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The last time in "The Lost Warrior":
As everyone left the room, Trunks and Jenny were the only ones who were still there. "Jenny, are you alright?"
"I think so… But how did you…?"
"Shh, as I said I saw it in the eyes of The Lost Warrior. In your eyes. You don't need to keep your feelings from me, because I can see in your heart." He embraced her. "I think we must go now. I'm starving and we must get home before there's no food left, especially now that Goten has got a head start." Trunks said grinning and they left arm in arm.
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Chapter 17: "Happy Birthday"
"Hey guys! They finally put up the lists of project class!" Diana told her friends three days before the summer holidays began.
"Really? Cool. Let's take a look," Shana answered and so the gang went up to the bulletin board of the upper grades.
"Yeah, you, Glenn and I are in the class of martial arts," Jenny told Trunks with a bright smile.
"Yes, but did you see who took the class?" Goten asked his sister.
"Mr. Knoedl wanted to do it."
"But it isn't Mr. Knoedl. It's Mr. Fieldner."
"What?" Trunks and Jenny shouted in unison.
"Oh no, I hoped I'd never see him again after this year."
"Think positive… At least we can kick his ass," the black-haired Saiyan tried to cheer his sister up.
"That's true. I've waited to do this for so long," Jenny smirked.
The next few days had been quite peaceful as were the last few weeks. As they've expected neither Jenny's parents nor Shana's parents did mind their daughters going on vacation with their boyfriends and their families. At their question where they're going the girls answered that they don't know where they would go, because Glenn and Tom told them it will be a surprise.
Jenny still didn't show her full strength in her training. She decided to wait till the Tenkaichi Budokai, and she wasn't even sure if she wanted to show them that she can go Super Saiyajin. It would depend on the opponents she would get, but she hoped on a real workout.
Finally the last day of school before the summer holidays arrived and they all couldn't wait till they got out of the yellow building called TSHS. It was a Wednesday and the normal ending of the school would be after the third class, which happened to be biology. Jenny sat in the classroom and was with her thoughts everywhere, but not in school. 'Goten is lucky… He already has holidays… Whatever… This is my last biology-class in my whole life…' She looked over at Trunks who was balancing a pen on his fingers, when she suddenly felt something. She couldn't describe what it was… It let a shudder running down her spine. She knew what she felt, but couldn't tell where. 'Trunks, do you feel that?'
'Hmm? Feel what?' At this moment she didn't feel it anymore.
'Nothing… I guess it was just a cold breeze or something like that.'
'Okay… Oh Dende, still 15 minutes…' He sighed.
Jenny smiled and put her head down on her arms on her table and closed her eyes. As she opened her eyes, she found herself in the assembly hall of her school. Then she felt it again. She shivered and turned around, just to see a person standing in front of her. She could tell that this was the same person of her dream. But they were alone. His hand moved up to her neck. She tried to move but she couldn't, so she closed her eyes. As he grabbed her neck he opened her eyes again and saw that she was still in the classroom, but she still felt a hand at her neck. In panic Jenny stood up and turned around, letting the chair fall over. She stared in shock at Mr. Fieldner who stood now in front of her smirking.
"Nice of you to wake up again. I wanted to see if you're still alive." At this very moment the school bell rang and the students stormed out of the class. Trunks walked over to Jenny who stood still in shock. Her body was trembling.
Trunks hugged her. "Are you okay?" The girl nodded and managed a smile. "Then let's get outta here." He led her outside sending a death-glare at Mr. Fieldner as looked up.
In the hall they all said goodbye to each other and wished a nice summer. Jenny and Shana went with Trunks and Goten over to their house. "I've heard that my favorite sister fell asleep in her last biology class of her life?" Goten asked as they were sitting in the car.
"a) I'm your only sister and b) I didn't fell asleep."
"You did not?" the others asked in unison.
"At least I didn't plan on sleeping. I just closed my eyes and as I opened them I was somewhere else."
"Did you have this dream again?"
"Dream? What dream?" Goten asked confused.
"Oh, sorry Jenny… I didn't want to…"
"Calm down Trunks… I think it's about time for them to know about it."
"Know about what?" Shana asked.
"Ok, I'll tell ya." So, Jenny told her friends about the dream she had since the second week of the spring holidays.
"And you have it every night? Why didn't you tell us about that in the first place?"
"Yeah, but I'm getting used to it. And I didn't tell you about it, because I needed some time to figure a few things out. But it was different in biology today. It felt too real. And at the same moment as the person in the dream grabbed my neck, Mr. Fieldner did the same thing. That's why I was so scared."
"He could be glad that you didn't send him to the next dimension in the first place," Goten said, trying to cheer his sister up.
Soon the 24th of July arrived. As Jenny came down for breakfast, a large bunch of red roses stood on the table. She walked over to the table and found a note next to the roses. "Happy Birthday Jenny! I found these roses lying in front of the door this morning. I didn't open the card, but I can guess from who they are. Mom." She laid the note back and then opened the card.
"Happy Birthday love! I hope you like these roses, because they are an excuse for me. I'm really sorry, but I can't make it tonight. My dad dragged me somewhere to wilderness training and although I explained him how important it is for me to be with you he didn't let me go. I hope you forgive me. With love. T." Jenny sighed disappointed. She knew Vegeta too well to have any hope that he will let Trunks go.
After she had finished her breakfast she looked at the clock. 'Mmh, mom will be back home from work at 3pm, and now it is 12 o'clock. That means I've got about two and a half hour to train until I must get ready.' She quickly went back upstairs, changed into her armor and got to the field. After doing some stretching she immediately went Super Saiyajin without any difficulty. She trained very hard for the Tenkaichi Budokai. She knew she wouldn't stand a chance against the other Saiyans, but she didn't want to let them win that easily. The half-Saiyajin was really looking forward to it.
Jenny just got home in time to take a quick shower until her mother came back. "Hi Jenny! I'm home!" Jenny ran downstairs.
"Hi mom!"
"Happy birthday!" her mother hugged her. "And? Who sent you the roses?" she asked smiling.
"They are from Tom. In the card stood that he can't make it tonight. His father did plan something with him."
"Oh, that's too bad. Especially that the family is so curious about him. So, do we wanna start the preparations for tonight?"
"Yep." With that mother and daughter went shopping and as they got back, and Jenny's father was there, they brought the benches and tables outside. They wanted to make a barbecue with the family. They wanted to come about 6pm.
At 5.30pm Jenny and her mother began to bring the dishes outside. "Mom? How many people were supposed to come?" Jenny asked, as she put the plates on the tables.
"One moment…. about 20 I think…"
"20? Okay…" About half an hour later the family arrived. They congratulated Jenny and gave her the presents. The girl wondered, why there were still some seats free at the table, although her whole family was gathered. But she didn't think further about it, as her grandfather started to talk with her. As they wanted to start eating, Jenny suddenly felt something familiar. 'Strange… what should Shana do here? And Diana? And Gina? And Cindy? And Inka?'
"Jenny, I think there are some more guests for you. Can you please go and look?" her mother asked her smiling.
"Sure…" the girl smiled back.
She walked through the aisle between the house and the garage and went to the front of the house, where she saw her friends coming. They walked towards her and congratulated her. After the girls congratulated her she saw Goten standing behind the group. "Hey! You're here, too? I didn't sen… see you!"
"Of course I'm here! I'm getting free food," he said grinning and hugged her.
"Happy birthday sis."
"Ditto, bro. Is Trunks here, too?" she whispered in his ear. Goten shook his head as he let her go.
"Didn't you get the roses and the cardß? His father had other plans for him."
"I did get them, but as I saw you here, I thought that maybe he would be here, too. Ok, I bet you're hungry. So let's go eating."
After they all had eaten, they began to talk. "Okay, bro… What are you now doing here, except from having free food. Don't you have your own party?"
"Nope… There will be a small celebration at our home tomorrow and my mom told me to tell ya that you shall come, too, sis."
"What is this whole bro and sis stuff about when I may ask?" Jenny's mother asked.
"Oh, it's just that she's so often at our house, that my family and friends see her as a kind of family member. And since my birthday is also today, we have this sister and brother stuff between us," Goten explained.
A few minutes later, the teens were all sitting in the grass far away from the grown-ups and talked. "Too bad that Tom couldn't come," Shana suddenly said.
"You've told us that his father had other plans for him. Couldn't he do anything against it?"
"You don't know his father Cindy. When he decided something, there's no one who could change his mind." Jenny sighed and looked at Gina, who was suddenly smiling, as were the others.
"What are you smiling at?" After she asked that, she suddenly felt two strong arms wrapping around her body.
"Did you miss me?" a husky voice spoke in her ear. She turned around and they were in a deep lip-lock. "I take that as a yes." Trunks said smiling after they broke apart.
"So what did your mother do to your father to let you go?" she asked.
"She didn't do anything…"
"What? Ve…incent let you go? Just like that?"
"No, I mean there was no need for it. He never has any plans for me today. Let's just say I'm a surprise guest."
"Everything was planned?"
"Yep. So, now I want to get to know your family."
"Are you sure you wanna do this?" Jenny asked him.
"Yeah, why not?"
"You don't know what you're getting into. But if you want so badly…" The girl took his hand and dragged him to where her family was sitting.
"So, family meet Tom, Tom meet my family! I go now inside. I'm sure my mother needs some help. You can talk with them that long," Jenny told him smirking and left. In the next second Trunks was bombed with questions. About twenty minutes later, he was sitting next to one of Jenny's grandfather, who told him about his experiences in his youth and in the war.
'Oh my god… Jenny help me! Get me outta here!'~*~
In the kitchen, Jenny was talking with her mother as she got Trunks cry for help. She chuckled. "Why are you laughing?" her mother asked.
"Nothing important. I just thought over, if I should go out and save Tom."
"Save him? Why?… Oh, don't tell me you left him at the family." Jenny nodded smiling. "Okay, go and rescue him, before he leaves you." Her mother said laughing. With that Jenny walked outside toward her family.
"I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I'm taking over. Or do you want to stay longer Tom?"
"I'm coming with you." He took her hand and they walked to the others.
At this moment Jenny's mother decided to join the family. "So, and what does the jury think about him? Did he pass the test?" she asked.
"He passed."
"He's really nice, he cares about her, he's very polite and really handsome. Yes, he passed."
"And his parents have money. She did make a good choice," Jenny's aunt added laughing after she heard what the other family members had said.
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"Why did you do that?" Trunks asked Jenny as they walked.
"Let's say it was some kind of revenge."
"Revenge? For what?"
"For you letting me believe that you wouldn't make it tonight. And by the way, I think you passed the test."
Now Trunks was confused. "Which test?"
"Each new member of the family has to go through this, what you've just experienced. And after that they decide if you're … what is the best word? … worthy for me."
"And you really think I've passed."
"Yep."
After everyone else was gone, Trunks and Jenny were sitting on the grass and watching the stars. That was, when Trunks suddenly stood up. "Where are you going?"
"Don't worry, I'll be right back."
"Okay, but please hurry." A few minutes later he came back with a box in his hand. With his other hand he pulled Jenny up.
"Happy Birthday!" he said as he gave her the present. She opened it and took out a dress of pure silk. It was a long tight dress with long slits on both sides. It was night-blue with glitter and had spaghetti straps.
"That's beautiful."
"Do you promise me to wear it at the party in two weeks my mother planned?"
"I promise." She had tears in her eyes and Trunks wiped them away. "I love you," she said nearly in a whisper.
"I love you, too."
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