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Better Than It Seems

Chapter 2

Trunks' Not So Very Much Adventure In Space

Trunks lay on the bed in his room on the spaceship staring blankly at the ceiling . It was his third day in space , his third day in the endless elepth of darkness . His only companions were his pet stuffed white tiger , his videogames and a few books he had brought with him . He hadn't really expected that he would use them while in space , he thought that he would have been busy fighting evil aliens and having cool adventures like when his mother , Krillin and Gohan had gone in space . He had expected too much , his father didn't have the time of day for him even in outer space .

Trunks crawled off his bed and opened the bedroom door slightly . Vegeta had turned on the gravity in the ship and was doing push ups with one hand . Vegeta looked towards Trunks . He turned off the gravity and turned to Trunks . " Why don't you stop wasting time and come and train brat . I didn't bring you with me to take up space you know ."

Trunks raised an eyebrow , this was the first thing his father had said to him since they had taken off . " You want me to come and train ?" Vegeta scowled , " What are you slow or something ? That's what I said ."

Trunks ignored him and walked towards the controls for the ship . He examined the different knobs and complicated gadgets . " I don't think I want to . When are we gonna' reach new Namek ?" he asked . Vegeta glared at him , what did Trunks take him for ? " What did you say ?" Vegeta asked . Trunks repeated his question , " I asked when are we reaching New-"

"Not that , before that ! I know your stupid but don't try my patience brat !" Vegeta said menacingly . Trunks just stared at him . " I'm hungry . It's around eight-thirty at earth . Can we eat ?" Vegeta scowled at him but complied , " Fine !" They sat quietly at a small table in a corner at the spaceship and munched at frozen pizza . Trunks sighed but Vegeta ignored him so he sighed again . " What ?" Vegeta snapped . Trunks shook his head , " Nothing it's just that , this pizza is cold . It's hard to bite it ."

"You're a Saiyan you have sharper teeth than a human , you shouldn't be having a problem ." There was silence for a while but then Trunks murmured , " I'm human too you know ." Vegeta frowned but did his best to ignore him , he wasn't going to let Trunks make him frustrated .

" Do you have to hit me so hard Tousan ?" Trunks whined after he got up from yet another blow on the floor . Vegeta had of course gotten his way and the next day Trunks had found himself being beaten in increased gravity . He was in super saiyan form but still had trouble from the restraining level of the gravity , it was the blows he had taken that had really made it difficult to fight the force pulling him down . " Stop being a wimp! Your reminding me of Kakarot's kid ." Trunks gave him a pleading look , " We've trained away most of the day , can't we take a break ? Just a small , little break ?"

" Hmph , fine then . We're done for today ." he shut the gravity off . Trunks grinned , "Great ! What are we eating today ? And please don't let it be frozen this time !"

" Well , we're having Ramen tonight ." Trunks screwed up his face . " Ramen ? How are we going to make Ramen ? We don't have a microwave remember ?" Just then the computer screen turned on and Bulma's smiling face popped up . Vegeta frowned , " What do you want ? We haven't killed each other yet ."

" First of all Vegeta this is a recorded e-mail , it's not me in the present . I just wanted to tell you guys some things I forgot to mention ." Bulma rambled off a list of things . " Well that's it guys – wait ! I almost forgot there's also a microwave on the second shelf in the storage cupboard , just in case you need it and remember to shut off the engine accelerator every night before you guys go to sleep or the ship will run low on it's thruster boost and you could end up stranded until it's charged up again . This is an extremely advanced and highpowered ship , you have to monitor it and check up on it every now and then . That's it for now , bye now !" The computer screen turned off .

Trunks's face fell , " You mean we've been eaten frozen pizza all along when we've had a microwave all the time ?" Vegeta just stood in silence . ' That onna is unbelievable she knew everything I would've said .'he thought.

" Trunks your in charge of shutting off the accelerator every night, if you forget your in trouble ." Vegeta told trunks as they ate their dinner that night . " By the rate this ship is going we should reach Namek by this Saturday ." Trunks gulped down his ramen hungrily and reached for more . " Why do I have to be in charge of shutting down the accelerator ." Vegeta gave him a stern glare , " Cause' I said so and if you don't listen on our way to Vegeta-sei I'll drop you back on earth ."

"It doesn't matter , you're a grump anyway ." Trunks said and marched back into his room . Vegeta scowled after him . He knew Trunks didn't really feel that way Trunks really wanted to see Vegeta-sei .

" We'll be landing on New Namek in the next 5mins., sit down and be quiet for a while ." Trunks had been jumping up and down in his excitement , they had finally reached New Namek . The ship landed by a lake in a mountainous area surrounded by trees . Vegeta and Trunks climbed out of the ship and looked around . It was early in the morning , the sun was just beginning to rise and there was a gentle breeze blowing through the trees . "Sugoi !" Trunks exclaimed merrily . " Trunks , I want you to set up camp . I'm going to get an early start on finding the dragonballs ." Vegeta unpacked the Dragon Radar and shot off in the air . " Wait ! Dad , can't I come ?" Trunks pleaded . Vegeta turned around and watched him . " No , you stay here and do as I said ." Vegeta blasted off into the sunrise .

Trunks kicked the floor . ' Tousan is absolutely no fun !' he fumed . ' I suppose I should start setting up camp .'

Trunks lay sprawled out on the grass taking in the sunrays and the scenery around midday when he heard a shuffling noise from some nearby shrubs . " Huh ?" He listened carefully . Yes , there was something there , his acute Saiyan hearing picked up the sound of heavy breathing . It sounded like the breathing of a spy trying not to be heard . 'What a novice!' Trunks thought as he approached the shrubs , " Hey whatever you are come out now before I hurt you !" Trunks heard the sound of something scrambling to escape . " Aww no you don't !" Trunks dived and tackled the thing to the floor , grabbing it by it's neck and choking it .

" Ahh , help ! The purple haired creature's grabbed me !" a scared and whiny voice screamed . Trunks was bewildered , " What ? Purple haired creature ? Hey , you mean me ?" Trunks yelled letting it go . It dropped on the floor shaking and Trunks took time to observe it . "Your just some whiny , Namek kid ." Trunks said . ' What a waste of energy.' He thought . The namekian child sniffed . " Please don't hurt me . My name is Isle , I'm sorry for disturbing you but please let me go !" Isle burst out in tears . Trunks sweatdropped . ' What a wimp .' Trunks folded his arms in a matter of fact way and scowled . " I'm not going to hurt you . I just attacked you because I heard someone spying on me . You can leave if you want , I'm not keeping you ."

" Please , please – what ? Your letting me free ?" Isle got up and sneered . " I told them the purple headed creature was no match for me !"

" Hey !" Trunks started , " I am not a purple headed creature , I'm a human and what do you mean I'm no match for you ? I can take you any day , crybaby !"

" Yeah , yeah , sure you can ." Isle began to walk away cockily . " What a stupid creature!"

" That's it !" Trunks dashed after Isle knocking him to the floor again . " Help !" Isle burst into tears again . " Please , don't hurt me !" Trunks sweatdropped again . " Man ," he mumbled , " this is ridiculous !"

Vegeta landed at camp a little later to take a break . He had already found four of the dragonballs . " Trunks ." he called . ' Where is that brat ?' he thought grumpily . " I'm right here Tousan ." Trunks came from behind the ship . " What do you want ?"

" I want you to put these Dragonballs away in the ship for me until I return with the rest later ." Trunks nodded and took the dragonballs into the ship .

" Dad ? May I pleeeease come this time ?" Trunks asked sweetly . " Pretty please with a cherry on top !"

" I need you to stay here and watch the ship ." Vegeta replied . Trunks sighed . " But it'll be so much faster if I came with you ."

"I'm not going through this again Trunks ." Vegeta said trying to have patience . Trunks gave in to his defeat and sat sulkily by the bank of the lake .

"Uh , what's going on ?" Trunks stirred from where he had been lying asleep on the soft, springy turf of New Namek . He saw the seven dragonballs in the sky hovering for a second in their orange glow and then they scattered across the planet . " Dad?" Trunks asked. " It's time to go Trunks ." Vegeta said climbing into the ship . " I've packed everything up already , just come inside ." Trunks checked his watch . It was quarter to four in the morning earth time . The sun was beginning to rise again on New Namek .

" But what did you wish for ?" Trunks asked.

Vegeta was already setting up the co-ordinates for their next destination in the ship . 'Tousan , will you ever really notice me ?' Trunks thought sadly in his mind . " I bet you don't even care !" he said out loud angrily .

" Are you sure ? Are you absolutely sure ?" Celestine shouted at Elegan in frustration. "But how can that be ? Planet Vegeta was destroyed years ago . Demolished by Freiza !"

" Yes sire . I'm sure , Planet Vegeta showed up on our scanners two days ago , when we were making a scan of the planets in that area ." Elegan replied . Celestine tossed his golden hair behind his back and came to a standstill in his heated pacing of the room. "Then – but then – that must mean that Prince Vegeta might be alive ." he laughed with mirth , " I thought I would have to wait to descend to the underworld to get my revenge but it seems that I may actually be able to get my revenge a little earlier than I bargained for ."

AN: Yay ! Another chapter done , Trunks and Vegeta aren't really getting along , are they ? Just wait till things start to heat up . Please review , I hoped you like this chapter even more than the last .

Lilac Cherry Blossoms