A/N: this story is to take place between DBZ and GT Goten, Trunks are 14, and 15 years old, I am just now getting into the swing of writing again so Microsoft Word is editing this. Please enjoy Sheena Salam.
Chapter 1: What Is That? Pt 1
"Ahhhhhh! What is that on your collarbone? " ChiChi shrieked as she was bringing in a fresh towel into Goten's room. Goten who was in the mists of undressing, did not hear his mother, started to undo his belt buckle from his pants when his mother started in again. "GOTEN! WHAT…IS…THAT?" Goten turned around to see that his mother was pointing at his collarbone. He looked down and saw a dark red and purple blotch just under his collarbone "Oh, well would you look at that." He replied in a manner reminiscent of his father, who was off training Uub. "That isn't something you should forget about," she snarled grabbing his ear, digging her nail into it pulling him out of his room.
Heading out the door, going next door to Gohan and Videl's house. ChiChi started ramming the side of her fist on the just recently repaired wooden door.
Videl who had martial arts training under her belt dodged ChiChi's fist as she opened the door. Giving a nervous chuckle at seeing ChiChi with Goten in tow calls to her husband, "Gohan, I think this is for you."
Leaning back so he could be seen from the bathroom doorway pulled the toothbrush out of his mouth and stared, "Mom?" he asked. When he was finally out of the bathroom and sitting in the living room with a cup of tea he waited for his mother to begin her likely rant.
"Do you know what your brother DID?" ChiChi asked her oldest son.
Taking this as the rhetorical question it was, he did not respond
"He slept with a girl, A GIRL!"
Gohan paused for a moment then asked an admittedly stupid question, "Are you mad he slept with a 'girl', or are you mad he slept with someone in general".
At this Videl piped up "Are you sure it was a girl, is there any girl clothes that aren't yours in his room?"
Chichi angered by this did not get the chance to respond as Goten finally spoke up. "Mom I didn't sleep with a girl." ChiChi's eyes widened at the implications before her son amended himself, "or anyone".
"So you're a Cross dresser?" Videl Inquired.
Marching over to the young woman readied to aim a well-placed slap across her face only to have it caught in mid-swing by Videl.
"My son is NOT A CROSS DRESSER!" ChiChi yelled as it changed from its original growl.
Gohan turned to his mother and wife, "Enough you two, this about Goten, not you."
Videl chuckled, "Common ChiChi I'm only poking fun".
From the couch Goten piped up, "I don't mind."
Angrily ChiChi turned to her son, "You should, she was degrading you!"
"No she wasn't, she was only joking." He said in a small shy voice hoping not to incur the wrath of his mother anymore.
Gohan turned to Videl and said "Videl, Go check on Pan, you're really not helping here". Eager to get the two women separated, he turns to his mother and tells her to go ahead and go home, and he will talk to Goten.
ChiChi leaves with a nod. Goten tries to leave after his mother only to be caught in a vice like grip headlock by his older brother. "You're not going anywhere Goten, except with me I promised mom I would talk to you. Now follow me." Then calling to Videl "I'm going outside with Goten I'll be back after a bit."
Gohan and Goten flew off towards the mountains. Gohan spaced out thinking about how he had grown accustomed to being a father figure to Goten since their father, Goku, is either dead or off training most of the time, Goku is more an enabler than someone to deal punishments which is why he himself would get away with things when he was younger. Finding himself laughing about when Icarus showed up to the house after he had save him from the forest fire, with his mom telling him to get rid of him, only to find that his father had outfitted a nearby cave to be Icarus' new home.
Gohan was snapped out of his trance when Goten asked him "Where are we going? Because I swear we just passed Capsule Corp." Gohan shook his head to shake away the memory to focus on the task only to look down and see Vegeta staring up at them from the balcony of his and Bulma's room. Once again trying, to refocus on talking to Goten, about upsetting their mom, while their dad was gone.
Turning to Goten with a sigh, "I thought I told you not to do anything to upset mom you know how stressed and tired she is especially since Dad, you, and I are super sayians. I think she sometimes wishes that she had extended youth like Dad and Vegeta in order to just keep up with us. I want you to tell me the truth Goten where did the hickey come from?"
Goten looks at his brother and sincerely replies, "I honestly don't know all I remember is that last week I had some pain there but I didn't think anything of it and dismissed it".
Gohan looked down to see that Vegeta was still watching them; he shook his head and sighed thinking to himself "Vegeta will kill me for this." Turning to his younger brother, he motions for him to follow him.
They descended down till where at eye level with Vegeta. "Hey, Vegeta would you mind if we came in so I can inspect this mark on Goten, that's gotten mom all worked up?"
Vegeta scoffs turns around and walks in leaving the door open. Gohan and Goten just stay there confused. Vegeta retorts, "Are you coming in or not?" Gohan and Goten nod their heads and briskly come inside.
Bulma sits up in bed "Oh. Hi boys, what brings you here so late?"
Vegeta snapped "Nothing that concerns you, woman. Go back to bed."
"I'll probably find out anyways." Bulma replies as she gets up to follow them.
They head down to the living room and turn on the light.
Bulma sees the mark on Goten "Oh my Goten, has your mom seen this?"
Gohan injects "Yeah, she almost broke down our door again over it".
"Is this true Goten?" Bulma asks him
Goten looks down and nods.
Gohan looks over the dark colored blotch on his brother and takes mental notes about it.
"Well it certainly looks like a hickey," he mutters to himself", but if what you say is true than maybe it's a bug bite or something."
Bulma curious inspects the mark closely, "I don't see any punctures so I don't think it's a bug bite, why don't I take a sample."
Gohan shook his head at this, "No. Mom would be angrier if something's missing once she gets him back"
Bulma nodded in agreement, then looked at Goten again, "Why don't you go into Trunks room and grab a shirt, he's over at a friend's house." Nodding Goten did as he was told, happy to get away from the scrutiny of Bulma, Vegeta, and Gohan; he just wished Trunks, was there so they could talk. Quickly he grabbed a red and blue long-sleeved shirt, knowing it was one of Trunks' favorites.
Pulling it on over his head, he went back to the adults.
"I still think you should let me take a sample," Bulma said. Vegeta turned to his wife, "I would rather not have that loud woman pounding on our door in the dead of night simply because you wanted a sample". He said with a sneer in his usual arrogant tone.
Bulma started in, "excuse me, 'our' door, I believe since I am the one who pays the bills, and runs the company, that it is strictly 'my' door."
Goten stifled a laugh, anyone who did not know them would think that their constant bickering was going to drive them apart. Nevertheless, Goten and everyone was well aware that they enjoyed their constant back and forth. It is just how they were, and as families went, they were not exactly as close as he was and his family was but they were a lot better than others he had seen. Vegeta never laid a hand on Trunks when it was not sparring, and though a serious hardass he did well by his family. Bulma on the other hand was the all around parent she disciplined Trunks as well as spoiled him rotten. He did not want for anything, but he was also well aware it could be taken away at any moment, sometimes Goten really envied his best friend.
He shook his head and went back to listening as the couple went back and forth trying to rile the other, but it looked to him like Gohan was the one being riled. Deciding to rescue his brother, he stepped fully into the room.
Noticing that his brother was back in the room Gohan interrupts the bickering couple "So what are we going to agree on what it is to tell mom until we can find out what it is really?"
Bulma suggests, "You could say it's a bruise." Just as she happened to glance over at Vegeta who for once was thinking hard on something like he knew something.
Mumbling to himself "No… it couldn't be… hmm" as Vegeta trailed off
Bulma snaps at Vegeta "You sure seemed like you had an idea care to share with the rest of us".
Vegeta scoffs "Just say it's a mark left by a blasted leach since you guys enjoy swimming in the river so damned much".
"That works for me." Gohan replies, "Well we should be getting back, before I get yelled at by both of them". He gave a slight shudder at the thought.
After saying their goodbyes, Gohan and Goten headed home.
End Chapter 1