Marron's First Love
by BikoNeko/PokeSqrt
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"Isn't it great that we're finally going to be
reunited with everyone again?" Kurillin said as he
drove over to Capsule Corp. with his family, Master
Roshi and Oolong.
"It's been a while since I've seen Chichi." Master
Roshi commented. "I sure hope she's softened up during
these past three years."
"I sure hope they have good food." said Oolong.
"I can't wait to see Bra and Pan." Marron said. "The
last time I saw them, they were little babies."
"The last time I saw Trunks and Goten," Juuhachigou
commented. "They were still single."
A slight blush crept up Marron's cheeks. "You're not
saying that...I..."
"Just a suggestion." Juuhachigou replied with a smirk.
"Well, I think I'll pass that up on that, mom." Marron
said. "I mean, Trunks and Goten are okay but Trunks
is already an adult and Goten's on the verge of being
one. I don't really think they're my type."
"Hey Kurillin! How's it going?" Gohan said as he and
Videl approached Kurillin and his family.
"Hey Gohan!" Kurillin replied. "Long time, no see!"
"There you are, Juuhachigou." Chichi called from
behind. "So good to see you!"
"Good to see you, too, Chichi." Juuhachigou replied.
"I see you've grown, Marron." Chichi told the young
13-year-old girl.
"Thank you very much, Ms. Chichi." Marron replied
with a bow.
"Would you like to talk to Goten?" Chichi asked. "He's
over at the food table."
"I think I will, Ms. Chichi. Thank you." Marron said
as she bowed again and went over to the food table.
She immediately spotted Goten. A lump grew in her
throat. She hadn't seen him in three years and she was
very nervous. She swallowed the lump and walked over to
him.
"Uh, hi." she squeaked as she poured herself some
iced tea.
"Hi." Goten replied nonchalantly as he took a big bite
out of a chicken leg. Then he quickly gulped it down and
stopped everything he was doing.
"Marron?!" he exclaimed.
"Yes." Marron replied with a nod.
"I haven't seen you in such a long time! How are you,
kid?"
"Fine, fine. Shouldn't you wait until later to start
eating everything?"
"Er...oh yeah. Well, I was here to get a drink and
one thing led to another, so... Here I am."
"You're still the same old Goten." Marron said with
a giggle. "Well, except for the hair."
Goten frowned. "It's ALWAYS the hair..."
"Sorry about that."
"That's okay. I see you've grown. You're a teenager
now, right?"
"Yes."
"Hope you don't let those hormones take over."
"I won't, don't worry. I'm not so much like you."
"Good for you...I think."
"I finally found you!" Bulma's voice rang from
behind. Marron turned around.
"Hello, Ms. Bulma." Marron said with a bow. "It's so
good to see you. Your party is going very well."
"Thank you very much, dear." Bulma replied. "I'm so
glad I found you. Y'know, Bra and Pan have been anxious
to see you again."
"Really?! I'd love to see them." Marron said happily.
"They took a nap about an hour ago so they should be
waking up by now." Bulma said. "They're in Bra's room.
Would you like to see them?"
"I'd love to!"
"I'll bring you there."
"Sure."
"See you later, kid!" Goten said.
"Bye, Goten!" Marron replied as Bulma led her to Bra's
room.
"Aw, I was expecting them to be awake by now." Bulma
said when they reached Bra's room.
"I'll stay here and wait." Marron said.
"You sure you don't want to go down?" Bulma asked.
"No, I'm fine."
"Suit yourself. I'll see you, Marron."
"Goodbye, Ms. Bulma!"
Bulma smiled and closed the door. Marron looked at the
two sleeping girls. Then Bra's eyes started to open.
As she got up, Pan started to wake. Bra rubbed her eyes
as Pan let out a yawn. Bra looked around and then saw
Marron.
"Hi!" Marron said as she waved to the two girls.
"Marron?" Bra and Pan asked. Marron nodded. The two
girls ran over to her. Marron patted their heads and
squatted to the level.
"You two have grown so much since I've seen you!"
Marron exclaimed. "I'm surprised you've recognized me."
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Bra suddenly blurted out.
She covered her mouth.
Marron giggled as she stood up.
"You're too young to think such things!" Marron said
as she opened the door. "Now let's go downstairs before
Goten eats all the food."
"Y'know, Marron," Pan said as they walked down the
hall. "Her brother doesn't have a girlfriend."
"Yeah!" Bra added. "Trunks would like you a lot."
"No, no!" Marron said. "I really don't think that
would be a good idea."
"Why not?" Bra asked.
"Well, because..." Marron began. "I'm sure that Trunks
has tons of girls at his feet. I don't want a boyfriend
right now."
"Do you want a boyfriend later?" Bra asked.
Marron giggled. "Later. Much. MUCH later."
"Okay!" Bra replied.
Marron sighed as they went down the stairs. When
Marron got to the first step, she immediately slipped
and started to fall. She closed her eyes and waited for
the impact with the floor that would probably send her
to the hospital. But instead of a hard floor, it was
a strong body that she hit. She opened her eyes and saw
that she had knocked down a handsome purple-haired boy.
She quickly got up. She recognized this boy as Trunks
Briefs.
"I'm so sorry, Trunks, sir!" she exclaimed as Trunks
stood up.
"Oh, that's okay." he replied with a dazzling smile.
Marron felt her cheeks grow hotter as she bowed
numerous times.
"Really!" Trunks insisted. "It's okay!"
"Marron! Are you all right?" Bra and Pan asked.
"I'm all right." Marron replied.
"Marron?" Trunks asked. "It's been a long time since
I've seen you!"
"Marron doesn't have a boyfriend." Bra told her
brother. Marron's face turned as red as Bra's red bow.
"Kids." Trunks chuckled. "They say the weirdest
things."
Marron smiled and nodded.
"Anyway, I gotta go." said Trunks. "It was really nice
seeing you again, Ms. Marron."
"Nice seeing you, too." Marron replied softly as
Trunks walked away. She stared at his direction and
blushed.
"Marron! Let's go!" Pan said. Marron snapped awake.
"Oh yeah." she said. "Yes. Let's go."
"Today sure was great!" Kurillin commented as he,
his family, Master Roshi and Oolong walked back towards
the Kame House.
"Marron, could you stop for a while?" Master Roshi
asked Marron when her parents and Oolong got inside.
"Sure, Master Roshi. What is it?" Marron replied as
she walked over to the old turtle master.
"You've been acting unusual since we left the Capsule
Corporation." Master Roshi said. "Is there something
wrong, my dear?"
Marron sighed and looked down. "I can't understand
it, Master Roshi. Every time I see Trunks, my stomach
feels funny and I feel strange."
Master Roshi gasped. "Don't tell me you're a...you're
a..."
"Master Roshi! Do you have an idea about what I'm
feeling?!"
"Er... If I'm not mistaken...er..."
"What?! Just tell me!"
"I think it's appendicitis."
"Appendicitis?!"
"No... Maybe it's your height."
"My height?!"
"Uh...no, no, no, no. I guess it's your weight."
"My weight?"
"Maybe it's the monster in you."
Marron sighed and looked up at the midnight sky. She
couldn't help seeing an image of Trunks with his
dazzling smile.
"Oh Trunks..."
"Marron?" Juuhachigou called out as she entered the
kitchen.
"Yes, mother?" Marron replied, looking up from washing
dishes.
"Bulma invited us for dinner tomorrow evening."
Juuhachigou said. "Shall we?"
"Of course!" Marron said.
"Good. We'll be leaving at 6:3O, all right?"
"Sure thing, mom!"
Marron watched Trunks from across the room. He was
talking with Goten.
[What happening to me?] Marron thought. [Whenever I
see Trunks, my heart flutters like crazy! I don't
understand this at all. Why am I feeling like this?!]
"Excuse me, dear. What are you doing over here by
yourself?"
Marron looked up and saw Mrs. Briefs.
"Oh, hello, Mrs. Briefs." Marron said, standing up. "I
was just resting a bit."
"You'll get too lonely if you don't have a little
fun. Why don't you talk with your friends?"
"Okay."
"Oh! Your..." Mrs. Briefs began but Marron had already
left.
"Oh." Mrs. Briefs said to herself. "Her eyes... Those
were the eyes of a girl in love."
[I can't deal with this anymore!] Marron thought. [I
have to find out what this is all about!]
"Hey kid!" Goten greeted from behind.
"Ah!" Marron shrieked as she jerked forward.
"Sorry 'bout that, Marron." Goten said with a goofy
smile on his face.
"That's all right." Marron replied.
"How's it going?" Trunks asked.
Marron's eyes widened as she turned around to face the
handsome purple-haired 18-year-old. Her cheeks got red.
"I...uh..." she stammered. "I have to go now."
She turned around and quickly walked away.
"Huh?" Trunks wondered. "What did I do?"
{DING DONG DING DONG! DING DONG DING DONG!}
"Hey Marron! Wait up!" two female voices called out
from behind. Marron stopped walking and turned around to
see her two friends, Read and Write, running towards
her.
"Hi!" Marron greeted when they reached her.
"Don't you think that history test was hard?" Read
asked.
"It was easy." stated Write.
"That's 'cause you're a genius..." Read mumbled.
"It was fair." Marron said.
"I cannot believe you two think it isn't hard!" Read
complained. "How 'bout the first question, huh???!!!"
"'Who is the world's martial arts champion?'" Write
replied. "That was dead easy! Everybody knows that Mr.
Satan defeated that Cell guy! Isn't that right, Marron?"
Marron chuckled nervously. She knew for a fact that
Mr. Satan took all the credit for Gohan's victory.
"Uh...yeah." Marron said as she looked away nervously.
"Yeah. Everybody knows that."
"But nobody CARES!!!" Read lamented. "Cell was a
gross freaky bug! Who would remember some guy who
defeated some gross freaky bug?!"
"You should have studied..." Write replied.
"Why in the world would I be interested in studying
about a guy and a bug?" Read responded. "The day I'd
want to do something as dull and boring as that is the
day a the car of my dreams with unbelievably cute boys
stops right here in front of me!"
{BEEP! BEEP!}
The three girls turned their head to the side and saw
a beautiful, shiny, red car parked right in front of
them.
"Hi!" Goten greeted as he popped out of the car's
sunroof.
"Oh my gosh..." Read said, her voice hardly audible.
"Better start studying..." Write told Read.
"Goten?" Marron asked. "What are you doing here?!"
"Your dad had something important to do so he called
me and asked if I could pick you up." Goten implied. "I
asked if you could hang out with me and he said it
was okay. Would you?"
"Sure!" Marron replied. "Is this your car?"
"No." Goten said, pointing downward.
The driver's seat window opened and there was Trunks'
smiling face.
"Hey Marron!" Trunks greeted with a wink.
Marron immediately felt her face flush up.
"You have a boyfriend and you never told us,
Marron?!" Read asked.
"U-uh, n-n-n-n-n-no!" Marron protested.
"Aiyah!" Write gasped.
Marron covered her face and lowered her head.
"Aw, geez, Marron, we were just kidding." Read said.
"We gotta go now if we wanna be in time for our
movie!" said Goten.
"Um...yeah." Marron replied quietly.
"Have fun, Marron." Write said.
"See you tomorrow." added Read.
"Bye bye!" Marron replied. She placed her hand on the
backseat door.
"You can sit up here next to me, Marron." Trunks said
before Marron opened the door.
"Sit next to your "boyfriend"." Goten teased. Marron's
cheeks got redder.
"Stop teasing her, Goten!" Trunks told his best
friend.
Goten smirked.
"Um...yeah." Marron said, going over to the passenger
side door. "Sure. Yeah."
She sat down.
"See ya, ladies!" Goten said to Read and Write with
a wink. He sat down and closed the sunroof as Trunks
drove off.
"He's pretty cute." Write commented as she watched the
red car zoom away. "Don't you think so, Read? Read?
Read?"
Write turned around and saw Read staring into space
as she blushed.
"Aiyah..." Write sighed. "I've got a feeling that
black-haired guy isn't such a lucky person..."
[Trunks Briefs, my BOYFRIEND?!] Marron thought as
she turned to look at Trunks. He caught her stare and
flashed her a smile before he concentrated once again
to his driving. Marron blushed and looked away.
[Why would I want HIM to be my boyfriend?!] she
thought. [He makes my sick.]
Her heart beat faster and her stomach started to
feel weird.
[No...] she thought. [No way...]
"Finally!" Goten said. "The food is served! I almost
thought I'd starve!"
The waitress put down the food Goten, Trunks and
Marron had ordered on the table and left. Goten
immediately dug in.
"How will you pay for all that food, Goten?" Marron
asked as she took a sip from her glass of water.
"Twunks will." Goten managed to say between his
chewing.
"I really don't know why I let him get away with it."
Trunks told Marron. "I feel that he's just using me for
my money... Pathetic, huh?"
Goten crossed his eyebrows and acted angry but after
a few seconds, he shrugged it off and continued eating.
Marron wanted to laugh at that comment but she didn't
want to let him win her over that easily so she bit
the inside of her lip to keep from laughing and started
eating.
"That movie was really good, wasn't it?" Trunks asked
as he took a bite out of his sweet and sour chicken.
Marron nodded in response. Trunks looked at her sadly
and then began to eat.
"Thank you very much for letting me hang out with
you guys." Marron said.
"Don't mention it." replied Goten.
"It was our pleasure." added Trunks.
"Um..." Marron started. She was a but hesitant. "My
school is having a fair this Friday. I want to invite
Bra and Pan. I was wondering if you could bring them
and...if you'd like to come, too? I know that you
have school and all and---"
"Love to!" Trunks cut in."
"Yeah!" said Goten "That'd be really cool."
"Thanks." Marron replied. "And thank you for bringing
me home."
"It's the reason we picked you up in the first place."
Goten said.
Marron bowed and ran back to her house. Goten got
into the passenger seat as Trunks drove off.
"It was great getting reacquainted with Marron, wasn't
it, Trunks?" Goten asked.
"Yeah..." Trunks replied with some disappointment in
his voice.
"What's wrong with you, man? You don't sound too
happy." Goten said.
"It's just that..." Trunks started. "It's just that,
I have this feeling that Marron doesn't like me so
much."
"She invited you to her school fair, didn't she?"
"I know but she was probably doing that to be polite."
"Give her some time. You know us teenagers, we don't
know what we really want. You're a very likable guy."
"I hope you're right."
"I want cotton candy!" Bra and Pan demanded.
"One cotton candy, please." Trunks and Goten said as
they took out their wallets.
"Happy?" Trunks and Goten asked.
"Yeah!" Bra and Pan cheered as they gladly took the
cotton candy.
"Hi!!!"
"The four of them turned around and saw Marron and
Yamucha coming toward them.
"Hey guys!" Yamucha greeted.
"Hey!" Trunks and Goten replied.
"Hi Bra! Hi Pan!" Marron said.
"Hi Marron!" Bra and Pan replied.
"Good to see you made it, Goten!" Marron said, giving
Goten a quick hug. Then she faced Trunks.
"Um..." she began. She held out her hand. "Nice to
see you."
Trunks shook Marron's hand and tried to hide his
disapointment.
"What are you doing here, Yamucha?" Goten asked.
"Well, Marron's parents couldn't make it and I had
nothing to do so I offered to come with her."
"I'm looking for Read and Write." Marron said. "Have
any of you seen them?"
"Read and Write?" Goten asked.
"My two friends." Marron replied. "Those two girls
you saw me with that day my father asked you to pick me
up."
"Oh..." said Goten.
"Those two?" Trunks asked, pointing to two girls
eating ice cream and talking. Marron turned around.
"Read! Write! Over here!" Marron called out as she
waved at here two friends. They ran towards her.
"Hi!" Marron greeted.
"Hi!" Read and Write responded.
"You've seen these two guys, right?" Marron asked,
referring to Trunks and Goten.
"I'm Trunks Briefs." said Trunks.
"And I'm Goten Son." said Goten.
Read's face turned bright red when she saw Goten.
"Hi!" Write said. "I'm Write Chun!"
"These two girls," Marron said. "Are Bra and Pan.
Bra is Trunks' little sister and Pan is Goten's niece."
"They're so cute!" Write commented. Read gulped and
nodded. Her attention was more on Goten.
"And you remember Yamucha." said Marron. It was
Write's turn to blush.
"AHHH!!!!!!" a shrill voice screamed. Everyone looked
up and saw that a huge dinosaur was running towards the
school, stomping all the trees in its way with its
gigantic feet. People started running away.
"We gotta stop it!" Yamucha said.
"Right." Trunks and Goten agreed, nodding their heads.
"Marron," Trunks said, turning towards the blonde
13-year-old. "Take Bra and Pan somewhere safe, all
right?"
"Y-yeah..." Marron replied as she felt her face get
warmer. Trunks, Goten and Yamucha flew in the direction
of the stampeding dinosaur.
Marron carried Bra and Pan away with Read and Write
at her sides.
"Goten's so heroic!" Read said dreamily.
"No time for that, Read!" Marron said.
"Can I fight?" Pan asked hopefully.
"Sorry, sweetie, but I can't let you do that." Marron
replied.
"Aw..." Pan whined.
"What if Yamucha kills it?" Write asked.
Marron gasped and stopped in her tracks. Read and
Write stopped.
"Marron!!!" Read yelled. "What in the HECK are you
stopping for?!"
Marron gave Bra and Pan to Read and Write.
"Please take care of them." Marron said before she
went inside the school.
"Marron! Wait!" Read called out. But it was too late.
"Marron..." Write whispered.
Marron ran upstairs to the roof. Trunks and Goten
held on to the dinosaurs arms. Yamucha was about to
throw a ki blast at it.
"STOP!!!!!!" Marron screamed. Yamucha ceased fire
and turned around.
"Marron, you shouldn't be here!" he said.
"You can't kill it!!!" Marron responded. The dinosaur
cried in agony.
"I'm not gonna kill it, Marron." Yamucha replied. "I'm
only gonna beat it up good enough so it can't hurt
anybody."
The dinosaur let out another cry, only this time, it
sounded more painful.
"Can't you see it's in enough pain?!" Marron asked.
"I'm really sorry, Marron, but I really have to do
this!" Yamucha said.
The dinosaur let out an ear-piercing roar and kicked
in Marron's direction. Yamucha dodged it but Marron
was too shocked to move. Just as she thought it was
over for her, Trunks kicked the dinosaur's leg out of
the way. Marron awoke from her shock. Yamucha prepared
to fire a ki blast.
"NO!!! STOP!!!!!!" Marron yelled.
"I have to do this!" Yamucha said.
"It has a thorn in its foot!" Marron replied.
Yamucha stopped. "A thorn? That's what's been causing
this all along?"
Marron nodded.
"We should take it out, Yamucha." Trunks said.
"Yeah." Yamucha replied. "But if two people have to
hold its arms and there's only one of us to take the
thorn out... It could kick us."
"I-I'll do it!" Marron offered.
"No way, Marron!" Yamucha said. "It's too dangerous!"
"I want to help." Marron pleaded. "Please."
"I just can't let you do that." Yamucha replied
sternly.
"We don't have any other choice, Yamucha." Goten said.
"I know she'll be all right."
"Well..." Yamucha said, hesitation in his voice.
"Fine. Trunks, Goten, you two keep it in place and I'll
hold up its leg for you, Marron."
Marron quickly went downstairs and ran out to where
the dinosaur was. Trunks and Goten held it down while
Yamucha kept its leg up. Marron got under the dinosaur's
foot and started to pull out the thorn.
"I..." Marron groaned. "I have to...pull it...out...
ow!"
Marron opened her eyes. The gigantic thorn was in her
hands and she was lying on the ground. The dinosaur
finally calmed down. When they were sure that it was
safe, Yamucha, Trunks and Goten let go. The dinosaur
turned around and walked away. The four of them went to
where Bra, Pan, Read and Write were waiting.
"Oh dear Yamucha," Write whispered as Yamucha
approached. "I have missed you so very much, my
darling!"
"'My darling'?" Marron asked. Write had just noticed
her. She blushed.
Read tightly held on to Goten's arm. "You don't know
how happy I am to see you're alive! I can understand
that completely, my darling! Every time I'm around you
I can't breathe! My love for you makes my heart go
crazy!"
Goten seemed a bit confused. "Er..."
"What?" Marron asked. "So love makes you blush and
your heart flutter? So that's what I've been feeling!"
"Exactly!" Read and Write replied.
"So that's it!" Marron exclaimed. "It wasn't
appendicitis at all! It was love that I'm feeling!"
"Oh yes!" Yamucha said.
Marron looked at Trunks and blushed furiously.
"Love. I remember the day I first fell in love."
Yamucha reminisced. "My heart pumped really fast and
my legs were shaking because she was the prettiest
girl I've ever met and I couldn't help adoring her."
Yamucha continued his story as Bra, Pan, Read, Write,
Goten and Trunks looked at the blushing Marron with
consternation.
by BikoNeko/PokeSqrt
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"Isn't it great that we're finally going to be
reunited with everyone again?" Kurillin said as he
drove over to Capsule Corp. with his family, Master
Roshi and Oolong.
"It's been a while since I've seen Chichi." Master
Roshi commented. "I sure hope she's softened up during
these past three years."
"I sure hope they have good food." said Oolong.
"I can't wait to see Bra and Pan." Marron said. "The
last time I saw them, they were little babies."
"The last time I saw Trunks and Goten," Juuhachigou
commented. "They were still single."
A slight blush crept up Marron's cheeks. "You're not
saying that...I..."
"Just a suggestion." Juuhachigou replied with a smirk.
"Well, I think I'll pass that up on that, mom." Marron
said. "I mean, Trunks and Goten are okay but Trunks
is already an adult and Goten's on the verge of being
one. I don't really think they're my type."
"Hey Kurillin! How's it going?" Gohan said as he and
Videl approached Kurillin and his family.
"Hey Gohan!" Kurillin replied. "Long time, no see!"
"There you are, Juuhachigou." Chichi called from
behind. "So good to see you!"
"Good to see you, too, Chichi." Juuhachigou replied.
"I see you've grown, Marron." Chichi told the young
13-year-old girl.
"Thank you very much, Ms. Chichi." Marron replied
with a bow.
"Would you like to talk to Goten?" Chichi asked. "He's
over at the food table."
"I think I will, Ms. Chichi. Thank you." Marron said
as she bowed again and went over to the food table.
She immediately spotted Goten. A lump grew in her
throat. She hadn't seen him in three years and she was
very nervous. She swallowed the lump and walked over to
him.
"Uh, hi." she squeaked as she poured herself some
iced tea.
"Hi." Goten replied nonchalantly as he took a big bite
out of a chicken leg. Then he quickly gulped it down and
stopped everything he was doing.
"Marron?!" he exclaimed.
"Yes." Marron replied with a nod.
"I haven't seen you in such a long time! How are you,
kid?"
"Fine, fine. Shouldn't you wait until later to start
eating everything?"
"Er...oh yeah. Well, I was here to get a drink and
one thing led to another, so... Here I am."
"You're still the same old Goten." Marron said with
a giggle. "Well, except for the hair."
Goten frowned. "It's ALWAYS the hair..."
"Sorry about that."
"That's okay. I see you've grown. You're a teenager
now, right?"
"Yes."
"Hope you don't let those hormones take over."
"I won't, don't worry. I'm not so much like you."
"Good for you...I think."
"I finally found you!" Bulma's voice rang from
behind. Marron turned around.
"Hello, Ms. Bulma." Marron said with a bow. "It's so
good to see you. Your party is going very well."
"Thank you very much, dear." Bulma replied. "I'm so
glad I found you. Y'know, Bra and Pan have been anxious
to see you again."
"Really?! I'd love to see them." Marron said happily.
"They took a nap about an hour ago so they should be
waking up by now." Bulma said. "They're in Bra's room.
Would you like to see them?"
"I'd love to!"
"I'll bring you there."
"Sure."
"See you later, kid!" Goten said.
"Bye, Goten!" Marron replied as Bulma led her to Bra's
room.
"Aw, I was expecting them to be awake by now." Bulma
said when they reached Bra's room.
"I'll stay here and wait." Marron said.
"You sure you don't want to go down?" Bulma asked.
"No, I'm fine."
"Suit yourself. I'll see you, Marron."
"Goodbye, Ms. Bulma!"
Bulma smiled and closed the door. Marron looked at the
two sleeping girls. Then Bra's eyes started to open.
As she got up, Pan started to wake. Bra rubbed her eyes
as Pan let out a yawn. Bra looked around and then saw
Marron.
"Hi!" Marron said as she waved to the two girls.
"Marron?" Bra and Pan asked. Marron nodded. The two
girls ran over to her. Marron patted their heads and
squatted to the level.
"You two have grown so much since I've seen you!"
Marron exclaimed. "I'm surprised you've recognized me."
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Bra suddenly blurted out.
She covered her mouth.
Marron giggled as she stood up.
"You're too young to think such things!" Marron said
as she opened the door. "Now let's go downstairs before
Goten eats all the food."
"Y'know, Marron," Pan said as they walked down the
hall. "Her brother doesn't have a girlfriend."
"Yeah!" Bra added. "Trunks would like you a lot."
"No, no!" Marron said. "I really don't think that
would be a good idea."
"Why not?" Bra asked.
"Well, because..." Marron began. "I'm sure that Trunks
has tons of girls at his feet. I don't want a boyfriend
right now."
"Do you want a boyfriend later?" Bra asked.
Marron giggled. "Later. Much. MUCH later."
"Okay!" Bra replied.
Marron sighed as they went down the stairs. When
Marron got to the first step, she immediately slipped
and started to fall. She closed her eyes and waited for
the impact with the floor that would probably send her
to the hospital. But instead of a hard floor, it was
a strong body that she hit. She opened her eyes and saw
that she had knocked down a handsome purple-haired boy.
She quickly got up. She recognized this boy as Trunks
Briefs.
"I'm so sorry, Trunks, sir!" she exclaimed as Trunks
stood up.
"Oh, that's okay." he replied with a dazzling smile.
Marron felt her cheeks grow hotter as she bowed
numerous times.
"Really!" Trunks insisted. "It's okay!"
"Marron! Are you all right?" Bra and Pan asked.
"I'm all right." Marron replied.
"Marron?" Trunks asked. "It's been a long time since
I've seen you!"
"Marron doesn't have a boyfriend." Bra told her
brother. Marron's face turned as red as Bra's red bow.
"Kids." Trunks chuckled. "They say the weirdest
things."
Marron smiled and nodded.
"Anyway, I gotta go." said Trunks. "It was really nice
seeing you again, Ms. Marron."
"Nice seeing you, too." Marron replied softly as
Trunks walked away. She stared at his direction and
blushed.
"Marron! Let's go!" Pan said. Marron snapped awake.
"Oh yeah." she said. "Yes. Let's go."
"Today sure was great!" Kurillin commented as he,
his family, Master Roshi and Oolong walked back towards
the Kame House.
"Marron, could you stop for a while?" Master Roshi
asked Marron when her parents and Oolong got inside.
"Sure, Master Roshi. What is it?" Marron replied as
she walked over to the old turtle master.
"You've been acting unusual since we left the Capsule
Corporation." Master Roshi said. "Is there something
wrong, my dear?"
Marron sighed and looked down. "I can't understand
it, Master Roshi. Every time I see Trunks, my stomach
feels funny and I feel strange."
Master Roshi gasped. "Don't tell me you're a...you're
a..."
"Master Roshi! Do you have an idea about what I'm
feeling?!"
"Er... If I'm not mistaken...er..."
"What?! Just tell me!"
"I think it's appendicitis."
"Appendicitis?!"
"No... Maybe it's your height."
"My height?!"
"Uh...no, no, no, no. I guess it's your weight."
"My weight?"
"Maybe it's the monster in you."
Marron sighed and looked up at the midnight sky. She
couldn't help seeing an image of Trunks with his
dazzling smile.
"Oh Trunks..."
"Marron?" Juuhachigou called out as she entered the
kitchen.
"Yes, mother?" Marron replied, looking up from washing
dishes.
"Bulma invited us for dinner tomorrow evening."
Juuhachigou said. "Shall we?"
"Of course!" Marron said.
"Good. We'll be leaving at 6:3O, all right?"
"Sure thing, mom!"
Marron watched Trunks from across the room. He was
talking with Goten.
[What happening to me?] Marron thought. [Whenever I
see Trunks, my heart flutters like crazy! I don't
understand this at all. Why am I feeling like this?!]
"Excuse me, dear. What are you doing over here by
yourself?"
Marron looked up and saw Mrs. Briefs.
"Oh, hello, Mrs. Briefs." Marron said, standing up. "I
was just resting a bit."
"You'll get too lonely if you don't have a little
fun. Why don't you talk with your friends?"
"Okay."
"Oh! Your..." Mrs. Briefs began but Marron had already
left.
"Oh." Mrs. Briefs said to herself. "Her eyes... Those
were the eyes of a girl in love."
[I can't deal with this anymore!] Marron thought. [I
have to find out what this is all about!]
"Hey kid!" Goten greeted from behind.
"Ah!" Marron shrieked as she jerked forward.
"Sorry 'bout that, Marron." Goten said with a goofy
smile on his face.
"That's all right." Marron replied.
"How's it going?" Trunks asked.
Marron's eyes widened as she turned around to face the
handsome purple-haired 18-year-old. Her cheeks got red.
"I...uh..." she stammered. "I have to go now."
She turned around and quickly walked away.
"Huh?" Trunks wondered. "What did I do?"
{DING DONG DING DONG! DING DONG DING DONG!}
"Hey Marron! Wait up!" two female voices called out
from behind. Marron stopped walking and turned around to
see her two friends, Read and Write, running towards
her.
"Hi!" Marron greeted when they reached her.
"Don't you think that history test was hard?" Read
asked.
"It was easy." stated Write.
"That's 'cause you're a genius..." Read mumbled.
"It was fair." Marron said.
"I cannot believe you two think it isn't hard!" Read
complained. "How 'bout the first question, huh???!!!"
"'Who is the world's martial arts champion?'" Write
replied. "That was dead easy! Everybody knows that Mr.
Satan defeated that Cell guy! Isn't that right, Marron?"
Marron chuckled nervously. She knew for a fact that
Mr. Satan took all the credit for Gohan's victory.
"Uh...yeah." Marron said as she looked away nervously.
"Yeah. Everybody knows that."
"But nobody CARES!!!" Read lamented. "Cell was a
gross freaky bug! Who would remember some guy who
defeated some gross freaky bug?!"
"You should have studied..." Write replied.
"Why in the world would I be interested in studying
about a guy and a bug?" Read responded. "The day I'd
want to do something as dull and boring as that is the
day a the car of my dreams with unbelievably cute boys
stops right here in front of me!"
{BEEP! BEEP!}
The three girls turned their head to the side and saw
a beautiful, shiny, red car parked right in front of
them.
"Hi!" Goten greeted as he popped out of the car's
sunroof.
"Oh my gosh..." Read said, her voice hardly audible.
"Better start studying..." Write told Read.
"Goten?" Marron asked. "What are you doing here?!"
"Your dad had something important to do so he called
me and asked if I could pick you up." Goten implied. "I
asked if you could hang out with me and he said it
was okay. Would you?"
"Sure!" Marron replied. "Is this your car?"
"No." Goten said, pointing downward.
The driver's seat window opened and there was Trunks'
smiling face.
"Hey Marron!" Trunks greeted with a wink.
Marron immediately felt her face flush up.
"You have a boyfriend and you never told us,
Marron?!" Read asked.
"U-uh, n-n-n-n-n-no!" Marron protested.
"Aiyah!" Write gasped.
Marron covered her face and lowered her head.
"Aw, geez, Marron, we were just kidding." Read said.
"We gotta go now if we wanna be in time for our
movie!" said Goten.
"Um...yeah." Marron replied quietly.
"Have fun, Marron." Write said.
"See you tomorrow." added Read.
"Bye bye!" Marron replied. She placed her hand on the
backseat door.
"You can sit up here next to me, Marron." Trunks said
before Marron opened the door.
"Sit next to your "boyfriend"." Goten teased. Marron's
cheeks got redder.
"Stop teasing her, Goten!" Trunks told his best
friend.
Goten smirked.
"Um...yeah." Marron said, going over to the passenger
side door. "Sure. Yeah."
She sat down.
"See ya, ladies!" Goten said to Read and Write with
a wink. He sat down and closed the sunroof as Trunks
drove off.
"He's pretty cute." Write commented as she watched the
red car zoom away. "Don't you think so, Read? Read?
Read?"
Write turned around and saw Read staring into space
as she blushed.
"Aiyah..." Write sighed. "I've got a feeling that
black-haired guy isn't such a lucky person..."
[Trunks Briefs, my BOYFRIEND?!] Marron thought as
she turned to look at Trunks. He caught her stare and
flashed her a smile before he concentrated once again
to his driving. Marron blushed and looked away.
[Why would I want HIM to be my boyfriend?!] she
thought. [He makes my sick.]
Her heart beat faster and her stomach started to
feel weird.
[No...] she thought. [No way...]
"Finally!" Goten said. "The food is served! I almost
thought I'd starve!"
The waitress put down the food Goten, Trunks and
Marron had ordered on the table and left. Goten
immediately dug in.
"How will you pay for all that food, Goten?" Marron
asked as she took a sip from her glass of water.
"Twunks will." Goten managed to say between his
chewing.
"I really don't know why I let him get away with it."
Trunks told Marron. "I feel that he's just using me for
my money... Pathetic, huh?"
Goten crossed his eyebrows and acted angry but after
a few seconds, he shrugged it off and continued eating.
Marron wanted to laugh at that comment but she didn't
want to let him win her over that easily so she bit
the inside of her lip to keep from laughing and started
eating.
"That movie was really good, wasn't it?" Trunks asked
as he took a bite out of his sweet and sour chicken.
Marron nodded in response. Trunks looked at her sadly
and then began to eat.
"Thank you very much for letting me hang out with
you guys." Marron said.
"Don't mention it." replied Goten.
"It was our pleasure." added Trunks.
"Um..." Marron started. She was a but hesitant. "My
school is having a fair this Friday. I want to invite
Bra and Pan. I was wondering if you could bring them
and...if you'd like to come, too? I know that you
have school and all and---"
"Love to!" Trunks cut in."
"Yeah!" said Goten "That'd be really cool."
"Thanks." Marron replied. "And thank you for bringing
me home."
"It's the reason we picked you up in the first place."
Goten said.
Marron bowed and ran back to her house. Goten got
into the passenger seat as Trunks drove off.
"It was great getting reacquainted with Marron, wasn't
it, Trunks?" Goten asked.
"Yeah..." Trunks replied with some disappointment in
his voice.
"What's wrong with you, man? You don't sound too
happy." Goten said.
"It's just that..." Trunks started. "It's just that,
I have this feeling that Marron doesn't like me so
much."
"She invited you to her school fair, didn't she?"
"I know but she was probably doing that to be polite."
"Give her some time. You know us teenagers, we don't
know what we really want. You're a very likable guy."
"I hope you're right."
"I want cotton candy!" Bra and Pan demanded.
"One cotton candy, please." Trunks and Goten said as
they took out their wallets.
"Happy?" Trunks and Goten asked.
"Yeah!" Bra and Pan cheered as they gladly took the
cotton candy.
"Hi!!!"
"The four of them turned around and saw Marron and
Yamucha coming toward them.
"Hey guys!" Yamucha greeted.
"Hey!" Trunks and Goten replied.
"Hi Bra! Hi Pan!" Marron said.
"Hi Marron!" Bra and Pan replied.
"Good to see you made it, Goten!" Marron said, giving
Goten a quick hug. Then she faced Trunks.
"Um..." she began. She held out her hand. "Nice to
see you."
Trunks shook Marron's hand and tried to hide his
disapointment.
"What are you doing here, Yamucha?" Goten asked.
"Well, Marron's parents couldn't make it and I had
nothing to do so I offered to come with her."
"I'm looking for Read and Write." Marron said. "Have
any of you seen them?"
"Read and Write?" Goten asked.
"My two friends." Marron replied. "Those two girls
you saw me with that day my father asked you to pick me
up."
"Oh..." said Goten.
"Those two?" Trunks asked, pointing to two girls
eating ice cream and talking. Marron turned around.
"Read! Write! Over here!" Marron called out as she
waved at here two friends. They ran towards her.
"Hi!" Marron greeted.
"Hi!" Read and Write responded.
"You've seen these two guys, right?" Marron asked,
referring to Trunks and Goten.
"I'm Trunks Briefs." said Trunks.
"And I'm Goten Son." said Goten.
Read's face turned bright red when she saw Goten.
"Hi!" Write said. "I'm Write Chun!"
"These two girls," Marron said. "Are Bra and Pan.
Bra is Trunks' little sister and Pan is Goten's niece."
"They're so cute!" Write commented. Read gulped and
nodded. Her attention was more on Goten.
"And you remember Yamucha." said Marron. It was
Write's turn to blush.
"AHHH!!!!!!" a shrill voice screamed. Everyone looked
up and saw that a huge dinosaur was running towards the
school, stomping all the trees in its way with its
gigantic feet. People started running away.
"We gotta stop it!" Yamucha said.
"Right." Trunks and Goten agreed, nodding their heads.
"Marron," Trunks said, turning towards the blonde
13-year-old. "Take Bra and Pan somewhere safe, all
right?"
"Y-yeah..." Marron replied as she felt her face get
warmer. Trunks, Goten and Yamucha flew in the direction
of the stampeding dinosaur.
Marron carried Bra and Pan away with Read and Write
at her sides.
"Goten's so heroic!" Read said dreamily.
"No time for that, Read!" Marron said.
"Can I fight?" Pan asked hopefully.
"Sorry, sweetie, but I can't let you do that." Marron
replied.
"Aw..." Pan whined.
"What if Yamucha kills it?" Write asked.
Marron gasped and stopped in her tracks. Read and
Write stopped.
"Marron!!!" Read yelled. "What in the HECK are you
stopping for?!"
Marron gave Bra and Pan to Read and Write.
"Please take care of them." Marron said before she
went inside the school.
"Marron! Wait!" Read called out. But it was too late.
"Marron..." Write whispered.
Marron ran upstairs to the roof. Trunks and Goten
held on to the dinosaurs arms. Yamucha was about to
throw a ki blast at it.
"STOP!!!!!!" Marron screamed. Yamucha ceased fire
and turned around.
"Marron, you shouldn't be here!" he said.
"You can't kill it!!!" Marron responded. The dinosaur
cried in agony.
"I'm not gonna kill it, Marron." Yamucha replied. "I'm
only gonna beat it up good enough so it can't hurt
anybody."
The dinosaur let out another cry, only this time, it
sounded more painful.
"Can't you see it's in enough pain?!" Marron asked.
"I'm really sorry, Marron, but I really have to do
this!" Yamucha said.
The dinosaur let out an ear-piercing roar and kicked
in Marron's direction. Yamucha dodged it but Marron
was too shocked to move. Just as she thought it was
over for her, Trunks kicked the dinosaur's leg out of
the way. Marron awoke from her shock. Yamucha prepared
to fire a ki blast.
"NO!!! STOP!!!!!!" Marron yelled.
"I have to do this!" Yamucha said.
"It has a thorn in its foot!" Marron replied.
Yamucha stopped. "A thorn? That's what's been causing
this all along?"
Marron nodded.
"We should take it out, Yamucha." Trunks said.
"Yeah." Yamucha replied. "But if two people have to
hold its arms and there's only one of us to take the
thorn out... It could kick us."
"I-I'll do it!" Marron offered.
"No way, Marron!" Yamucha said. "It's too dangerous!"
"I want to help." Marron pleaded. "Please."
"I just can't let you do that." Yamucha replied
sternly.
"We don't have any other choice, Yamucha." Goten said.
"I know she'll be all right."
"Well..." Yamucha said, hesitation in his voice.
"Fine. Trunks, Goten, you two keep it in place and I'll
hold up its leg for you, Marron."
Marron quickly went downstairs and ran out to where
the dinosaur was. Trunks and Goten held it down while
Yamucha kept its leg up. Marron got under the dinosaur's
foot and started to pull out the thorn.
"I..." Marron groaned. "I have to...pull it...out...
ow!"
Marron opened her eyes. The gigantic thorn was in her
hands and she was lying on the ground. The dinosaur
finally calmed down. When they were sure that it was
safe, Yamucha, Trunks and Goten let go. The dinosaur
turned around and walked away. The four of them went to
where Bra, Pan, Read and Write were waiting.
"Oh dear Yamucha," Write whispered as Yamucha
approached. "I have missed you so very much, my
darling!"
"'My darling'?" Marron asked. Write had just noticed
her. She blushed.
Read tightly held on to Goten's arm. "You don't know
how happy I am to see you're alive! I can understand
that completely, my darling! Every time I'm around you
I can't breathe! My love for you makes my heart go
crazy!"
Goten seemed a bit confused. "Er..."
"What?" Marron asked. "So love makes you blush and
your heart flutter? So that's what I've been feeling!"
"Exactly!" Read and Write replied.
"So that's it!" Marron exclaimed. "It wasn't
appendicitis at all! It was love that I'm feeling!"
"Oh yes!" Yamucha said.
Marron looked at Trunks and blushed furiously.
"Love. I remember the day I first fell in love."
Yamucha reminisced. "My heart pumped really fast and
my legs were shaking because she was the prettiest
girl I've ever met and I couldn't help adoring her."
Yamucha continued his story as Bra, Pan, Read, Write,
Goten and Trunks looked at the blushing Marron with
consternation.