AN: Oh geez. First off, I'm sorry I lied in the last chapter. It's been practically an entire year. I know I hate it when my favorite stories take too long to be updated…and then I do this. Sorry! There was college, laziness, and writers block…yeah.

There were many many times when I just wanted to take down the story and put it back up once I had at least five or six chapters written.

Oh well!

Thank you so much for the comments and adding my story to your alerts. It really brought up my self-esteem. XD LOL

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(Somewhere in the Desert)

"You called sir?" Number One kneeled.

"Status report."

"We have nearly gathered all the remaining Dragon Balls as you've requested. We just need the two, four, and seven star balls."

"What is taking you so long?"

"The Dragon Balls have yet to revert back to their original form after their last use. We are just making sure that that the rocks we pick up are actually them."

His leader sighed. "I will accept no excuses. You have two weeks to gather the remaining three before I personally obliterate you."

Number One swallowed hard. "Yes, sir." He stood, bowed, and left.

"Soon," the leader sighed as he gazed out the window, "soon this world will be ours, my lord."

-s-s-s

"Oh, Trunks…" Goten sang as he poked his cheek repeatedly. Trunks groaned. "Wakey, wakey sleepy head."

"Go away," Trunks moaned as he swatted away Goten's hand.

"Ah! I guess I have to give my wittle Trunks a good morning kiss," Goten cooed.

"Do and you're dead."

Goten laughed. "C'mon. Nate and Catherine are waiting in the front room to go to lunch."

"Lunch?" exclaimed Trunks as he shot up from bed.

"Yeah, you slept like the dead. Only reason I woke up was because Catherine was pounding on the door."

"I didn't pound!" she contradicted from the other room.

Goten laughed and Trunks smiled. "Come on, up!" Goten threw off the covers and dragged Trunks into the bathroom where he had already set out some clothes.

Thirty minutes later they all found themselves at the mall food court guzzling down food. "What do you guys want to do today?" asked Nate with a mouth full of food.

"Don't take with your mouth full. It's totally unattractive," scolded Catherine. "I actually have plans with my parents later on. They want to take little Alisha to the petting zoo."

"Sweet! I'm baby free!"

"Lucky," smiled Goten. "My dad and I are gonna be training today with my brother."

"Since when?" glared Trunks.

"Uh oh! Someone forgot to ask permission from his wife," chuckled Nate.

"Shut up! Goten?"

"We always train on the weekends. You know that!"

"I'm supposed to go to Capsule Corp. today for a meeting. I can't get out of it."

"When?"

Trunks looked down at his watch. "Crap! Now!" He jumped up and gathered his things before he paused. "Goten?"

"I got it covered. You just go to your meeting. We'll be over at my parents place." Trunks smiled and started walking away.

"Dude," Nate whispered, "I totally dare you!" Goten smiled.

"Dare him to what?" questioned Catherine.

"Have a good day at work, babe!" Goten called standing and waving toward Trunks.

Trunks stiffened before he continued at a faster pace. Nate and Goten laughed at his obvious embarrassment while Catherine shook her head knowing that they no doubt prepared something for her own departure. "Okay, quick question," Nate started.

Goten looked at Catherine. "Should I be afraid?"

"Maybe."

"It's not that bad," frowned Nate.

"Shoot."

"Are you sure that you two are just friends? Honestly, main reason you two always have to pair up is because everybody thinks you're both a couple."

"We've been friends since we were born. His mom knew my dad when he was just a kid. We grew up together. We're practically family…and it's all your guy's fault that we're always together. You basically set us up."

"Whatever you say, honey," he winked. Goten rolled his eyes and got ready to leave.

"Catch you later guys later tonight. Movie night still on?"

"Of course," smiled Catherine. Goten smiled back and waved goodbye.

As he flew, he thought a little about what Nate kept implying. So what if Trunks and I are close? He thought bitterly. Guys aren't allowed to have best friends? He shook his head and focused on the flight. He looked down and found Quinn staring at his. He slowed to a stop. "I wonder if you find it weird to have two guys as parents…then again, you don't even the difference between boys and girls." He sighed and continued on his flight until he reached the house that he was still trying to get used to. He opened the front door and walked in.

"Hello? Anybody home?" Goten called.

"I'm in the laundry room sweetheart!" Rini yelled back.

"Sweetheart?" he murmured to himself.

Rini came out of the room and saw Goten. "Oh! I'm sorry Goten, I thought you were you were your father."

"I figured," he laughed. "Where's he at?"

"Piccolo came for him not too long ago. He said he'd back soon," she said taking Quinn.

"Alright."

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(Capsule Corp.)

"Hey mom?" Trunks came to a halt behind his mother. The meeting had just finished and they were the last to leave. "Can I ask you something?"

"Of course you can!"

"How did you know you were in love with dad?"

His mother stared at him knowingly even though he didn't make eye contact.

"It wasn't an easy discovery. In fact, I didn't even know it had even happened. We got together in a haze of passion and after. I really didn't think about it. Then, I found out that I was pregnant with you and I started to really look back. I didn't think of that time as a mistake, more like a beginning. Convincing your father was another thing entirely, but we made it work."

"Did it take you long to convince him? I mean…"

She laughed. "I know, but he's a smart man. He was just in denial. So I gave him space. As my stomach started growing, so did our relationship. Before he knew it, he had also fallen." Trunks stayed quiet. "Sometimes just standing on the sidelines won't bring insight. You need to get there and question your feelings in order to discover them. It won't be easy, but nothing in this world is ever easy." Bulma smiled. "You'll both figure it out eventually," she said walking away.

"Wait, what?" he called after her.