Disclaimer: See previous chapters... please, for my sake n.n;;.
A/N: Liek above... see previous chapters. Not like you'd want to use my character anyway ^_^.
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Chapter 6- The Mall
To Trunks, it's seemed as if the time he fought against Renshi to regain his friends and family back were actually starting to make him think about what was going on. Maybe it was because they were able to get his mother back? Maybe it was because the fights were playing out in a different pattern? He didn't know. Trunks was sitting at the kitchen table of his house, his head resting in the palm of his hands, when all of a sudden, he just got the feeling to run away from it all. To go somewhere to relieve the stress.
"Goten!" He yelled, leaning back into the chair as Goten came running into the kitchen, a worried expression playing on his face.
"What? What!" Goten said wildly, looking around the kitchen.
"Nothing. I just wanted to know if you wanted to go somewhere. Do you?"
Goten placed a hand upon his chin in a thoughtful looking way. "You sure we wouldn't stay here in case something happens?"
"You sure we should stay here and go insane from the tension? C'mon, lets go see a movie or something." Trunks said as he started getting up and walking outside as he grabbed a capsule from one of his pant's pockets.
"A movie? That sounds fun! Lets go!"
Trunks smiled as Goten ran ahead of him, snatching the capsule from his hand to run out front. He sighed, already feeling the stress slightly relieved as he followed Goten.
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Click. Click. Click. Click.
Trunks shoved Goten's hand away from the radio presets as he was driving, turning the radio off as well, even though Goten had accidentally pressed the mute button. Goten looked at him sadly and sat back in his chair as they made their way to the closest movie theatre which was located at the nearby mall.
"I was just trying to find a good station." Goten said.
"The sound wasn't even on." Trunks replied, looking into his rearview mirror.
Goten looked at him strangely at this act, seeing that it was the around the eleventh time he looked at what ever was behind them. He started to turn around to see what was so interesting when Trunks grabbed him and made him sit back.
Goten sat still in his seat and looked forward at the road ahead of him strangly. "Is there something wrong, Trunks?"
"Yeah." Trunks took another look in the mirror. "I swear, that car behind us has been following us."
"How would you know? It might just be a coincidence."
"Ever since we turned onto the main road by our house?"
"Hey! That happens sometimes!" Goten said with quite a bit of enthusiasm. "It could be your neighbor oing to the mall too!"
"You idiot! My house is located in the middle of the city! There's not another resident living for over a mile!"
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"What a cheap movie." Goten groaned as he left the theatre.
"Yeah, how could you die when someone waves a stupid piece of rock around you?" Trunks added.
"And how can you mixed the colors blue, red, and yellow?"
Both of the boys stood around in silence, looking for something else to do in the mall. Trunks looked to his left, glancing all around him until his face was almost looking in the opposite direction, when something caught his eye. Something that stuck out among the crowd, easy for the eye to catch. Something orange. He snapped his head up and searched around where he thought he saw it. Strangely, it seemed as the people started to pass and gather, just as he started looking, making it almost impossible to figure out what he saw. The people seemed to keep coming, he barely figured out that the sight of orange was a bandana, worn on the head of black hair.
Sparking his curiosity, as well as his sense that it could be a certain person, he started pushing his way through the crowd, making his was to the patch of orange that seemed to be so far away as he drew his way closer. Finally pushing the last line of people, he saw her, sitting down on a bench, her legs crossed, an arm drapped on the top of the bench, the other resting on the side arm as she looked directly at him, a grin appearing on her face as she saw him come into view.
Pan stood up and blurred away from his sight before for he could do anything except leave him to wonder. Why wasn't she in her suit? What was she doing in such a public place? Where were the others? He turned around, searching frantically for her or anyone else. He froze when he saw Bra leaning one of the pay phones by the movie theatre, exactly where Goten was. He turned his gaze to his friend, who was looking through the crowd, obviously searching for him. When he looked back at Bra, she smiled and pointed a finger at Goten.
Trunks stared at Goten for a moment, to see if anything was wrong with him, but saw someone in the distance, standing with her arms crossed, and staring straight at him. Bra wasn't pointing to Goten, she was pointing to Marron. He glanced back at Bra to find she wasn't there and looked back at the position Marron was at. She was gone as well. They were playing a new game this time.
Goten finally spotted Trunks and ran over to him, confused. "Why'd you run off like that?"
"They're here Goten!" Trunks said, still looking around the mall. "I lost them though, I don't know where they are."
"WHAT?! That can't be! Why here?!" Goten screamed, turning around many times to look around him.
"Stop yelling!"
Goten calmed down, putting a serious face on. "Well? Where did you see them?"
"Pan was right there on the bench, Bra was by the phone booth right by you, and Marron was over there. They didn't have their suits this time... so I'm guessing it's just another strategy."
"Well... which way do you think they went?"
"We shouldn't split up... so let's check over there." Trunks pointed to the car crowded parking lot. "If we have to fight, there'll be less people there."
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"They're getting better." Marron commented as she sat on a concrete beam on the roof of the first floor parking area.
"Yeah, found us on the first guess this time." Pan snickered as she leaned into the shadows of a pillar.
"Shhh!" Bra snapped, poking out from atop a car that looked pitch black in the shadows. "They're comming and I don't want you to spoil my fun!"
The three quieted down as Trunks and Goten approached cautiously into the parking lot. As soon as Goten laid a single step in the darkened area, he fell flat on his face.
"Goten!!!" Trunks panicked.
Goten just got up casually and grinned. "Heh heh. Just some oil."
They both continued to walk, continuously seeing things move out of the corner of their eyes. They both came to a slow stop in the middle of the darkness. Goten started scanning the area while Trunks got into a fighting stance, slightly bouncing from the tension. Goten blurred away as someone kicked at him and retaliated by appearing and trying to punch his aggresor. He unfortunately found darkness and air. Arms encircled his neck in a vise-like grip from behind.
"Goten!" He heard Trunks scream. "Get out now! Just try to get out!"
Goten grabs the arms around his neck and pried them off. Getting a firm grip on the arms, he flipped the person over his shoulder and darted out of the parking lot as quick as he could. Bra groaned as she got up from the concrete ground of which she had been flipped upon.
"Bastards... they got away." Pan muttered as she helped Bra up.
"Tell me about it. Why didn't you help me?" Bra asked.
"Well... I happened to have been thrown on to the ground by Lavender Boy."
"And where were you Marron?" Bra dusted herself waiting for a response. "Marron?"
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Yes! I know! Took me some three months! Sorry that I write very little, very slow! Well, as I always say... I was working on another fanfic... well, fanfics. I don't post them though ^_^. I will when I'm finished with them... or near. But anyway... how did you like this chapter? Just give me a review as I start the next chapter. Rika J. ^_^ \\// peace.
A/N: Liek above... see previous chapters. Not like you'd want to use my character anyway ^_^.
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Chapter 6- The Mall
To Trunks, it's seemed as if the time he fought against Renshi to regain his friends and family back were actually starting to make him think about what was going on. Maybe it was because they were able to get his mother back? Maybe it was because the fights were playing out in a different pattern? He didn't know. Trunks was sitting at the kitchen table of his house, his head resting in the palm of his hands, when all of a sudden, he just got the feeling to run away from it all. To go somewhere to relieve the stress.
"Goten!" He yelled, leaning back into the chair as Goten came running into the kitchen, a worried expression playing on his face.
"What? What!" Goten said wildly, looking around the kitchen.
"Nothing. I just wanted to know if you wanted to go somewhere. Do you?"
Goten placed a hand upon his chin in a thoughtful looking way. "You sure we wouldn't stay here in case something happens?"
"You sure we should stay here and go insane from the tension? C'mon, lets go see a movie or something." Trunks said as he started getting up and walking outside as he grabbed a capsule from one of his pant's pockets.
"A movie? That sounds fun! Lets go!"
Trunks smiled as Goten ran ahead of him, snatching the capsule from his hand to run out front. He sighed, already feeling the stress slightly relieved as he followed Goten.
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Click....
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Click...
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Click....
Click. Click. Click. Click.
Trunks shoved Goten's hand away from the radio presets as he was driving, turning the radio off as well, even though Goten had accidentally pressed the mute button. Goten looked at him sadly and sat back in his chair as they made their way to the closest movie theatre which was located at the nearby mall.
"I was just trying to find a good station." Goten said.
"The sound wasn't even on." Trunks replied, looking into his rearview mirror.
Goten looked at him strangely at this act, seeing that it was the around the eleventh time he looked at what ever was behind them. He started to turn around to see what was so interesting when Trunks grabbed him and made him sit back.
Goten sat still in his seat and looked forward at the road ahead of him strangly. "Is there something wrong, Trunks?"
"Yeah." Trunks took another look in the mirror. "I swear, that car behind us has been following us."
"How would you know? It might just be a coincidence."
"Ever since we turned onto the main road by our house?"
"Hey! That happens sometimes!" Goten said with quite a bit of enthusiasm. "It could be your neighbor oing to the mall too!"
"You idiot! My house is located in the middle of the city! There's not another resident living for over a mile!"
**********
"What a cheap movie." Goten groaned as he left the theatre.
"Yeah, how could you die when someone waves a stupid piece of rock around you?" Trunks added.
"And how can you mixed the colors blue, red, and yellow?"
Both of the boys stood around in silence, looking for something else to do in the mall. Trunks looked to his left, glancing all around him until his face was almost looking in the opposite direction, when something caught his eye. Something that stuck out among the crowd, easy for the eye to catch. Something orange. He snapped his head up and searched around where he thought he saw it. Strangely, it seemed as the people started to pass and gather, just as he started looking, making it almost impossible to figure out what he saw. The people seemed to keep coming, he barely figured out that the sight of orange was a bandana, worn on the head of black hair.
Sparking his curiosity, as well as his sense that it could be a certain person, he started pushing his way through the crowd, making his was to the patch of orange that seemed to be so far away as he drew his way closer. Finally pushing the last line of people, he saw her, sitting down on a bench, her legs crossed, an arm drapped on the top of the bench, the other resting on the side arm as she looked directly at him, a grin appearing on her face as she saw him come into view.
Pan stood up and blurred away from his sight before for he could do anything except leave him to wonder. Why wasn't she in her suit? What was she doing in such a public place? Where were the others? He turned around, searching frantically for her or anyone else. He froze when he saw Bra leaning one of the pay phones by the movie theatre, exactly where Goten was. He turned his gaze to his friend, who was looking through the crowd, obviously searching for him. When he looked back at Bra, she smiled and pointed a finger at Goten.
Trunks stared at Goten for a moment, to see if anything was wrong with him, but saw someone in the distance, standing with her arms crossed, and staring straight at him. Bra wasn't pointing to Goten, she was pointing to Marron. He glanced back at Bra to find she wasn't there and looked back at the position Marron was at. She was gone as well. They were playing a new game this time.
Goten finally spotted Trunks and ran over to him, confused. "Why'd you run off like that?"
"They're here Goten!" Trunks said, still looking around the mall. "I lost them though, I don't know where they are."
"WHAT?! That can't be! Why here?!" Goten screamed, turning around many times to look around him.
"Stop yelling!"
Goten calmed down, putting a serious face on. "Well? Where did you see them?"
"Pan was right there on the bench, Bra was by the phone booth right by you, and Marron was over there. They didn't have their suits this time... so I'm guessing it's just another strategy."
"Well... which way do you think they went?"
"We shouldn't split up... so let's check over there." Trunks pointed to the car crowded parking lot. "If we have to fight, there'll be less people there."
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"They're getting better." Marron commented as she sat on a concrete beam on the roof of the first floor parking area.
"Yeah, found us on the first guess this time." Pan snickered as she leaned into the shadows of a pillar.
"Shhh!" Bra snapped, poking out from atop a car that looked pitch black in the shadows. "They're comming and I don't want you to spoil my fun!"
The three quieted down as Trunks and Goten approached cautiously into the parking lot. As soon as Goten laid a single step in the darkened area, he fell flat on his face.
"Goten!!!" Trunks panicked.
Goten just got up casually and grinned. "Heh heh. Just some oil."
They both continued to walk, continuously seeing things move out of the corner of their eyes. They both came to a slow stop in the middle of the darkness. Goten started scanning the area while Trunks got into a fighting stance, slightly bouncing from the tension. Goten blurred away as someone kicked at him and retaliated by appearing and trying to punch his aggresor. He unfortunately found darkness and air. Arms encircled his neck in a vise-like grip from behind.
"Goten!" He heard Trunks scream. "Get out now! Just try to get out!"
Goten grabs the arms around his neck and pried them off. Getting a firm grip on the arms, he flipped the person over his shoulder and darted out of the parking lot as quick as he could. Bra groaned as she got up from the concrete ground of which she had been flipped upon.
"Bastards... they got away." Pan muttered as she helped Bra up.
"Tell me about it. Why didn't you help me?" Bra asked.
"Well... I happened to have been thrown on to the ground by Lavender Boy."
"And where were you Marron?" Bra dusted herself waiting for a response. "Marron?"
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Yes! I know! Took me some three months! Sorry that I write very little, very slow! Well, as I always say... I was working on another fanfic... well, fanfics. I don't post them though ^_^. I will when I'm finished with them... or near. But anyway... how did you like this chapter? Just give me a review as I start the next chapter. Rika J. ^_^ \\// peace.