Chapter 12:
"Why do you like the sea so much?" Goten asked his best friend.
Trunks shrugged. "It makes me feel…" he searched for the right word. "Peaceful."
They fell silent again.
"So how's Pan?" Goten spoke, trying to start a conversation. "Or should I say, how is your fiancée?"
"Fine," Trunks sighed wearily. He did not want to talk about her.
"What's wrong?"
"Well, I thought that I made a right choice about the whole marriage thing but now…" he looked down. "I'm not so sure. I wonder if I should call this wedding off."
Goten was stunned. He could feel his muscles growing tense. "What? I thought you were crazy about her." He stared at Trunks. "But whatever you do now, it's too late. You had already purposed and she had accepted. Your parents are busy planning the wedding. They will never let you call off the wedding!"
Trunks looked annoyed. "I think I know that already." He paused for a while. "Maybe I'm having doubts about Pan because we are getting married soon." He managed a soft laugh. "Weddings blues, I'll miss being a bachelor."
Goten felt his muscles relax again. "Yeah, that must be it." Then something caught his eye and he frowned. "Hey," he touched Trunks' arm. "What's that?"
Trunks looked up. "What?"
"That gold stuff in the water." Goten pointed.
"I don't see it, hold it, I see it." An alarmed look crossed Trunks' eyes. "Goten, I think that's a girl!" Trunks grabbed the edge of his shirt and pulled it off. He dived into the sea and started swimming towards the girl.
He grabbed her limp body and put one of her arms around his neck. He slowly swam back to the boat.