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Info: Damn. I'm on a roll! Three chapters in one day!

The Ties That Bind: Chapter Three

Goten and Bra floated lazily in the water, enjoying the peace. Snickering, Bra raised a hand and splashed some water on Goten's face, disturbing him from his almost sleeplike state. Much to his annoyance.
"Bra! What did ya do that for??" He stood up in the waist deep water, inspecting the stretched out beauty. She grinned cheekily.
"You needed a wake up call." She chuckled. Goten rolled his eyes and dove under the surface as Bra shut her eyes again. There was a silence. After awhile, Bra sat up, worry plucking at heartstrings.
"Goten?" She began searching with her eyes, before starting to panic a little, feet touching the sandy bottom.
"GOTEN?" Suddenly, her legs were pulled out from underneath her and she was dragged under the water, liquid silencing her scream. A pair of strong arms, which seemed to be shaking from laughter, grasped her and she was tugged to shore and laid on the wet sand, where the water lapped gently at the granular particles. She caught her breath, and once she was breathing evenly again, glared up at a smirking Goten who was on his knees, leaning over the wet princess.
"Goten, you scared the shit out of me!" He grinned the patented Son grin down at her.
"Payback's a bitch, ain't it. He snickered as Bra gave an indignant snort. His smile dropped slowly away, like it was melting from his face, as he noted mentally the position they were currently in. Bra was just starting to notice it too. Neither made any move to pull away, Goten's hair dripping in spikes around him, water rolling off his skin in small droplets. Bra stared back up at him, slightly nervously, eyelashes painted with glistening drops of water, sun reflecting off them, making the follicles sparkle like each was an individual diamond. Goten though to himself that he had never seen anything so beautiful, and reached up a thumb, caressing the droplets away from her blues. Bra shuddered softly under his touch, Goosebumps covering her arms. Both individuals were completely serious now; jokey attitude having dissolved like it was never there. Goten slowly leant down to touch nose to nose with her, breathing quickened considerably. So had hers, and as she studied his dark eyes, there was a type of silent permission laced through the orbs. Goten tilted his head and leant down further, brushing his lips on her own softly. Bra's arms came up and locked around his neck, fingers threading through hair, pushing him down further still, so that their lips met in a passionate embrace now. When, and only when the duo were out of breath, did they pull away. Bra panted, pinned underneath his mass.
"Well.... That was...unexpected...." Goten just nodded, hovering nose to nose with her.
"Want me to do it again?"
"Definitely."

Pan and Trunks were flying lazily side by side, dodging the birds and such that were hovering at their current altitude. It was late afternoon now, and at the pace they were traveling, the beach was not far away. Pan suddenly flipped and flew upside down, on her back, underneath Trunks, so that she was looking up at him.
"Have a fun time today?" Trunks grinned and nodded.
"Sure did. It's just nice to be able to get away from everything. Away from Mom, Away from work, Away from training...." Pan nodded her understanding.
"I totally know what you mean. Dad has been training me extra hard lately. I have no clue as to why though. Maybe he feels something is about to happen. God..."Pan sighed, a troubled note in the noise "I hope it's nothing. Our lives are centered around saving everyone and the world on a regular basis."
"Yeah Panny, I know...But what can we do about it? Its our destiny, I suppose."
"Yeah...but sometimes I wish it wasn't. A regular life would be nice for once...." The two hybrids fell silent, Trunks looked up, spotting the beach.
"Look, there it is. Lets land." Pan just nodded and they began the descent onto the sand. Landing next to Goten and Bra, Pan shot them a strange look. Both of them were flushed. They were holding hands. They had identical BITE marks on their necks. Pan just blinked, and stared at the blushing couple. Trunks obviously had no idea, as he was jabbering to himself and packing up the gear. Pan gaped.
"What did you guys DO while we were away??" Bra blushed an even deeper red. Trunks looked up at this, and gaze the three questioning looks. Goten cleared his throat.
"Well...We kind of...bonded..." Trunks' eyes widened at this considerably.
"You did WHAT?" Pan, on the other hand, burst into a shriek, bouncing up and down.
"That is so terrific! Oh my god oh my god oh my GOD!" Bra became caught up in the excitement and grabbed Pan and began bouncing around, giggling incessantly.
"You have to tell me everything!" Pan began jabbering.
"Ok!" Pan began dragging Bra away from the males. Their conversation still could be heard as they walked.
"Did you...."
"Uh huh...
"Was he..."
"Uh HUH!" The two burst into giggles again before dispersing behind some trees where the car was. Goten was a fire engine red and Trunks was giving him a hard look.
"You DO realize my father is going to slaughter you." Goten rubbed the back of his head.
"Yeah, I kinda figured that." Trunks suddenly grinned and thwacked him across the back.
"Just as long as you know that!" They set off for the car, Goten becoming very nervous.

Very Nervous Indeed.

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Hehe, poor Goten. More TP next chapter, and the plot of the story will unfurl a little more.

Cyan Beauty