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The last time in "The Lost Warrior":

"So, Jenny, and you are really Goku's daughter?" Mrs. Briefs asked.

"Yes, she is." Vegeta answered for Jenny.

"And how's life in the other dimension? You must know, as scientist I'm interest in those things." Doctor Briefs asked her.

"It's really different, so I think there's much to tell you, but I think we have time enough." So, Jenny told him everything he wanted to know, and she was glad, that she could think of something else. They talked till the late night, until Trunks decided it would be better to go to bed, because they had to be fit for the party the next day.

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Chapter 25: "The Party"

"Woman! Aren't the brats awake yet?" Vegeta shouted as he walked into the kitchen.

"No, they're still sleeping." As Bulma said that, Vegeta left the kitchen and stormed up the stairs. "Oh shit. Vegeta! What are you doing?"

"I'm going to wake them up! It's almost 11am and Saiyajins don't sleep that long!"

"Vegeta! Stop! They got to bed late yesterday, so let them sleep! Otherwise…"

"What?"

"Otherwise you'll spend the next week on the couch!"

"What?"

"You heard right. And now get your ass back here!" Vegeta mumbled something about stupid earthwomen and followed Bulma back into the kitchen.

~*~

Trunks sighed. The loud arguing of his parents woke him up. He looked down at the still sleeping Jenny in his arms. 'Good. They didn't wake her up. She really sleeps like a stone, when she doesn't have this nightmare. This nightmare…' Trunks had once been present in one and it was terrible. But Jenny told him that the last one was different. 'It must have been even more horrible than the other, when she had to cry.' "Don't worry Jenny. As soon as we are back in your dimension, we will find this guy and kill him. This I promise you," Trunks whispered. He heard Jenny sigh and felt her snuggle closer to him.

"I hope you're right Trunks," she whispered as she looked up and met his eyes.

"Oh, you're awake. Did I wake you up?"

"As a matter of fact, you did. How late is it?"

"About 11am."

"Oh, do you think we should get up?"

"Do you want to get up?"

"I don't know. It's so comfortable in your arms, but I'm kinda hungry."

"Then let's go, because I'm also hungry," Trunks admitted smiling.

"Okay." Jenny yawned and she and Trunks left the bed.

They entered the kitchen about half an hour later. Vegeta was having brunch and Bulma was making breakfast for the teens. "Hi!"

"Good morning Bulma, Vegeta."

"Oh, good morning kids! Did you sleep well?"

"Definite too long," Vegeta grumbled and left the room.

"Don't listen to him. He's a bit grumpy this morning," Bulma said, as she placed the plates on the table.

"Thank you Bulma. We slept well."

"That's good, because this day will be exhausting for you."

"Huh?" Jenny and Trunks asked in unison.

"Don't worry Trunks. I didn't plan something for you, but we did plan some things for Jenny. And I don't think that the first thing will be that pleasant for you."

"And what should that be?"

"Mmh, how can I start… Last night, after you and Trunks left, I talked to Goku, Gohan and Vegeta. We were talking about what to do with your tail."

"What's wrong with my tail?" Jenny asked confused.

"You know what will happen when you're in your Saiyajin-form and we have a full moon?"

"Yes, I will turn into an Oozaru when I look at it."

"And since you're saving people day and night as The Lost Warrior, it could happen that you could turn into an Oozaru someday."

"And now you want to remove my tail, right?"

Bulma nodded. "Here in this dimension we can do it without problems. That's why we didn't ask you before, if you want it to be removed. So, what do you think?"

Jenny sighed. "Good, let's do it. Right after breakfast?"

"I hoped you would agree. Trunks, can you take her to the infirmary in about one hour? I'll go there and prepare everything now."

"Okay mom."

"Thank you Trunks." With that, Bulma wanted to leave the kitchen, but was stopped by Jenny.

"Bulma?"

"Yes, dear?"

"What is the second thing you wanted to do with me?"

Bulma smiled. "ChiChi, Videl and I want to take you and Shana to the mall this afternoon."

As Bulma had left the kitchen, Goten and Shana entered the room. "Good morning everyone!" Shana greeted them.

"Oh good, breakfast," Goten just said and sat down, beginning to devour his breakfast.

Shana laughed. "This is my Goten… always hungry." She sat down next to her boyfriend and began to eat as well.

"And what are you planning for today?" Goten asked.

"First of all, Bulma wants to remove my tail after breakfast and after that, she, ChiChi and Videl want to take Shana and me to the mall," Jenny told them, like the first thing was nothing special.

"They want to do what?" Goten asked shocked.

"Bulma wants to remove your tail?" Shana wanted to know.

"That's not what I mean… You really want to go with them to the mall? Do you know what you're getting yourself into?"

"Goten is right… The whole tail-removing-thing isn't that bad. But you don't know how it is to go shopping with them. They'll propably put you in every dress they see."

"Oh, come on Trunks… It can't be worse than cutting of my tail."

"You'll see," the boys said in unison.

After breakfast Trunks led Jenny to the infirmary. Shana and Goten were walking behind them. "Wow, I've never thought that they've got an infirmary in this house,." Shana said.

"You see, it has its advantages of belonging to the richest family of this world."

"Really the richest family? Wow! Why didn't I fall in love with Trunks?" Shana whined.

"Hey! Does that mean I'm not good enough for you?"

"Idiot, of course you are. And besides, I don't think that Jenny would have fallen in love with her own brother."

Suddenly Trunks stoppen in front of a door. "Here we are," the boy said and opened the door. Jenny looked around. In the middle of the room stood an operating table, on the left side were several closets and in the right corner she saw Bulma talking with two people who seemed to be a nurse and a doctor.

"Oh, good that you are already here Jenny," Bulma greeted her, "are you ready?" The girl nodded. "Good, then I ask you to power up and then take a seat on the table." Jenny did as she was told and Trunks never left her side. Goten and Shana were still standing at the door, but as Goten saw that Bulma took out an injection of one closet he quickly shoved Shana out of the room.

"Uhm, we're waiting outside if it is okay with you." Bulma turned around, holding the injection directly in front of Goten's face.

"Okay, we'll call you when we're finished." As soon as Bulma said that, Goten and Shana were out of the room.

"What was that?" Shana asked.

"Uhm… you must know… I'm total afraid of needles. It lies in our family," he admitted.

Inside of the room, Bulma was now walking towards Jenny. "So Jenny, I'll give you now a local anesthesia."

Jenny turned around and as she saw the injection, her face went suddenly pale. "You mean with THIS thing? No way!"

"Come on… it won't hurt."

"No!" Jenny jumped of the table, "Get away with this… this needle-thing." Bulma sighed and Trunks smiled. They knew this reaction all to well from Goku, Gohan and Goten and even Pan. They all rather die than letting someone giving them an injection. She still could't believe that the most powerful warriors of the universe were afraid of such a small needle.

"But you know that removing a tail hurts?"

"I don't care about that… as long as you stay away with this. And I don't think that it could hurt that much… I just raise my ki a bit and everything's gonna be alright."

"Okay, if you want… But I warn you… don't turn Super Saiyajin on this table." Jenny nodded and got back on the table. She laid herself on the stomach and waited for the operation to begin. "And you're really sure that…"

"I am! And now hurry up!"

"Okay, okay… Trunks, would you please hold her hand?" The boy nodded and sat down next to Jenny, holding her hand.

"I wonder how she'll handle it," Goten said as they were waiting outside.

"What do you mean by that? I thought you told her that it doesn't hurt that much."

"Trunks told her that he and I were still babies as they removed our tails, and we don't remember it anymore. But I was there as they removed Pan's. In contrast to Bra, she refused the injection and she was screaming like hell."

"But Jenny won't refuse the injection, will she?"

"If she's taking just a bit after dad, than she'll refuse the injection to 100 %." At this moment Goten felt a power level rise and soon they could see a glaring light through the door slot, which faded as fast as it came.

"What was that?" Shana asked.

"Jenny turned Super Saiyajin."

"Does that mean…?"

~*~

"She refused the injection," Vegeta stated smirking, as he was sparring with Goku in the backyard. Pan and Gohan were watching them. They all felt Jenny's ki rise and turning Super Saiyajin.

"Does that mean that she's also afraid of needles, like all members of our family?" Pan asked.

"It almost seems so," Gohan answered smiling.

~*~

"Oh, Bulma… I'm so sorry… I really didn't want that to happen… But it just… happened."

"Don't worry… I almost knew that this would happen." Jenny looked around. The room was a mess. "And don't worry about that… The cleaning-bots will take care of this mess," Bulma said, when they heard someone wincing.

"Oh my god Trunks. Are you okay?" Jenny asked concerned.

"I think you broke my hand. Mom, do you have a senzu?"

"Sure," Bulma said as she tossed her son a bean.

He caught it with his good hand. "Thanx!"

"Trunks, I'm so sorry… How can I put it right again?"

"Kiss me."

"Is that all you want?"

"Yesss."

"Okay," With that the two half-Saiyans were lip-locked. Bulma smiled as she saw that.

'Oh yes, Vegeta was right, it was good to remove the tail before tonight.' After a while Bulma cleared her throat. "Excuse me you two… But can you please continue somewhere else? I want the robots to clean this mess up."

"Sure mom."

"And Jenny? Please tell Shana that you and her shall be ready in one hour, so that we can go shopping."

"Okay, I'll tell her." With that they left the room.

"Welcome in the club of the tailless Saiyans!" Goten greeted her, as she got out.

"Thank you bro."

"Are you okay?" Shana wanted to know.

"Yes, now everything's alright. First it hurts like hell, like you may have noticed, but now it doesn't hurt anymore. I just feel a bit guilty for almost destroying the room and breaking Trunks hand."

"Ouch."

"That, you can say aloud Goten," Trunks said.

"By the way Shana…?"

"Huh?"

"Bulma wants us to be ready in one hour for the shopping tour."

One hour later, Bulma, ChiChi, Videl, Jenny and Shana were sitting in the car on their way to the mall and they arrived shortly after. "That's the mall? It's huge!" Jenny said excited.

"Yes it is. So girls…I hope you are ready. Let's go shopping!" Bulma said and shoved them inside. Since Shana had nothing to wear for the party and Jenny just had the dress Trunks gave her, they were now looking for another dress for Shana and shoes for Jenny. At the beginning it was really fun, especially the arguing of the women in each shop about who'll pay for what. Jenny and Shana soon gave up to tell the other women that they want to pay for their own things, because Bulma, ChiChi and Videl always insisted that the girls belonged to the family and therefor didn't need to pay for anything. They said it would be a kind of welcoming present. Two hours later they have found everything they were looking for and more and were now carrying many boxes and bags through the mall.

"Can we please take a break?" Shana asked.

"Yeah… my feet are hurting like hell and I'm hungry," Jenny whined. ChiChi looked at the other women.

"Okay, let's take a break… Over there is a very good restaurant," ChiChi said.

"Do you really want to go there? You know, the last time we ate there the restaurant almost went bust," Videl told them thoughtful.

"But the last time we were there with seven Saiyajins and today we're 4 humans and one Saiyajin."

"I'll say we go there," Bulma said and walked over to the restaurant. The others shrugged and followed her. The manager almost fainted, when he saw Bulma Briefs walking towards his restaurant, but he calmed down, when he saw, that she didn't bring along her husband and the other friends of her family, who ate all the food of his restaurant the last time.

"Welcome Mrs. Briefs. A table for five I guess?"

"Yes, thank you."

"You're welcome." The manager led them to a table in the corner and gave them the menus. "Can I get you something to drink?"

"A soda, please," Bulma answered. Jenny, ChiChi and Videl also ordered a soda and Shana a coke. A waiter arrived a few minutes later with the drinks and took the orders of the five ladies. After the others told him their orders, he turned to Jenny.

"And what would you like to have, young lady?"

"Mmh, the meals #1 to #5 sound good… I take one of each…"

"Huh? Are you sure? I mean… this is pretty much…"

"Don't worry about that…"

"Okay." With that he left.

One hour later, they left the restaurant. "Wow. I don't think that I will ever forget the face of the waiter, as he took your order! He looked so confused, but in the same time relieved," Shana said laughing.

"I think he was confused that Bulma did know more people who could eat all the food in this restaurant, and that he was relieved that I didn't do it." Everyone was laughing now. "So, and what did you plan to do next?" Jenny finally asked.

"I thought that we could stroll a bit more through the shops, and maybe we find some more things for you," Bulma answered, having an evil glint in her eyes. That was, when the true torture began, Trunks and Goten had warned the girls against. The three women dragged the two girls now from one shop to another, letting them try dresses and shoes and shirts, and never letting them take a breath, before they went to the next one. During the next two hours, Jenny played with the thought about teleporting her and Shana back to CC, while they were in a changing cubicle, but decided against it, every time she saw the happy faces of the three women, when she and Shana tried another piece of cloth.

As the group left the mall, they could see that there was traffic jam in the city.

"Oh god… How could we possibly be back in time?" ChiChi asked.

"I think I have an idea… Jenny, would you be so nice?" Bulma asked her.

"Sure, after all you did for me today… But I can just take two at time with me with all the bags."

"That's nice. Thank you dear," ChiChi said.

"Okay, I think that me and ChiChi will wait here… Go and take Shana and Videl first."

"Fine…" Shana and Videl each put a hand on Jenny's shoulder and they vanished. A few minutes later, Jenny took also Bulma and Chichi back to Capsule Corporation.

"Okay… Jenny, Shana, you have now half an hour to take a shower. The guests will arrive in one and half hour, so we'll need the rest of the time to get you ready. Understand?"

"Yes, mam!" Jenny and Shana answered playfully on Bulma's question and disappeared in 'their' bathrooms. Just a few minutes later Trunks and Goten met the women on the way to the other bathrooms.

"Hey you're already back?" Trunks asked.

"Where are Shana and Jenny?"

"They are in your bathrooms… but don't you dare to disturb then… you'll see them in two hours, when the party begins… But don't worry, you'll have enough time to shower in half an hour. Then you can go again in your rooms… We will take care of the girls when they've finished the shower in my bedroom," Bulma told them and passed by.

"Okay, and what are we going to do the next 30 minutes?" Goten asked his friend.

"I'm hungry… so let's go to the kitchen and look, if we find something."

Twenty minutes later, Jenny got out of Trunks private bathroom just in her underwear, her hair still wet. As she looked at the bed, she found there a bathrobe and a note. She took and read it: 'Dear Jenny. Please put this robe on and then take the dress you want to wear tonight. I'll get you and Shana at 5pm.' Jenny chuckled. "She really thinks of everything." The girl took the night-blue dress Trunks gave her at her birthday out of her bag and held it in front of her, looking in a mirror. "I wonder what Trunks will think of me in it." At this moment there was a knock on the door. "It's open." The door opened and Bulma came in.

"Are you ready?"

"Yes, but what do you want to do with me and Shana?"

"We'll make your hair, your nails and so on. Everything to make you more beautiful than you are," Jenny blushed at this comment. She took a quick glance into the mirror again. But she couldn't deny it. She liked her body like it was now. Just a few months ago, before she began with the whole fighting-thing, she was a bit plump, but not fat. But in the last months she had lost her weight and her body really looked good.

Jenny met Shana on the corridor. The other girl also wore a bathrobe. "I see you got a note, too," Jenny stated.

"Looks a lot like it, doesn't it?" Shana answered giggling.

"Are you girls coming now?" Bulma asked. The girls nodded and followed Bulma to hers and Vegeta's bedroom. Videl and ChiChi were already waiting there. Bulma closed the door behind her and put a button on the intercom.

"Trunks? Goten? You can now go back in your rooms. The girls are with me."

"Huh? What was that for?" Shana asked.

"Oh, yeah… I forgot… I told the boys that they are not allowed to see you until the party starts."

"I see."

"Good, but now let's begin," ChiChi said excitedly.

First of all Jenny and Shana had to put on some nylons and then their dresses and over the dresses again the bathrobes. After that, the women took care of the hairs of the two girls. While ChiChi was brushing Jenny's hair, she was talking. "You know what? I always wanted a daughter so that I could do that with her. So, how do you want it? Open? Nah, I think I'll stick it up and let two strands of your fringe hanging out." While ChiChi was making Jenny's hair, Videl was making Shana's. They agreed on plaiting her hair and also letting two strands hanging out. After they were done with the hair, Bulma came with a bag full of make-up. As she saw the shocked looks on the girls' faces she laughed.

"Don't worry… I won't put on too much. I'll make it look natural."

"Okay, now stand up and take off the bathrobes," Bulma demanded, as she was finished. The girls did as they were told and were now standing in front of the women. They were stunned.

"You look gorgeous," ChiChi finally managed to say. Shana was wearing a short, dark-green strapless dress and Jenny was wearing the one Trunks gave her.

Videl gave them the shoes. "So, is there anything missing?" she asked.

The girls looked at their reflection in the mirror. "Oops," Jenny suddenly said, "I forgot the bracelet and my necklace. Do you have your things here Shana?"

"Yes, I've thought of everything."

"Then excuse me please, I'll be back in a minute." Before the others could say anything, Jenny was gone. She appeared in Trunks' room and quickly grabbed her things on the table and disappeared again. As soon as she was gone, she was back in Bulma's room.

"I'm back again!" Jenny said smiling.

"Don't do that ever again. What if someone saw you?" Bulma asked.

"Don't worry about that… There wasn't anyone in the room. I checked it before I went there," the girl answered grinning. After she said that, she put on her silver necklace with the cross-pendant, and the silver bracelet. "Now, I've got everything."

"Fine… Then we'll let you alone her, because we have to get ready now and I still have to get Vegeta into a tuxedo. I'll get you, when the party starts." With that the women left the room.

About twenty minutes later the girls stood at the window of the room, looking at the guests who arrived. "Hey look! There's Krillin! And the woman and the girl with him must be Juuhachigou and Marron," Shana said.

"Yeah, but who's this?" Jenny said pointing down to a very large man.

"I don't know… But I think we'll get to know when we are downstairs." At this moment, there was a knock on the door and Bulma stepped in.

"Ladies, it's about time."

"Okay," the girls said and followed Bulma.

In the banqueting hall of CC Trunks and Goten were talking to Yamcha, but they were quite nervous, because they didn't know what their mothers have done with their girlfriends and why they aren't in the hall yet. That was when Bulma entered the hall, followed by the two girls. Goten felt that Shana was there and turned around. As he saw the girls, he poked Trunks in the ribs. "Hey Trunks. You have to see that."

"What is it…? Oh my god…" He was speechless and just stared at her until Goten grabbed his arm and pulled him towards the girls. Goten bowed slightly in front of Shana and offered her his arm.

"Would you give me the pleasure to be my date tonight, my lady?" he asked grinning.

"Sure." She took his arm and walked off. Trunks was still just staring at her for a long moment. She looked down at her outfit.

"I know. 'Nice'."

"I was gonna go with 'gorgeous'," Trunks said sincerely and Jenny blushed.

"Really?" He nodded and she looked at his outfit, a black tux.

"You too. In a guy way." Now it was Trunks turn to blush.

"What do you think? Should we go to my brother and Shana?"

"Yeah, that's a good idea… I think they will gave the buffet free soon."

"Buffet? Sounds good."

"Come on Pan! Mom just told me that we should go to our table," Bra said, pulling at Pan's arm.

"Yeah, okay," the small girl answered a bit sadly. She had watched the whole scene between Trunks and Jenny, and it almost broke her little heart, when she saw the look in Trunks' eyes as he first saw Jenny this evening.

During dinner they all had much fun. They were talking, laughing, eating and it even seemed as if Vegeta had a good time. Jenny and Shana were pumped about their dimension, their friends, their families, simply their whole life by several persons and they finally got to know the big man they saw from the window. "So, and you're Jenny, Goku's and ChiChi's daughter… Nice to meet you."

"Hi… Nice to meet you too, Mr…"

"Oh, sorry… I'm Gyuu Mao, also known as Ox-King… I'm ChiChi's father, that means your grandfather." Jenny looked at him. She has never thought that he could be ChiChi's father. "I know what you're thinking… Many people have those doubts about me being ChiChi's father, but I am," he assured smiling. Jenny also smiled. She liked this man. "May I ask you, how it feels to suddenly have a complete new family?"

"To be honest… I don't see them as a family… They're very good friends for me. I've my own family in my dimension."

"I see… But now, let's having dessert. It really looks good. Don't you think?"

"Yeah, it does," she answered grinning and they walked over to the dessert.

After dinner, the music started and almost everyone was on the dance floor. First there were a few faster songs, but soon the DJ played the first slow one. At the last fast one, Trunks danced with Pan, but as the slow one started, he turned to Jenny, who was taking a break and asked her if she would like to dance with him. Jenny agreed and soon they were dancing really close. As Pan saw that, she felt tears burning in her eyes and left the room, unnoticed by everyone. Jenny sighed. It felt so good to dance with him, to be in his arms. She wished it would last forever. She looked up and their eyes met. The girl smiled. "I love you Trunks."

"I love you, too."

"It seems as if Shana and Goten have a very good time." Trunks looked over his shoulder and saw the two also dancing, locked in a deep embrace.

"Yeah, you're right," he agreed.

As the song ended, the DJ announced a small break and Jenny wanted to use the time to get a bit fresh air. "Trunks, honey… I'm going outside. Do you want to join me?"

"No, go alone… I'll wait here."

"Okay." With that Jenny left the room. She walked through the backyard and watched the sky, when she suddenly heard someone sobbing. She followed the voice and finally found Pan sitting at the wall of the gravity room, looking at the sky and tears running down her cheeks. Jenny sat down beside her. "They are wonderful, aren't they?" she asked.

Pan looked up, surprised. "What do you want?"

"Actually I'm out here to get some fresh air, and why are you here?" Pan shrugged and looked back to the sky. "You like Trunks, do you?" That attracted Pan's attention. "Thought so." That made Pan to sob again. "Sorry, I didn't mean it that way. But you like him?"

Pan nodded. "I always hoped that he would like me someday, but as I saw his face when he looked at you tonight, I knew that he would never like me as I hope he would."

"But you knew about the bond…"

"Yes, I did, but I still hoped that it would break somehow."

"Pan, listen to me… I know that Trunks loves you, but just as a friend, or as a sister. He would never love you, like he loves me…"

"I know…"

"But I promise you this: Someday you'll find someone like Trunks, who loves you the way Trunks loves me. Do you understand?"

"Really?"

"Yeah, and if you don't find someone here, we just look for someone in my dimension." This made Pan chuckle. "Everything's okay?"

"Yeah…"

"Then you should go inside now, before you're getting cold."

"And what's with you?"

"I'll stay for a few minutes."

"Okay." With that Pan left.

Jenny remained sitting at the wall, looking at the sky. The full moon rose high over the trees, and the stars where shining bright. 'Full moon, cool. If I still had my tail, I could try the Oozaru form.' Jenny chuckled.

"What's so funny?" a voice asked. Jenny looked to the direction where the voice came from and saw Goku.

"Hey!"

"Hey!"

"That was good…"

"What?" Jenny asked confused.

"The way you handled Pan."

"Oh this… I just said what I thought was right… But what are you doing here?"

"Actually I wanted to talk to Pan about Trunks and you, but now that you've done it I think I could talk to you."

"Talk to me? About what?"

"Why is it so hard for you to see me and ChiChi as your parents?"

Jenny sighed. She knew that someday she would have to explain that. "Goku, you must know that I really like you and ChiChi… But I can't see you as my parents, because I already have parents. It's easier for me with Goten and Gohan, because they're the brothers I always wanted. Do you understand that?"

"Yes, I do."

"Good." Suddenly they heard that the music began again.

"Jenny, would you like to dance with me?" He reached her his hand.

"Sure." She took it and they disappeared and reappeared on the dance floor.

The rest of the evening Trunks and Jenny as well as Goten and Shana were inseparable. It didn't take long for Goten and Shana to disappear in their room and the second couple followed shortly after them. "And what do we want to do now?" Shana asked seductively.

"I think I've got an idea," Goten answered kissing her.

On the way to their room, Trunks and Jenny were kissing almost constantly. Trunks shut the door behind them with his foot, slowly undressing Jenny. She unbuttoned Trunks shirt, while he was pulling her dress over her head. During the undressing they never broke the kiss. Jenny then laid down on the bed and Trunks followed shortly after her. The girl closed her eyes and just heard how the drawer of the bedside table opened and closed and then heard how Trunks switched off the light, letting just the light of the full moon into the room.

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So, did you like it? I hope so.

I'm sorry for those of you who were waiting for lemon, but I won't write one.

See ya!

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