing, I got off my bed and raced out the door, smiling. Rushing past her and out of the house, the rest of my family followed me, before we went over to Bulma’s house for karaoke night. We had accepted automatically, but I was already threw the moon at the chance to spend the whole night with my girlfriend. I raced to the door, only for it to open before I had a chance to knock and I froze, sending what I just knew was a smitten smile at the girl at the door. “________ It’s so nice to see you again, dear. How have you been?” I flinched at my mom’s voice, and ______ laughed.
“Hi, Chichi! I’ve been okay. Dad’s been trying to overwork Trunks and me… But I’ve been okay. How have you been? And you too, Goku? Gohan? You even brought Videl!” she smiled, and everyone waved at her. I felt my shoulders sink a

Krillin- I Know You KnowReader
“This’ll be fun! Just you wait and see, ______!” I sighed and looked over at Bulma from my spot on her couch. I blushed thinking about what she had talked to me about earlier. Bulma had decided to set up a karaoke night, so that I could confess to Krillin without having to choke and stumble over all of my words, which was a good concept when she talked to me about it, but now that I had time to think about it, I realized that I would be confessing to him in front of all of our friends, since everyone was going to be coming to this later.
“Bulma, I don’t feel so good…” I said, and she looked at me with a neutral look.
“You’re not getting out of this that easily.” She said, not even giving me time to respond as she went to get the door when we heard a doorbell sound off through the house. Blinking, I watched as Goku’s youngest, Goten, came running into the room, shortly followed by the rest of his family. He


DBZ (c) Akira Toriyama
Emma (c) me
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Love it so cute and romantic