All Is Not Lost

Chapter 2

            "Well, it's about time you got here!" Trunks practically shouted as the two Son families arrived.

            "What's the matter with you, Trunks? And what the Hell happened to your hair?!" Goten screamed.

            "That's what's the matter with me! Mom did some 'looking into' this dimension we're going to, and said that only punk teenagers with mental problems have purple or blue hair, so she dyed hers, Bra's, and my hair brown," Trunks huffed.

            "I like it," Goten said, grinning.

            "You would," he snapped back.

            "Hey guys!" Bulma greeted, coming into the living room.

            "Hi Bulma. Hey! Your hair looks great!" Chichi complemented.

            "You really think so? I was going to go a lighter shade of brown."

            "No, it looks perfect," Videl agreed.

            "Thanks guys. Pan, Bra's up in her room pouting about her hair," Bulma laughed.

            "Thanks." Hiya, Koi.

            Morning. Trunks huffed.

            Oh come on, I think it looks fine.

            Fine yes, but I still like my purple hair better. Pan laughed

            Stop pouting. I'm going to go see how Bra looks.

            She looks a lot better than me.

            Well, that's not saying much, she teased.

            Gee, thanks.

            Oh stop pouting. I was joking and you know it. I'll be back soon. I hope. That is unless Bra's having a mental breakdown over her hair.

Very likely. Pan laughed again as she made her way out of the room.

"Guys, there's something I need to tell everyone, but I guess I'll wait for Krillin and his family to get here." As if on cue Krillin knocked on the door

"Speak of the devil," Vegeta said from the corner, where he had gone unnoticed by everyone.

"So that's where you've been hiding," Bulma said, as she opened the door.

"Hn," was his response.

            "Hey everyone. Sorry we're late but Marron had to pack everything she owns," Krillin explained. Marron just smiled

"Hi, Bulma-san. Are Pan and Bra upstairs?"

"Yeah and can you tell them to come down please? I have something kind of important to tell everyone."

            "Ok," Marron said, disappearing up the stairs.

            "Something important to say, and you weren't going to wait for me?" Juunana said, suddenly leaning against the doorframe.

            "Well, you are late," Bulma shot back.

            "Your point?"

            "Never mind," she sighed. "Get in here. We have things to discuss."

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            "Ok, well first off, as I'm sure Trunks told you, I did some looking in on the dimension last night, and people don't have blue or purple hair," she started, looking at her pouting son and daughter. "So that's why our hair is different. But there's also the matter of our names."

            "Our names?" Chichi asked.

            "Yeah. People don't have names like Trunks, Pan, or Vegeta there. So I've decided that we need different names. Then I can make up phony birth certificates for everyone."

            "Man. That sounds funny coming from you, Kaasan," Trunks said, Bra nodding in agreement.

            "Hey I can do something bad every once in awhile, can't I?" Bulma asked, innocently. Trunks and Bra shared a side-glance. "Well, anyway, I thought it'd be better if Chichi, Juuhachi, and I choose the names for our families, and Videl choose a name for Pan."

            "Aw, how come?" Bra whined.

            "Because I don't' want you choosing really weird names," Bulma said, matter-of-factly. All the kids crossed their arms and HMPHed Vegeta style, making everyone minus Juunana and Vegeta bust up laughing.

            "I think they've been spending to much time around Vegeta," Bulma laughed.

            After their laughter had died down, the women went into the kitchen to make everyone a snack, and to think up names for their families. 

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            After awhile of the kids pouting they started talking about how they would go about finding Sage once they arrived in her dimension.

            "Well, if we don't even know where to start how are we going to go bout finding her?" Marron asked. This making them all ponder hard.

            "The frequency!" Juunana suddenly burst out, making everyone jump.

            "The what?" Goku asked, scratching the back of his head.

            "The frequency," he repeated. "I just remembered. Sage's necklace gave off a strange frequency. If we could get Bulma to make something that could lock onto that frequency it could give us her exact location." He was now talking mainly to himself; oblivious to the confused stares he was receiving from the others.

            "Ok guys," Bulma said coming out of the kitchen, followed by the other three women, all baring trays full of food. "We've decided on names for everyone."

            "Juuhachi," Juunana said, completely ignoring Bulma. "The frequency from her necklace! That would give us her precise location!"

            "You're right! I completely forgot about that!" She said excitedly.

            "Would either of you like to share with the class please?" Bulma asked.

            "Sage's necklace gave off a unique frequency. We might be able to find her easier if we used that frequency-"

            "To obtain her exact location," Bulma finished, the two androids nodding. "I bet I could rig up a device that could detect it, if I knew what the frequency was."

            "I can tell you that," Juuhachi said beaming.

            "Wait, wait, wait. Before you do anything we wanna know what names you picked," Pan demanded.

            "Keep your shorts on," Bulma winked. She pulled out a piece of paper from her pocket. "Well, we tried to think of names that went with your personalities, but it only worked with a few of you. Goku for example, your new name is Reese. It sounds like candy and we all know how you love food," Bulma grinned. "Trunks, you're going to be Kain. It means 'Warrior's son' we thought Vegeta might like that."

            "Kain? I like it," Trunks said.

            "Good now for the rest, we just thought up names we hoped you'd like. Goten you're Caleb. Pan-Melody. Bra-Brandy. Vegeta you are Demetri. Krillin-Scott. Juunana-Trent. Chichi decided on Cassandra, Juuhachi on Alexis, and I picked out Eve. Everyone ok with theirs?"

            "What about me?" Marron asked, a little offended.

            "Well since you have a more, um, normal I guess name, we figured you could keep it if you wanted to."

            "Oh, well ok then," she smiled.

            "Well, I think the names are fine," Goku gave the famous Son smile. Everyone nodded in agreement.

            "Good. So I guess the only thing left to do before we go is the frequency locator. Juuhachi you come down to my lab with me. The rest of you don't wander off to far," Bulma instructed as she and Juuhachi made their way down the hall.

So, Kain, what do you wanna do until they're done?

            I think you know what I want to do, he wiggled his eyebrows suggestively. Pan laughed.

            You big hentai! We might want to wait at least until my father isn't watching us.

            Trunks looked over at Gohan, who was glaring death at Trunks as he had been the day before at the reunion. Trunks gulped.

            Good idea.

Gohan growled low in his throat as he watched the two teens converse through their bond. Videl just laughed quietly to herself.

"A little protective is he?" Goku laughed to Chichi as they watched their oldest.

            "Very," she laughed back.. "He doesn't have anything to worry about. We'll be watching over the two love birds."

            "I don't think Kakarotto watching them is going to make him feel better," Vegeta said from the corner.

            "Oh you stay out of this Vegetable-brain," Chichi said angrily.

            "Hn."

"So, Brandy, what do you think Sage is like?" Marron asked. Bra didn't respond to the name that seemed so foreign to her ears. "Brandy?" Marron waved her hand in front of the other's face, gaining no response from the daydreaming teen. "Bra!" she yelled making Bra jump. 

            "Huh?!"

            "A very intelligent response there sis," Trunks laughed.

            "I said what do you think Sage is like?" Marron repeated.

            "Oh. Well, considering she's got cells from all these guys and Trunks I feel sorry for whoever she's living with!"

            "Gee thanks Wonder Bra," Trunks muttered, as the other teens laughed.

            "Any time Shorts," she replied still laughing.

            Bulma and Juuhachi walked back into the room 2 hours later. Vegeta and Goku were nowhere to be seen but the sounds of Ki blasts could be heard from outside. Chichi and Videl were playing cards on the couch. Juunana was leaning against the wall on the far side of the room, arms crossed, with his head angled down , his eyes closed. Marron, Bra, and Goten were in front of the TV channel surfing. Trunks and Pan were curled in each other's arms on the other couch asleep. And Gohan was muttering something about stupid purple haired brats stealing his little angel.

            "Ahem." Everyone turned to look at the two women. Trunks and Pan cracked an eye open obviously not wanting to be disturbed.

            "Well, I finished the frequency locator and the birth certificates. So whenever you guys are ready we can go."

            Trunks yawned and sat up. "I'll get Tousan and Goku." He walked as far as the front door but as he opened it a stray Ki blast slammed into him, sending the purple haired teen flying back into the wall.

            "Trunks!" Came from everyone as they rushed to make sure he was ok. He lifted himself from the rubble that was once part of their living room wall. "I'm ok," he coughed. Pan stomped out the door to where Vegeta and Goku stood staring at where Trunks had once been.

            "Alright! Who threw that blast?!" She demanded. Goku quickly pointed at Vegeta. Pan glared at Vegeta and punched him with all her might in the gut. Vegeta, not expecting her to attack, grabbed his stomach and bent over in pain. "That was for hurting my mate," she growled before stomping back inside. Goku stared after his granddaughter then back at Vegeta. He laughed as helped his fallen comrade. Vegeta pushed him away intent on standing on his own will.

            "Damn girl," he muttered before following Goku inside.

            "Vegeta! You could've killed Trunks with that blast! What were you thinking?!" Bulma screamed once he'd stepped into the house. "And just think! If it hadn't hit Trunks it could've destroyed the house, with us in it!" Vegeta muttered something incoherent and stalked off to his previous corner.

            Bulma glared at him one more time before turning and addressing the others. "As I said, everything is set and ready to go. So as soon as everyone gets their butts to my lab we can leave."

            "Thank kami," Trunks muttered.

            "You behave yourself, Panny," Videl said as she hugged her daughter.

            "I will Kaasan."

            "Do as your grandmother and grandfather says. And I don't want anything-"

            "Don't worry Tousan! It's not like I'm just waiting until we get to the over dimension to have sex! You don't have to worry about Trunks. He won't do anything and neither will I. Besides, Grandma and Grandpa are going to be watching us like hawks," she laughed as she gave her father a hug. "I love you guys. Don't worry we'll be back soon."

"We love you to Pan. Be careful and have fun!"

"Not to much fun," Gohan warned eyeing Trunks again.

"Don't worry, don't worry," Pan said before walking down the hall with the other teens.

            "Ja Ne Gohan, Videl. Don't worry we'll keep an eye on those two," Chichi laughed as she hugged the two.

            "Thanks Kaasan. You guys have a safe trip and hurry back."

            The group walked into Bulma's lab. "Everyone ready?" Bulma asked picking up a device that resembled a TV remote. Everyone nodded. "Ok stand back," she instructed as she pressed a large red button on the device. A burst of light illuminated the room. Everyone threw up his or her arms to block the light. As it slowly started to dissipate they put down their arms and looked at a large bluish blob the resembled a doorway. "There it is," Bulma announced proudly. "Last one there's a rotten egg!" She shouted as she ran threw the blue doorway. The others looked at each other unsure. Pan shrugged and grabbed Trunks' hand as she ran after Bulma. The other teens soon followed as well as the adults.

A/N: So? What'd ya think? Next time they arrive in the other dimension! But will the frequency locator work? Who knows? Oh wait I do^_^. But I guess you'll just have to read to find out. Well, that's all I gots ta say so go review!

~Vindali