CHAPTER THREE : TRAINING



Bright and early the next morning Bra, Trunks and Mirai left home and headed towards the Sons. Thankfully Goten and Pan lived in the same house with Gohan and Videl. That way they needed to make less stops and Mirai could see Gohan.
When they landed Goten opened the door. He was wearing a red button unbuttoned shirt over his white one and a pair of jeans. "Hi guys." he said. "Come on in. Pans not ready yet but you can join us for breakfast if you want." He opened the door wider to let them through.
They went inside and saw Gohan sitting at the table sipping coffee and reading a newspaper. When he saw them he put down his paper and ran up to Mirai.
"Long time no see." he said as he grabed him in a bear hug. "I geuss I look a little different. Wait- you saw me as a grown up before didn't you."
M.Trunks looked at Gohan from head to toe. "Well some things are different."
"Really? What?" Gohan asked.
Mirai reached up and pulled off Gohans glasses. "These for one." He touched the lense. "This is just glass. You don't need these." He spun them around on one finger.
Gohan grabed for his glasses and started to clean them.
"Well . . ." he said as he put them on his nose.
Pan came downstairs then. "I've been telling him that for years." She stood in front of them in the tinyest pair of jean shorts made and a buttoned up tight vest. Everyone gawked at her.
"What?" she said innocently.
Gohan stood there shocked and his eye twitched.
Pan shrugged and grabed a peice of toast in one hand and M.Trunks arm in another. "Come on, let's go get Uub."
"Uhhh, ok." he said as he was dragged out of the house. Goten, Bra and Trunks followed.
As soon as they left Gohan came to his sences and ran to the door and yelled, "PAN SON GET BACK HERE AND CHANGE YOUR CLOTHES!!!!!!"
Videl came up behind him and wrappedher arms around him. "You're too late."

After a short pick up at Uubs they flew to Kame House to get Marron. As they went, Bra and Pan hung back a bit.
"So what's with the outfit?" Bra asked.
Pan didn't reply she just blushed a little.
"Is it for Trunks?" Bra teased.
Pan nodded shyly.
"Oh that's great!" Bra said getting giddy. "I've always known that you two were ment for each other. Ever since you were little I knew that you had a crush on him."
Pan interupted her saying, "It's for Mirai no Trunks."
Bra was shocked into silence. She slowed down and Pan went on ahead. Bra flew next to Uub who was lagging behind.
"Did you hear that?" she whispered.
"Yes, I did." he replied.
"And?!" Bra said impaciently. She had always ended up going to Uub for some reason when she needed advice. She never understood why but he seemed to just get her.
"Goten informed me of the fight that happened yesterday." Uub said. "It is normal for Pan to want the stronger of the two Trunks, seeing as how she has sayjin blood."
"But this is so unlike her, Uub." Bra said looking at Pan who was now flying along side Mirai Trunks. "She's never dressed so . . . perocative before to get a man. She usually punches them in the arm or something."
"Pan realizes that she cannot beat him in battle yet, so she is useing her, what's the phrase? Feminine ways to get him." Uub continued. "It is a instinct. She probably doesn't even realize what she is doing."
Bra thought about that for a while sorting it through her brain. She grinned very Vegeta like and flew below him. She rolled on her back and smiled up at him. "Do you think that's true for all female sayjins?" She teased.
Uub blushed and felt his ears go red. He swallowed thickly and rushed up ahead so she wasn't beneith him anymore.
Bra rolled back over and gazed at him through half closed eyes.
"Rats."

The group landed on an island with a medium sized pink and red house on it. Outside was a round table with lawn chairs around it. 18 walked out holding a glass of lemonade and smiled at them.
As M.Trunks landed with the rest he felt a familiar twinge at the sight of Android 18. Calm down buddy, he told himself. She is different now. She isn't the one who killed all your friends and family. As he stared at her he was taken back at the sight of something else. She was pregnent.
"Hi guys." 18 said softly to them. "What's up?"
"Hey 18," Goten said. "can Marron come out and hang with us some? We're trying to show Trunks here around."
Krillen came out then wipeing his hands on a cloth. His face was smudged with yellow paint. "Hey Trunks!" he said grinning. "I heard that you were back."
Mirai Trunks smiled at his old friend. "Arrived yesterday. Nice hair."
Krillen grinned and was about to comment when a stunning blonde girl came out. "Daddy, I thought you were getting the paint thinner." she said.
M.Trunks stared at her and felt his mouth go dry. Like he had swallowed a dozen cotton balls. Her blonde hair was held back by red ribbons in pigtails. She wore a pair of overalls that were stained in the same yellow paint. Underneith it she had only a pink swimsuit top.
C.Trunks saw the way Mirai was stareing at Maarron and a evil thought formed in his head. If he could get Marron and M.Trunks together he would have Pan all to himself. He walked up and slapped Trunks on the back.
"Mirai no Trunks, meet Marron." he said.
Marron smiled and offered out her hand. "Hi. You must be the one everyones talking about."
M.Trunks took her hand but didn't say anything.
Bra stared at Mirai and could have sworn he blushed a little! She turned to Marron and said, "So, Marron what's with the work cloths?"
"We're remodeling one of the rooms into a nursury for my little brother or sister." She said.
"Marrons really excited about the new baby." Krillen said as he helped his wife sit down at the table.
"Are you wishing for a boy or a girl?" Uub asked.
18 shifted getting comfortable. "I don't care, as long as it's shaped like a bullet." she said.
They all laughed and Krillen wrapped his arms around 18. "The nursury is almost done but I'm having trouble with the wallpaper."
"What's wrong?" C.Trunks asked as he saw Pan move closer to Mirai Trunks.
Marron leaned over and patted 18s stomache. "The wallpaper keeps peeling back. You should have heard Daddy curseing earlier." she said.
"Chalking glue!" M.Trunks said for the first time after seeing Marron.
Everyone turned and stared at him.
"What?" Pan said.
"Uhhhhhh, well you see," he said. "The paper keeps falling because the paste isn't thick enough. So if you add some chalking glue it should thick it up."
Everyone looked at him. "How do you know so much about repairs?" C.Trunks asked.
"Let's just say in my time there were alot of repairs that needed to be made." M. Trunks said looking away from 18. "One learns to use a hammer."
"Would you like to help?" Marron asked. "Daddy nearly broke right through the wall trying to hammer a nail."
"Well, um." Mirai said shyly.
"Sure he would!" C.Trunks said slapping the other Trunks on the back again. "Won't you?"
"I guess." he said.
"You really don't have to." 18 said.
"I'd like to though." M.Trunks said stareing at Krillen. Krillen nodded as if he understood.
"I can help." Pan said grabbing M.Trunks arm.
"But they won't needed it." C.Trunks said glaring at Pan. "Right Trunks?"
"Yeah. It seems like an easy job." M.Trunks replied.
"Great!" Marron said smiling at Mirai. "I'll go change and then we can go get some lunch." She ran inside. She came back down in a long pink skirt and a matching sleevless top. "Ready!" she said. "Do I look ok?"
"You look like an angle." Goten said.
The group of next generation z senshi took to the air, but M.Trunks noticed Marron wasn't in the air following.
"You can't fly." he said in realization. He landed back on the island.
Marron nodded a little embarased. Pan looked at them and said, "Told you she wasn't a fighter."
"It's no big deal." Marron said pulling out a capsule car. "I'll meet you there in an hour or two."
"An hour or two?" M.Trunks said feeling oodly disappointed.
"It's no big deal." She said. "I just never flew before."
Mirai looked at her and then grinned. He grabbed her and lifted her up in his arms. "Now you can." he said as he took off with her squeeling a protest.
"Trunks! What are you doing?" she shouted.
Trunks shifted her weight. "Quit moving or I'll drop you!"
She stopped moving and burried her face in his cheast.
"Don't scare her Mirai." C.Trunks said. "Last time Goten DID drop her!"
"It was an accident! I swear!" Goten shouted.
Pan glared angerly at Marron. "You know she could have just drove." she growled.
"I don't mind. After all I was taught to be a gentelman." M.Trunks said flashing Pan a smile. Pan smiled back and turned her attention to the front.
M.Trunks looked down at the huddled body in his arms. "It's ok." he whispered to her. "I will not drop you. I promise."
Marron slowly peeled off her hands that were clenched tightly around his jacket. "Sorry." she said feeling embaressed. She smoothed out the wrinkles she made in his jacket.
C.Trunks looked back at them and grinned evily. If those two keep getting chummy then Pan will be free for the takeing. He burst on ahead. All of the others followed.
"Hang on." M.Trunks said as he speeded up.
"Eeeeeeeek!" Marron squealed.

Ten minutes later they landed in front of the FU MEE resturant. It was a quaint little chiness place that served the best food. They pulled togehter two tables outside and picked up their menus. Bra, C.Trunks and Goten sat one one side, Pan and Marron sat on the other with M.Trunks between them. Uub sat at the end next to Bra.
"See anything nice Mirai?" Pan asked.
"The sweet and sour chicken seems good." he said. "How about you?"
C.Trunks felt his temper rise and prayed that his ki wasn't riseing as well. He glared at Pan and thought patheticly, She used to ask me that.
"Maybe the shrimp with cashew nuts." she said. "Hey uncle, the szechuan beef is the special. Your favorite."
"Nah." Goten said shaking his head. "Paris said that I should lay off the red meat."
M.Trunks looked at Goten like he was crazy. "A sayjin who should lay off the red meat? This Paris must not know that much."
A weird stillness fell over the table except for C.Trunks who was chuckeling.
"Um, Paris is my girlfriend." Goten said.
M.Trunks gazed up at him and felt embarassed. "Sorry. You must really love her to give up meat."
Goten shrugged. "Well . . . she's cute and all but I'm not sure it will last."
"Oh, Goten that's terrible!" Marron said reaching across the table and patting him on his hand. "At least you found out before it got too serious." "Yeah," Mirai said staring at Marrons pale hand holding Gotens. "good thing. Seeing as how sayjins mate for life."
Pan who was taking a sip of water at the time dropped it on the table. No one seemed to notice the spill as it crept across the table. All eyes were on M.Trunks.
"Wh-wh-wh-wh-whaaaaat?!" C.Trunks asked what they all wanted to know.
M.Trunks stared at them like THEY were insane. "All Sayjins mate for life. Like wolves. It is very rare that one would have sex before finding their life mate. Father never told any of you??" He looked from Bra to C.Trunks to Goten then Pan.
"Dad isn't really one to chat about sex." C.trunks said.
"How did you know?" Bra asked. "I thought you two didn't spend that much time together."
Oh he knew alright.

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Trunks sat in the Tempel of Time stareing at Vegeta as he rested from training. He hated him. Hated him for abandoning his mother. Hated him not trying to save his other self and mother when #20 neary killed them. Hated him for taking advantage of his mother when she was just getting out of a long relationship. Hated him for not allowing for him to train with him. And most of all he hated him because Trunks knew that Vegeta was apart of him.
Vegeta turned and scowled at Trunks. "What are you looking at me for?" he demanded.
Trunks didn't answer.
"Well?" Vegeta said.
Trunks stood up and scowled right back. Vegeta walked up to him. "You look like you want to hit me." he said. "Go ahead."
Trunks swung his arm back and hit his Father with all his strength. Vegeta stumbled back and almost fell. He stood back up and wiped the blood off of his lips. Vegeta smiled sinisterly and punched Trunks right in the gut.
Trunks doubled over in pain but before he could react, his father brought his elbow down between Trunks shoulders.
He hit the floor hard but with lightening speed he flipped over on his back and kicked Vegeta in the ribs. As soon as he was on the ground Trunks straddled his cheast and started pounding the shit out of him.
The prince went super sayjin and knocked his son off of him. He stood up and started to kick his falled son.
"Why did you attack me boy? Why?!" Vegeta said as he delivered a harsh blow.
Trunks spit up some blood and said, "Because I hate what you've done to my mother."
"And what was that?" Vegeta said glaring down at his bleeding son.
"You took advantage of her. She loves you and you are ready to leave her
as soon as we exit this white hell!" Trunks shouted.
A strange look passed over Vegetas face. A look Trunks had never seen before in his fathers eyes. "I'll have you know that sayjins mate for life. After they've bonded with their mate leaving them would be near impossible."
Vegeta brought his foot up and said, "So I for one wouldn't suggest the same for you with a weak human." He brought his foot down.

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"Let's say that's one of the few things Father taught me." M.Trunks said finishing his story.
The rest of the table sat there in an akward silence.
The waitress came by then and took their orders. The lunch was eaten in quiet and then they decided to head back to Capsule Corp. for the rest of the day. As it got later Bra brought up the idea of Pan and Marron spending the night.
"I don't know." Marron said unsure. "With the baby and all I really should go work on the nursury."
"Come on Marron! With Trunks helping soon it will be done in no time." Bra said pushing her towards the phone. "Now call your folks."
Pan was next and after a long conversation with her father he allowed her to spend the night. Only so she could start training in the morning. Goten decided to crash too but Uub insisted on sleeping in his own bed for the night.
"Goten," Mirai asked. "why do you no longer live with your parents anymore?"
"Well because Gohan married Videl Satan there is alot of extra room there." Goten said. "Also mom and dad get some quiet time after so many years of dieing and comeing back to life. It was a real headache on mom."
"Did you say Videl Satan?" M.Trunks asked again. "As in Mr.Satan?"
He nodded.
"No wonder Pans ego is so big!" he laughed. Soon Goten and C.Trunks joined in. M.Trunks stood up on wobbly legs that were weak from laughing. "I have to go brush my teeth." he said as he walked down the hall towards the bathroom.
As he came back up the hall he heard giggling. He stopped in front of Bras room and listened. He couldn't see their faces, only hear their voices.

Pan: So Bra, what's the deal with you and Uub?
Bra: Nothing!
Pan: Oh, Really.
Bra: Yeah. And that's the problem. He stares at me like I'm a goddess but acts like I'm a leaper.
Marron: He's just shy Bra. He'll come around.
Bra: HA! With Trunks watching his every movement? I don't think so. He is too protective. Besides Gotens still my first choice.
Marron: I don't know. Trunks seems a little destracted with Pan around.
(Giggels)
Pan: What? Me and Trunks? No. I don't think so.
Marron: But I thought you were crazy about him. That's why you started the extra training with Goku.
Bra: That was before.
Marron: Before what?
(silence)
Marron: Come on what?
Bra: Before Mirai no Trunks arrived. Pans gone totaly ga-ga over him.

M.Trunks backed away from the door. No way, he thought. Pan only known him for a day! She was his old sensi daughter. He leanded back in some, pressing his ear to the wood.

Pan: So? He is stronger then anyone I've faught lately. And Wow! What a fighter. I swear when he looks at me . . . goosebumps.
Marron: I didn't know.
Pan: Well now you do so back off! I'm laying claim to him. You can have Goten if Bra doesn't want him.
Bra: We're talking about them like they are slabs of meat.
(giggle)
Pan: Tomorrow I'm gonna show him exactly how strong I can be.
Bra: What's wrong Marron? You look a little sick.
Marron: Sorry. It's just I'm worried about the baby.
Bra: Awwwwwwwww. Have Krillen or 18 thought about names yet?
Marron: Well I was thinking Lee or Kichi if it's a girl . . . . .

Trunks went back in to C.Trunks room and told them he was heading to bed. He suggested the same for them if they wanted to train early. As soon as he hit his bed a thousand thought went through his head.
Why does Pan like me? Is she only after me because I'm more powerful then this times Trunks? Is Bra in love with Uub? Or Goten? Has Chibbi been mad at me because he thinks I will steal Pan away from him? Is he in love with her or is it compition? If Uubs in love with Bra then is that why he is so shy around her? Does he know that Bra wants Goten first? How does Goten feel?
Trunks groaned and rolled over. Then there was Marron. The daughter of his life long enemy. He rolled over again and gazed out his window to the spaceship/ gravity machine. He saw lights flicker around the inside. NO doubt his father training.
Training?
Trunks grinned as an idea hit him. He closed his eyes.
He needed to get up early for 'training'.







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