Assassins: Day One
Chapter 1: The What?!
Pan, Bra, Trunks, Goten, and Marron were
all over the Capsule Corp. and bored out of their minds one late
spring day.
"There is nothing to do!" Pan
whined, laying on her back on the floor and gazing up at the
ceiling.
"Since there hasn't been any threats
life has been so dull! I mean, even training gets boring after a
while! Especially when you spar with the same person, over and
over and over!" Trunks joined her in her whining.
"Mr. Capsule Corp. president, you
should have lots to do!" Goten teased.
"You know how much I hate that
job!"
While the others were complaining, Bra was
thinking of a plan. She suddenly sat up. "Hey guys! I have
an idea! Why don't we play the Gotcha Game?"
"The what?!" Four other voices
asked her in unison.
"The Gotcha Game. It's also called
Assassins. It's when everyone who's playing write down there
names and the rest draw them. You have to get your target out
with a water gun, but there are designated safe areas like your
house, school, or job."
"That's a great idea! But we need more
people to play." Pan said thoughtfully.
"Why don't we ask Goku-san and my
father. I'm sure they'll say yes." Marron told the rest.
"Yeah! Let's go!" Pan jumped up
and fly off towards the Son home. The rest followed (with Trunks
carrying Marron).
***
"So that's what the game is. Do you
want to play Grandpa Goku?"
"Sure! It's sounds like fun!"
ChiChi was quietly listening. They were
surprised when she spoke up. 'I'll play too."
"Really Kaasan?" Goten asked
surprised.
"Sure. I need to have some fun once in
a while."
"Who else do you think would
play?" Trunks asked everyone.
"What about Gohan and Videl, or Bulma
and Vegeta?" Goku suggested.
Trunks, Pan, and Bra looked at each other
and burst out laughing.
"You've got to be kidding! My Tousan
and Kaasan are too stuffy for something like that!" Pan said
giggling.
"Kaasan would want to work on her
projects." Bra said out of breath.
"And Tousan would say it was a waste
of time and continue training!" Trunks added.
"You never know until you ask. Goku
and I will go round up the others like Krillin and Juu-chan and
we'll meet you at Roshi's house in an hour." ChiChi said.
"Okay. See you there!" The kids
left and Goku locked onto Krillin's ki and teleported him and
ChiChi there.
***
"Kaasan! Tousan! Are you here?!"
Pan shouted loudly as she entered her house. Marron was with her.
Bra and Trunks were at the Cap. Corp.
"Hai Pan-chan. What is it?" Videl
came out from the kitchen, wiping her hands on her apron.
"Where's Tousan?"
"I'm right here. What is it?"
Gohan asked, coming into the living room as well.
"Well, we were bored so B-chan came up
with a game." she explained it to them with Marron added
things in as well.
"So," she began when she was
finished, "are you in too?"
"I don't know..." Gohan started.
"Oh come on! It'll be fun! The kids
are right, you are boring." Videl kidded him.
"Hey! I am not. I'm just...
conservative."
"In other words, boring."
"Ahem. Are you in or not Kaasan,
Tousan?" Pan asked again.
"Hai. We're in." Videl said.
"Good! We're supposed to meet at
Master Roshi's house. We're going there now."
"We'll go with you." Gohan picked
up Marron and they all left.
***
"I am not playing a stupid game with
Kakarott and his insane family!" Vegeta yelled.
:"Come on Veggie-chan! Stop acting
like that! It'll be fun!" Bulma said.
"For the last time NO!"
Bra put on her best smile and puppy-dog
eyes and went up to Vegeta, sitting in his lap. Bulma &
Trunks grinned at what she was about to do.
Pwease Papa?" she asked in her best
little girl voice. "Pwetty pwease with cherries and whipped
cream on top?"
"I'm not listening! La la la
la..." Vegeta covered his ears and closed his eyes, but he
knew she was still there.
Bra began to sniff. "I'll cry..."
Vegeta tentatively opened one eye and
peered out. True to her words, one lone tear was sliding down her
cheek. "Oh all right." Vegeta huffed. "But don't
ask again."
Bra was all smiles. "Thank you
Papa!" she threw her arms around his neck and squeezed.
Vegeta returned her hug. When she was sure Vegeta wasn't looking,
Bra winked at Trunks over his shoulder.
***
Persuading Vegeta took a while so the
Briefs family were the last ones to arrive. A lot of people were
there besides the Sons and the Briefs: Yamcha & Puar,
Krillin's family, Oolong, even Piccolo was there! {Gohan dragged
him}
"Does everyone know the rules?"
Bra asked. They all did.
"Is everyone sure they still want to
play?" Again they all were sure.
"Okay. Has everyone brought a water
gun?" Some people had several. Since it was one to a person
those were stored at Master Roshi's house. Most had Super Soakers
{the XP series of course} but Piccolo had a small, plastic thing
from the dollar store.
"Piccolo," Bra said laughing,
"if you expect to win with that thing, you're out of luck!
Here!" she gave him one of Goten's discarded XP 275's.
"I have Karin as the person you go to
tell that you're out. He will also have a list of everyone and
their assassins. Everyone, let's go to Karin's Tower!"
Everyone who could fly took to the air and
ChiChi, Roshi, Oolong, and Bulma got in a capsule ship.
{Author's note: Is it interesting now? If
it's not, it will be later. I promise.}
***
After everyone arrived, Bra passed out
writing utensils and scraps of paper.
"Hey! I want to play too!"
Yajirobe shouted. "Don't leave me out!" Bra laughed
silently. Whoever picked him would have an easy win.
"Write down your name and stick it in
this hat!" Everyone did so. "Now everyone line up and
pull a name. You can't tell anyone who you have except Karin. The
safe areas other than your house, school, or job is Karin Tower,
Master Roshi's island, the Capsule Corp., and Dende's Lookout,
but you can't stay there all of the time. Also, if you spray your
assassin in self-defense then the assassin is out for an hour.
Last person standing wins. Good luck."
{Author's note: Since there is 19 people
playing, I'll organize their reactions. I have it all planned out
so it shouldn't be too hard. I also won't tell you in the
beginning who pulled who. It adds to the suspense, don't you
agree? Sorry for all of the looked below. How can you say
read/look 19 different ways?}
-Bra pulled first. She
looked at it and groaned. Her target could be extremely easy or
extremely hard.
-Pan was next. A bright smile lit up her face
and she danced around happily.
-Trunks: Looked at the paper, blinked, then
looked again. This was not his day.
-Gohan: Looked at the paper and started to
laugh. At least his was an easy target.
-Vegeta: Looked and a evil smile spread over his
face. He would finally get his revenge!
-Juuhachi-gou: Looked and sorta smiled. Nobody
could stand against her anyway. (except maybe Goku & Vegeta
but she didn't get either of them)
-Marron: Looked and sighed in relief. Her part
would be over the first day.
-Bulma: Looked and was happy. She got a
non-flyer.
-ChiChi: She looked and blinked. Then laughed.
Her target wouldn't suspect a thing.
-Roshi: Looked and shrugged. Oh well, you can't
win 'em all.
-Oolong: Looked and grinned. He got a pretty
one.
-Puar: Looked and smiled. He would suspect a
little, but not a lot.
-Yamcha: Read name to himself and gaped. This
might be tricky.
-Piccolo: Looked and looked and then snapped out
of his trance. He was starting to like this game.
-Goku: Looked and shrugged.
-Videl: Looked and relaxed. A non-flyer hmmm.
She thought she would have a problem with the fast-flying ones.
-Goten: Looked and eyes got large. He cackled.
This would be good, really good.
-Krillin: Looked and sighed. At least he didn't
get someone way faster and smarter than he was.
-Yajirobe: Looked and looked and gasped. He had
no way of eliminating his target. They were just too, too hard!
Chapter 2: The Game Begins
Prologue: Just what did Bra get
herself and everyone else into?
Bra was extremely worried and
paranoid. She didn't know who had drawn her name and she also
didn't know how she was going to get her target out. Vegeta, on
the other hand, was at ease. There wasn't a doubt in his mind
that he wouldn't win. He was a prince after all. Bulma also
was at ease. Her target could be easy enough, but she didn't know
who drew her name. Trunks was like Bra, but for a different
reason. He hoped that the water wouldn't mess up his perfect
hair. They were all going back to the Capsule Corp. to get some
dinner, but Bra hoped to hang out with Pan a little beforehand.
As she was flying to Pan's house there was one thing on her mind,
was Pan her assassin?
***
Part 1: The Paranoia Spreads
Krillin swore he was being followed. No, he
didn't swear, he knew. He stopped in mid-air trying to
sense the other persons ki. He couldn't. That was strange. It was
like it was Goku or something. Was Goku his assassin?
He dropped out of the sky and started to
walk hurriedly along the ground towards the city and home {do
they live in the city?}. He heard footsteps and ducked around the
corner to disappear from view. When he stopped, the foot steps
stopped. He pumped up his gun and waited for some sign of a
person. Nothing. Not even breathing.
I'm imagining things. There's no one
after me. He sighed, put away his gun, and started on his
way again. Suddenly a stream of water hit the wall in front of
him. His eyes got big and he took off running towards his house
with the assassin close behind. He made it in record time, but
had trouble with his key.
"Here, let me..." a voice behind
him said. Krillin jumped at least three feet into the air then
realized it was Juu-chan.
"Oh here." he handed her the key.
"I guess I'm just a little jumpy."
"We all are." she unlocked the
door and went inside with Krillin gasping with relief.
***
At Pan's house Bra kept looking around,
making sure no one was hiding in the bushes or anything.
"Why in the world did I come up with
this?" Bra moaned. She walked through Pan's open door and
heard footsteps on the stairs. She got into a defensive crouch,
water gun in hand.
"B-chan calm down! It's your game! You
should be the least worried! And besides, you're in my
house!" Pan told her.
"Yeah well I see you're not all that
calm yourself and this is your safe area, not
mine."
"Uh I am calm. I just don't know how
to get my target, that's all."
"I have that same problem! I've got my
work cut-out for me..."
Little did they know Gohan and Videl were
suffering the same problem...
"Gohan, uh who's your target?"
"Nice try Videl, but it's not going to
work."
"I'm going to the mall. Maybe I can
see my target there." She filled her gun and walked out of
the bathroom. Gohan filled his too and followed.
"Wait! You may need an escort. I'm
coming too."
"Gohan no offense, but I don't trust
you."
"I'm not your assassin."
"HA! You slipped! You weren't supposed
to say that!"
"Um... pretend you didn't hear. And
it's true, I'm not. Are you mine?"
"Well, since you told me about you I
can safely say that I'm not."
"Good. Let's go."
They went downstairs to find Pan and Bra
gazing out of the windows, afraid to go out.
"Come on! It's not that bad! Just be
alert. You can't stay in here all the time and Bra, this isn't
your safe area." Gohan told them.
The girls sighed. "You right,
Tousan." They walked to the door and threw it open. Looking
around hesitantly, they took to the air and flew away towards
Bra's home.
"Let's go." Gohan held out his
arm.
"No after you." Videl said with a
sweep of her arm. The couple locked the door behind them and flew
to the mall.
***
While Yamcha was drooling over a girl, he
failed to see that his target was getting away until she was
almost out of sight. He jumped down from his hiding spot {a tree
in Gohan's yard} and flew after them, making sure his ki was
kept low.
***
At the Capsule Corp., everyone seemed to
have the same idea the two girls did. A lot of people were there
and they were getting a little nervous.
"All right! Some of you people have to
go outside something, how about now?" Bra yelled.
"Bra-chan!" Bulma gasped.
"She's right, we can't stay in here
all of the time. Bye everyone. I just want to say to my assassin,
whoever you are, you will never get me!" With that said,
Goten left and flew home. Goku and ChiChi weren't too far behind.
"Pan? What about you?" Bulma
asked.
"Oh! Kaasan and Tousan went to the
mall so I guess I'm here for dinner!" she smiled brightly.
Vegeta almost immediately began to grumble.
"We're not here to feed everyone we know, blah blah blah,
etc. etc. etc..."
Pan ignored him and sat down next to Trunks
and began to talk loudly.
Part 2: The Shopping Escapade
"Wait up Videl!" Gohan called
running after her, carrying several bags. Most was for Videl, but
there was also some stuff for Pan as well. Videl was currently at
a store window, looking at dresses.
"Don't those dresses look
great?!"
"I guess so."
"Oh come on Gohan! You didn't even
look!"
"What you have is fine. You're
spending all my money!"
"I'm spending my money. I
have a job too you know!"
"Actually you're not. You spent your
money an hour ago. Now you're starting on my
money."
"You're a doctor, you make a
lot."
"But Videl, that's not the
point!"
But she had stopped listening. She also had
spotted her target coming out of the Satan City department store.
She quickly lost Gohan at Bed, Bath, and Beyond and pumped up her
gun. She followed her target towards the food court and hid
behind a potted plant. Problem was, her family was there too. She
wanted to get a clear shot but not get innocent bystanders as
well. She waited patiently until her target finally got up to go
use the restroom. She waiting a few minutes after she went in,
then she followed.
Good. She's casually fixing her hair.
She'll never see it coming. ChiChi continued on, completely
oblivious to Videl's presence. The assassin quickly raised the
gun and pulled the trigger. The stream headed directly towards
her.... then went "splat" as it hit a stall door. Videl
heard another gun pumping but was too shocked to notice. Until it
was too late that is. She got hit directly in the chest, jolting
her out of her reverie.
"How did you...? Are you...?"
Videl choked out.
ChiChi smiled. "No, I'm not your
assassin, but now you're out for an hour! Ja ne!" ChiChi
waved as she left the bathroom.
Videl sighed and soon followed. She
couldn't believe she missed! Oh well. There would be other
chances.
When she returned to ChiChi's table, she
saw that Gohan was talking to them.
"Where did you go Videl?"
"I spotted my target. Unfortunately,
I'm out for an hour."
"Well, at least you tried." Gohan
said sympathetically.
"Yeah. I did. Let's go get Pan from
the Capsule Corp. I know she's there. Sayonara Goten, Goku. 'Till
we meet again ChiChi."
ChiChi just smiled.
