Jess: *yawn* I'm so sleepy.
Lei: Mmmhmm.
Jess: I hope my story's doing okay.
Lei: You're bored, aren't you?
Jess: Yeah. I can't think of any quirky remarks, can you?
Lei: Nope.
Jess: *looks at audience* Wow. I can't believe this. Nothing smart to say! Well, boring author's note. Enjoy the fic, please!
Disclaimer: DB/Z/GT does NOT belong to me. There. I said it. ON WITH THE FANFIC!
Note: Sorry it took so long to write up another chapter. School has been holding me back. ^_^ Thanks for waiting so patiently!
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"Time to eat!" Trunks declared.
"HOLD IT!!"
Trunks turned and slapped his forehead. He had forgotten his own son. Goten smiled.
"Wassup, Lei?" he said. (A/N: Lei's name is pronounced "Lee", not "Lay". Get it? Got it? Good.)
"Nothin much. All except for the great news Dad has for you," Lei replied. He adjusted his glasses and sat down, brushing his jet-black hair away from his face.
"It better be good. Hey, where's Rini?" Goten inquired.
"Oh! She's still in America with her friend," Trunks told him. "Anyways, let's eat!"
Vegeta acknowledged that statement with a mumbled, "It's about time" and dug into the food in front of him. Goku followed suit. Soon the eight Saiyans (along with demi-Saiyans) had pretty much nothing in front of them besides eight towers of empty plates and glasses. ChiChi, Bulma, Pan, Videl and Marron ignored them. They were used to their husbands and sons acting that way. Bra, for some reason, wasn't. She sat there, staring at the guys in disbelief.
"Hey, Bra, you gonna *gulp* eat that?"
"No, go ahead, Goku..."
"Hey, thanks!" Goku exclaimed as he ate everything on her plate in one bite. Not long after it had begun, the lunch was over.
"Ahh, I'm full now!"
"Yeah right, Kakarott, that was probably just a snack to you!" Vegeta scoffed.
"You ate just as much as I did, Vegeta," Goku stated.
"That's why I expect Onna here to fix me a very large dinner once we get home."
Bulma rolled her eyes.
"Okay, people, let's all settle down and listen to the good news I have to spread!" Trunks called. Everyone became quiet.
"First of all, I am sorry that I need to remind everyone of Goten and Marron's unfortunate loss approximately thirteen years ago..."
With that came a long, awkward pause, and Goten held Marron a little closer to him. Trunks continued.
"...Their only daughter had to be sent away to America to save her from being killed by one of our worst enemies so long ago. But even after we had succeeded in defeating this evil, it was too late. Our friends' child could not be recovered. We had no idea where she had gone, or who she was found by. We didn't even know whether she was dead or alive.
"But now, there is hope."
Goten looked up. Marron tried to dry her tears and attempted to understand what Trunks meant by that. Hope? How could there be hope? She had been gone for so long. How could there possibly be? Unless...
Trunks went on.
"About a month ago, my daughter Rini went off to visit her pen pal in New York. While she was there, she discovered something."
Gohan leaned forward to hear what Trunks was about to say.
"With her, Rini had a scouter. It was a prototype of my mother's for scanning very high kis and energy potentials. This was so we wouldn't have so much trouble pinpointing each other's energy sources.
"Just for fun, Rini decided she would scan every person's energy in the surrounding area. This, of course, had to be cleared up with Pan and me. We told her it would be alright, but under one circumstance." At this point Trunks coughed, and continued on.
"Pan and I didn't want anyone to discover anything about the scouter. So we told her that she must do it in secret."
"She had been scanning every person in the local area, and found nothing unusual," he continued. "But since her friend was going to leave her home in New York and go visit her grandparents in Arizona, Rini found a new opportunity to try out the scanner again. What she found was shocking."
By this time, Trunks' voice had been wearing out, so he sat down and let Pan continue.
"Upon scanning everyone in a thousand mile radius, Rini found that some person in Oregon had a very high level of energy potential. She reported this to Bulma, who reported it to Trunks and me. We all decided that it must be her."
Trunks looked at his mother and the two grinned.
It took a while for this to sink into everyone's heads and for the gears to start turning. After a short silence, the table of Saiyans and humans exploded into cries of joy and splendor. Marron ran over to Trunks and choked him with her hugging; laughing and crying at the same time. Goten was embracing every single person there. Vegeta actually smiled and was a bit happy for a moment. Bulma caught him on film and knew she would cherish that minute forever. Goku was the happiest out of everyone. He picked up ChiChi and spun around in the air. All this rejoicing lasted for a long time. Goten stood and smiled from ear to ear, knowing that, at last, his baby girl would return to him. For tomorrow, the search would begin!
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Take a second and tell me how you feel. Once again, sorry for the delay. Review, and if that ain't enough, make me happy by gracing my inbox with an email: tsunamishocker33@aol.com. Thank you very much for reading, and stay tuned for the next installment of: The Search! (Catchy, ne?)
Lei: Mmmhmm.
Jess: I hope my story's doing okay.
Lei: You're bored, aren't you?
Jess: Yeah. I can't think of any quirky remarks, can you?
Lei: Nope.
Jess: *looks at audience* Wow. I can't believe this. Nothing smart to say! Well, boring author's note. Enjoy the fic, please!
Disclaimer: DB/Z/GT does NOT belong to me. There. I said it. ON WITH THE FANFIC!
Note: Sorry it took so long to write up another chapter. School has been holding me back. ^_^ Thanks for waiting so patiently!
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"Time to eat!" Trunks declared.
"HOLD IT!!"
Trunks turned and slapped his forehead. He had forgotten his own son. Goten smiled.
"Wassup, Lei?" he said. (A/N: Lei's name is pronounced "Lee", not "Lay". Get it? Got it? Good.)
"Nothin much. All except for the great news Dad has for you," Lei replied. He adjusted his glasses and sat down, brushing his jet-black hair away from his face.
"It better be good. Hey, where's Rini?" Goten inquired.
"Oh! She's still in America with her friend," Trunks told him. "Anyways, let's eat!"
Vegeta acknowledged that statement with a mumbled, "It's about time" and dug into the food in front of him. Goku followed suit. Soon the eight Saiyans (along with demi-Saiyans) had pretty much nothing in front of them besides eight towers of empty plates and glasses. ChiChi, Bulma, Pan, Videl and Marron ignored them. They were used to their husbands and sons acting that way. Bra, for some reason, wasn't. She sat there, staring at the guys in disbelief.
"Hey, Bra, you gonna *gulp* eat that?"
"No, go ahead, Goku..."
"Hey, thanks!" Goku exclaimed as he ate everything on her plate in one bite. Not long after it had begun, the lunch was over.
"Ahh, I'm full now!"
"Yeah right, Kakarott, that was probably just a snack to you!" Vegeta scoffed.
"You ate just as much as I did, Vegeta," Goku stated.
"That's why I expect Onna here to fix me a very large dinner once we get home."
Bulma rolled her eyes.
"Okay, people, let's all settle down and listen to the good news I have to spread!" Trunks called. Everyone became quiet.
"First of all, I am sorry that I need to remind everyone of Goten and Marron's unfortunate loss approximately thirteen years ago..."
With that came a long, awkward pause, and Goten held Marron a little closer to him. Trunks continued.
"...Their only daughter had to be sent away to America to save her from being killed by one of our worst enemies so long ago. But even after we had succeeded in defeating this evil, it was too late. Our friends' child could not be recovered. We had no idea where she had gone, or who she was found by. We didn't even know whether she was dead or alive.
"But now, there is hope."
Goten looked up. Marron tried to dry her tears and attempted to understand what Trunks meant by that. Hope? How could there be hope? She had been gone for so long. How could there possibly be? Unless...
Trunks went on.
"About a month ago, my daughter Rini went off to visit her pen pal in New York. While she was there, she discovered something."
Gohan leaned forward to hear what Trunks was about to say.
"With her, Rini had a scouter. It was a prototype of my mother's for scanning very high kis and energy potentials. This was so we wouldn't have so much trouble pinpointing each other's energy sources.
"Just for fun, Rini decided she would scan every person's energy in the surrounding area. This, of course, had to be cleared up with Pan and me. We told her it would be alright, but under one circumstance." At this point Trunks coughed, and continued on.
"Pan and I didn't want anyone to discover anything about the scouter. So we told her that she must do it in secret."
"She had been scanning every person in the local area, and found nothing unusual," he continued. "But since her friend was going to leave her home in New York and go visit her grandparents in Arizona, Rini found a new opportunity to try out the scanner again. What she found was shocking."
By this time, Trunks' voice had been wearing out, so he sat down and let Pan continue.
"Upon scanning everyone in a thousand mile radius, Rini found that some person in Oregon had a very high level of energy potential. She reported this to Bulma, who reported it to Trunks and me. We all decided that it must be her."
Trunks looked at his mother and the two grinned.
It took a while for this to sink into everyone's heads and for the gears to start turning. After a short silence, the table of Saiyans and humans exploded into cries of joy and splendor. Marron ran over to Trunks and choked him with her hugging; laughing and crying at the same time. Goten was embracing every single person there. Vegeta actually smiled and was a bit happy for a moment. Bulma caught him on film and knew she would cherish that minute forever. Goku was the happiest out of everyone. He picked up ChiChi and spun around in the air. All this rejoicing lasted for a long time. Goten stood and smiled from ear to ear, knowing that, at last, his baby girl would return to him. For tomorrow, the search would begin!
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Take a second and tell me how you feel. Once again, sorry for the delay. Review, and if that ain't enough, make me happy by gracing my inbox with an email: tsunamishocker33@aol.com. Thank you very much for reading, and stay tuned for the next installment of: The Search! (Catchy, ne?)