Trunks was 30 years old, but what did he have to show for it? Well, besides being CEO of the world's most powerful company, but he didn't have anything else. He had no love in his life. Sure his mother loved him, and his father, well, his mother loved him. His sister did, too, but who else loved him? No one, that's who.
Goten and Paris were busy making wedding plans; Pan and Ubuu were totally in love; and Bra and Juuana had found each other. Trunks was the odd man out when it came to matters of the heart. He would occasionally date, but it would always end up that she wanted too much of him-- his time, his money, his heart. Trunks really wanted to love someone, but was afraid of letting them near his heart.
As he was making his way out of the Capsule Corp. building for lunch one day, he bumped into a beautiful blond knocking her papers from her hands.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Miss," Trunks apologized as he bent down to help her pick up the papers.
"That's okay," she said as before she looked up at him. "Trunks? Trunks Briefs?? Is that you?"
"Yes, I'm Trunks Briefs," he said as he looked into her sapphire eyes. He saw the image of a little girl with no nose. "Marron?!" He asked. She dropped her papers and pulled him into a bear hug. 'Thank Dende I'm a Saiyan,' he thought as the one-quarter cyborg crushed him.
"I've missed you so!!! Why haven't you come to the Roshi picnic in five years?!" She demanded looking a lot like her mother.
"Work. I can never get away from it. This is the first time in months I've actually left the office for lunch," he laughed rubbing the back of his head much like Goten used to. "Why haven't you come by Capsule Corp.?"
"You know I hate the city!!! My novel keeps me too busy to leave Kame House!"
"So, what are you doing in the city today?" He asked as he helped her pick up the papers strewn everywhere.
"I just had a meeting with my editor. I was getting ready to catch the next bus back to the ferry."
"Oh, no, don't do that. Have lunch with me. We can catch up on old times."
"But Trunks, this is the last bus for the ferry."
"Marron, I have twelve cars here. I'll let you borrow one to go back to Kame House. Or, I could fly you myself," he said as the heat rose in his face.
"A personal escort from the Pres. of Capsule Corp.? I am honored," she said messing with his lavender locks. 'His hair is still as soft,' she thought to herself.
"Yes, I only make this exception for a select few," he said with a snooty accent. "So what do you say?" He asked as he offered her his arm.
"Why not? I don't get out that often, and I'm starved!!" She laughed as she put her arm inside his and the two old friends walked down the street to a small cafe.
As the waiter took their menus, Trunks asked, "So what have you been up to these last five years?"
"Writing, training, writing, training. You know the routine. My father and mother have made me train when I've not been writing."
"Have you learned how to fly yet?"
"Are you kiddin' me?! I'm scared of heights!!!!" Trunks laughed at her phobia as he couldn't imagine the daughter of a cyborg afraid of high places. "So, what have you been doing?"
"Well, running Capsule Corp."
"That's all? No training?"
"Gosh no! I haven't had the time."
"I bet your father just loves that!"
"Yes, I've had to actually live here in the office to keep him from literally killing me. He thinks I've turned my back on my Saiyan heritage."
"Do you think you've done that?"
"Yeah, I do," he admitted hanging his head low. "My mother wants me to run the company, but I'm not really cut out to do it."
"Trunks, I never would've imagined." The waiter brought them their drinks; serving Trunks a cola and Marron sweetened tea.
"You still drink iced tea?!" He said making a disgusted face.
"Yeah, and you still drink that putrid soda!" She laughed. She remembered that when they were little; she was drinking soda and it came out her nose. This was pretty funny in and of itself, but what was even funnier was the fact that before she drank the soda; she had no nose. "Have you told your mother how you feel?"
"Marron, I can't. She's so happy her son is running the company."
"I'm sure she is, but is her son happy running the company?"
"No, I'm not. I've been miserable ever since I took over. I have to spar, to battle. I'm half-Saiyan; it's a part of me."
"And she doesn't understand that?"
"No, she doesn't. I don't know why I'm unloading my problems on you. I'm sure you don't want to hear about them."
"Nonsense!!!! We go back a long way, and I'm still your friend. Maybe I could help you talk to Bulma. We could both tell her how you feel."
"That won't do any good. If I do step down, who will take my place?"
"What about Bra?"
Trunks's soda came his nose as he laughed at the notion of his sister running anything but the hair dryer. "Are you serious? Bra? Running a major corporation?!"
"Trunks, you won't be around forever. Who will run it after you're gone?"
"My children I assume."
"And about that, how's your love life? If it's anything like mine, it's nonexistent!!" She laughed.
"I haven't had a date since I took this company over!!! I don't have time. I don't have time to do anything," he frowned.
"If you don't talk to your mother, I will. I can't stand to see you like this!"
"Marron, . . ." he began as the waiter brought their food to them. They continued the meal with Trunks trying to talk Marron out of confronting his mother. He wasn't successful. After Trunks paid, but not before he heard heated protests from Marron, the two walked arm-in-arm back to Capsule Corp.
"Come get me tomorrow, and we'll go talk to your mother," she smiled.
"I wish you wouldn't, but I know you. You're just as stubborn as . . ."
"My mother?" She laughed. He noticed that her eyes danced as she laughed. 'I wonder why I never noticed that before?' He thought.
"Yes, Juu is very stubborn."
"I have an idea. My parents haven't seen you in awhile. I'll take you up on that offer of flying me back to Kame House."
"Okay," he smiled. "Come on up to the office. I'll change, then we'll head out."
After Trunks changed, he took Marron into his arms and flew out the window. Marron held onto his body tightly and clenched her eyes shut. "Marron, really, you have to get over your fear of flying," he laughed as he sped them along to Kame House.
"Shut up!! Just fly faster!" She didn't dare open her house. "Tell me when we get there." He pulled her closer and smelled her hair. It smelled like strawberries, just like it always had. He liked the way her body felt against his. It was almost like it was natural for her to be this close to him.
"We're here," he said as he set down on the familiar island. Marron opened her eyes to see her feet planted firmly on solid ground.
"Thanks, Trunks!!! Mom, Dad!!! I'm home!!! I brought a surprise with me!!" She yelled as she ran to the front porch. Krillin came out to greet his daughter and caught the image of Trunks standing just below the shore line.
"Trunks Briefs? Is that you?" Krillin asked as he ran right past Marron.
"Hello, Dad. Thanks, and how was your day?" She asked sarcastically.
"Krillin!" Trunks exclaimed as the former monk ran to him and hugged him.
"Long time, no see!" Krillin exclaimed. "Come in and have something to drink with us."
"Sure, I'd love to," he smiled to Marron. She opened the door and ran smack into her mother.
"Marron! Look where you're going!!" Juu scolded. "What were you yelling about earlier?"
"Juu, we have a guest!" Krillin said as Trunks followed him into Kame House.
"Trunks? Is that you?"
"Yes, Juu, it's me."
"How did you get here?!" Juu wondered since it had been five years since the last time he came to Kame House.
"I bumped into Marron in the city. We had lunch, and I offered to bring her home."
"Did you capsulize a car?" Juu asked looking out the window and having seen no car. She knew Marron would never let him fly her here; she was too afraid of falling.
"No, I flew myself and Marron here."
"You did?" Her mother raised an eyebrow. 'Dende, don't tell me she's fallen for him. She would never let Goten fly her around when they were dating.'
"Yeah, it was nice," she said shyly.
"Yeah, it was," he returned.
"So, Trunks, how's your mom?" Krillin asked as he made his way into the kitchen.
"You know my mother. She was yelling at my father the last time I saw her."
"The last time you saw her?" Juu asked following the two men into the kitchen.
"Yeah, I live at the office now."
"You do?" Krillin asked as he poured each some soda. Marron followed her mother into the kitchen and got a pitcher of tea for herself.
"He doesn't train anymore," Marron stated.
"You don't?! How does Vegeta feel about that?" Juu asked in disbelief.
"Why do you think I'm living at the office?!" He laughed before taking a drink.
"Trunks, you need a home. You can't live in the office, and you need to start training again; even Marron's been training."
"Thanks, Dad!!!" She flinched before saying that.
"Listen, why don't you stay here at Kame House with us? That way you'd have a home, and you could train with me, Juu, Marron, and Master Roshi," Krillin offered. Juu really didn't think it was such a hot idea to have Trunks living with them, especially since she thought Marron was falling for him.
"Yeah, Trunks! That's a great idea, Dad! You could stay here, and not have to work so long and hard."
"Okay, okay, okay! You talked me into it! I'll go get my things, and be back here in about an hour," he said before finishing his drink. "See you
guys later!" He waved before flying out the door.
"Krillin, I don't think that was such a good idea," Juu whispered.
"Why do you say that?"
"Because I think our daughter is in love with him," she whispered as they watched Marron watch Trunks disappear in the distance.
Goten and Paris were busy making wedding plans; Pan and Ubuu were totally in love; and Bra and Juuana had found each other. Trunks was the odd man out when it came to matters of the heart. He would occasionally date, but it would always end up that she wanted too much of him-- his time, his money, his heart. Trunks really wanted to love someone, but was afraid of letting them near his heart.
As he was making his way out of the Capsule Corp. building for lunch one day, he bumped into a beautiful blond knocking her papers from her hands.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Miss," Trunks apologized as he bent down to help her pick up the papers.
"That's okay," she said as before she looked up at him. "Trunks? Trunks Briefs?? Is that you?"
"Yes, I'm Trunks Briefs," he said as he looked into her sapphire eyes. He saw the image of a little girl with no nose. "Marron?!" He asked. She dropped her papers and pulled him into a bear hug. 'Thank Dende I'm a Saiyan,' he thought as the one-quarter cyborg crushed him.
"I've missed you so!!! Why haven't you come to the Roshi picnic in five years?!" She demanded looking a lot like her mother.
"Work. I can never get away from it. This is the first time in months I've actually left the office for lunch," he laughed rubbing the back of his head much like Goten used to. "Why haven't you come by Capsule Corp.?"
"You know I hate the city!!! My novel keeps me too busy to leave Kame House!"
"So, what are you doing in the city today?" He asked as he helped her pick up the papers strewn everywhere.
"I just had a meeting with my editor. I was getting ready to catch the next bus back to the ferry."
"Oh, no, don't do that. Have lunch with me. We can catch up on old times."
"But Trunks, this is the last bus for the ferry."
"Marron, I have twelve cars here. I'll let you borrow one to go back to Kame House. Or, I could fly you myself," he said as the heat rose in his face.
"A personal escort from the Pres. of Capsule Corp.? I am honored," she said messing with his lavender locks. 'His hair is still as soft,' she thought to herself.
"Yes, I only make this exception for a select few," he said with a snooty accent. "So what do you say?" He asked as he offered her his arm.
"Why not? I don't get out that often, and I'm starved!!" She laughed as she put her arm inside his and the two old friends walked down the street to a small cafe.
As the waiter took their menus, Trunks asked, "So what have you been up to these last five years?"
"Writing, training, writing, training. You know the routine. My father and mother have made me train when I've not been writing."
"Have you learned how to fly yet?"
"Are you kiddin' me?! I'm scared of heights!!!!" Trunks laughed at her phobia as he couldn't imagine the daughter of a cyborg afraid of high places. "So, what have you been doing?"
"Well, running Capsule Corp."
"That's all? No training?"
"Gosh no! I haven't had the time."
"I bet your father just loves that!"
"Yes, I've had to actually live here in the office to keep him from literally killing me. He thinks I've turned my back on my Saiyan heritage."
"Do you think you've done that?"
"Yeah, I do," he admitted hanging his head low. "My mother wants me to run the company, but I'm not really cut out to do it."
"Trunks, I never would've imagined." The waiter brought them their drinks; serving Trunks a cola and Marron sweetened tea.
"You still drink iced tea?!" He said making a disgusted face.
"Yeah, and you still drink that putrid soda!" She laughed. She remembered that when they were little; she was drinking soda and it came out her nose. This was pretty funny in and of itself, but what was even funnier was the fact that before she drank the soda; she had no nose. "Have you told your mother how you feel?"
"Marron, I can't. She's so happy her son is running the company."
"I'm sure she is, but is her son happy running the company?"
"No, I'm not. I've been miserable ever since I took over. I have to spar, to battle. I'm half-Saiyan; it's a part of me."
"And she doesn't understand that?"
"No, she doesn't. I don't know why I'm unloading my problems on you. I'm sure you don't want to hear about them."
"Nonsense!!!! We go back a long way, and I'm still your friend. Maybe I could help you talk to Bulma. We could both tell her how you feel."
"That won't do any good. If I do step down, who will take my place?"
"What about Bra?"
Trunks's soda came his nose as he laughed at the notion of his sister running anything but the hair dryer. "Are you serious? Bra? Running a major corporation?!"
"Trunks, you won't be around forever. Who will run it after you're gone?"
"My children I assume."
"And about that, how's your love life? If it's anything like mine, it's nonexistent!!" She laughed.
"I haven't had a date since I took this company over!!! I don't have time. I don't have time to do anything," he frowned.
"If you don't talk to your mother, I will. I can't stand to see you like this!"
"Marron, . . ." he began as the waiter brought their food to them. They continued the meal with Trunks trying to talk Marron out of confronting his mother. He wasn't successful. After Trunks paid, but not before he heard heated protests from Marron, the two walked arm-in-arm back to Capsule Corp.
"Come get me tomorrow, and we'll go talk to your mother," she smiled.
"I wish you wouldn't, but I know you. You're just as stubborn as . . ."
"My mother?" She laughed. He noticed that her eyes danced as she laughed. 'I wonder why I never noticed that before?' He thought.
"Yes, Juu is very stubborn."
"I have an idea. My parents haven't seen you in awhile. I'll take you up on that offer of flying me back to Kame House."
"Okay," he smiled. "Come on up to the office. I'll change, then we'll head out."
After Trunks changed, he took Marron into his arms and flew out the window. Marron held onto his body tightly and clenched her eyes shut. "Marron, really, you have to get over your fear of flying," he laughed as he sped them along to Kame House.
"Shut up!! Just fly faster!" She didn't dare open her house. "Tell me when we get there." He pulled her closer and smelled her hair. It smelled like strawberries, just like it always had. He liked the way her body felt against his. It was almost like it was natural for her to be this close to him.
"We're here," he said as he set down on the familiar island. Marron opened her eyes to see her feet planted firmly on solid ground.
"Thanks, Trunks!!! Mom, Dad!!! I'm home!!! I brought a surprise with me!!" She yelled as she ran to the front porch. Krillin came out to greet his daughter and caught the image of Trunks standing just below the shore line.
"Trunks Briefs? Is that you?" Krillin asked as he ran right past Marron.
"Hello, Dad. Thanks, and how was your day?" She asked sarcastically.
"Krillin!" Trunks exclaimed as the former monk ran to him and hugged him.
"Long time, no see!" Krillin exclaimed. "Come in and have something to drink with us."
"Sure, I'd love to," he smiled to Marron. She opened the door and ran smack into her mother.
"Marron! Look where you're going!!" Juu scolded. "What were you yelling about earlier?"
"Juu, we have a guest!" Krillin said as Trunks followed him into Kame House.
"Trunks? Is that you?"
"Yes, Juu, it's me."
"How did you get here?!" Juu wondered since it had been five years since the last time he came to Kame House.
"I bumped into Marron in the city. We had lunch, and I offered to bring her home."
"Did you capsulize a car?" Juu asked looking out the window and having seen no car. She knew Marron would never let him fly her here; she was too afraid of falling.
"No, I flew myself and Marron here."
"You did?" Her mother raised an eyebrow. 'Dende, don't tell me she's fallen for him. She would never let Goten fly her around when they were dating.'
"Yeah, it was nice," she said shyly.
"Yeah, it was," he returned.
"So, Trunks, how's your mom?" Krillin asked as he made his way into the kitchen.
"You know my mother. She was yelling at my father the last time I saw her."
"The last time you saw her?" Juu asked following the two men into the kitchen.
"Yeah, I live at the office now."
"You do?" Krillin asked as he poured each some soda. Marron followed her mother into the kitchen and got a pitcher of tea for herself.
"He doesn't train anymore," Marron stated.
"You don't?! How does Vegeta feel about that?" Juu asked in disbelief.
"Why do you think I'm living at the office?!" He laughed before taking a drink.
"Trunks, you need a home. You can't live in the office, and you need to start training again; even Marron's been training."
"Thanks, Dad!!!" She flinched before saying that.
"Listen, why don't you stay here at Kame House with us? That way you'd have a home, and you could train with me, Juu, Marron, and Master Roshi," Krillin offered. Juu really didn't think it was such a hot idea to have Trunks living with them, especially since she thought Marron was falling for him.
"Yeah, Trunks! That's a great idea, Dad! You could stay here, and not have to work so long and hard."
"Okay, okay, okay! You talked me into it! I'll go get my things, and be back here in about an hour," he said before finishing his drink. "See you
guys later!" He waved before flying out the door.
"Krillin, I don't think that was such a good idea," Juu whispered.
"Why do you say that?"
"Because I think our daughter is in love with him," she whispered as they watched Marron watch Trunks disappear in the distance.