I'M HOME!
And it feels so good!
Florida was great everyone, I highly recommend going. My sister and I even went to
Hard Rock Live to see MXPX and Good Charlotte! It was lots of fun, but now I am glad
to be home and writing another chapter for you all. Soooo sorry to keep you waiting! I
did a little research on the board game of choice for this chapter though, (hehe) so with no
further ado, I give you.....
CHAPTER 19.....
"Now, I want you to keep an open mind about this, it's just something to pass the time.
Mom stuck it on the ship when I wasn't looking. I figured it would only be something for a
last resort..."
"Trunks? Just show us the damn board game!!"
Trunks sighed and pulled it out from behind his back. All of them opened their eyes wide
in shock at what was in his hands. Pan was the first to be able to speak.
"Trunks that's...You do realize what that is right? I mean, how exactly are we supposed to
play this? We're not even married!"
Trunks smirked devilishly at Pan. "Well," he said, setting the game on the coffee table in
front of the couches, "This game sure is fun."
Pan narrowed her eyes at him, trying to pretend to be mad, but she just couldn't. She
burst out giggling within a few seconds and plopped down on Trunks' lap, purposely
making it so that he couldn't set up the game. "Okay, so how do you play..........
honeybunch?"
Trunks smiled. "You'll see," he said and gently moved her off his lap so that he could
finish setting up the game.
"Trunks," Bra said, shaking her head in mock seriousness, "You had this all planned out,
didn't you?"
"I bet he did," Goten chimed in.
Trunks merely shrugged as he continued setting up the game, leaving all to wonder.
"I wouldn't put it past him," Goten said laughing.
"Sounds like you know him well," Bra said.
"Yeah, you should be on his team, Goten," Pan joked.
"Not a bad idea," Bra laughed. "I say we play our own way....and we'll switch the teams
around a few times."
"I like it," Pan said michievously, "Do continue."
"Sure," she said, and glanced toward her brother, who had his eyebrows raised, before
continuing, "First round will be me and Trunks on a team, Pan and Goten on the other.
Then we'll switch it to Trunks and Goten, me and Pan. Then the final round will be me
and Goten, Trunks and Pan." Bra interrupted her own train of thought suddenly,
"Ohmygosh that sounds so cute - Trunks and Pan! Do you realize that, Pan? You're
practically my sister-in-law!"
Pan laughed, "Well...." Trunks nuzzled her ear and wrapped his arms around her.
"I want you to be..." he whispered. She looked up at him suddenly, her heart skipping a
beat, and he quickly continued, "...Eventually, Pan, someday....soon." She smiled and
curled back into his arms. She was glad to know that they could take their time, even
though she also knew that marriage was inevitable.
"I want me to be too," Pan said.
Bra squealed with delight. "Oooh Goten isn't this great?!" She looked at him with wide,
excited eyes. He returned it with a deep gaze and a warm smile that told Bra exactly what
he was thinking. She looked at him happily.
"Eventually," he said smiling.
Bra smiled and launched herself into his arms, knocking him backwards on the couch.
"You're a sweetie, Goten," she said, rubbing her nose on his, "my sweetie." This was
returned with the usual Son smile and head rub.
"Are we gonna play or what?," Trunks asked.
"Sure," Bra said after a minute. Everyone gathered around the couch and it was soon
decided that they weren't going to really play by the rules, since they really weren't
married anyway. They were just gonna take the questions and ask each other, which was
decidedly more fun anyway.
"Okay, Trunks and Goten," Bra said with a card in her hand. Pan was looking over her
shoulder, trying to hide her smile and stifle her laughter. "Write your answers down, and
DON'T cheat! Umm, here we go - Which one of your partner's acquaintances is most
annoying?"
Trunks and Goten sat there thoughtfully. To earn a point, all four of their answers had to
match. (for example, Trunks writes his answer and then what he thinks Goten's answer
will be, while Goten does the same for Trunks). Their faces quickly brightened and they
turned away from each other and began to write on the paper.
"Okay, let's see what you have," Pan said, taking their papers. She raised her eyebrows at
what she saw. "ALL Marron?!"
"Alright!," Trunks and Goten shouted, giving each other a high five. "One point for us!"
"Marron?," the girls repeated, waiting for an explanation.
"Oh, well....," Goten began. Trunks picked up where he left off, "Marron is cool and all...
but it's just that to us, she's annoying, because she constantly is hanging all over us. AND
she takes up some of your time that you could be spending with us."
"Ooh, smooth talker," Pan commented.
"I know," Trunks said. After Bra gave him a 'look', he quickly continued. "Uhh, okay,
let's see, that was one point for me and Goten. So now its your turn."
"What a genius!," Bra said sarcastically.
"Okay okay, here we go," Goten interrupted, "Let's see, ladies....Ahh, here's a good one."
He finished fumbling with the cards and held one up triumphantly. Trunks looked over his
shoulder and smiled as he looked at his sister and Pan.
Back on Earth....
Goku was the only one of the men who had calmed down and wasn't fuming. Unlike
Gohan and Vegeta who had closed their minds just to fume, Goku had begun to calm
down. He was trying to rationalize out his thoughts and emotions when he felt something
tugging him. For a moment he didn't recognize it, but then realized it was his bond with
his wife.
Goku was startled. It had been awhile since he could feel her...Was it a week?...A
day?...then he realized that it was at the start of the whole fighting. Had it really been that
long? He opened his mind to the link between him and suddenly felt all the pain she was
experiencing.
'What has happened to them' He curiously looked up before realizing that he was hearing
her thoughts. 'My baby has changed so much, and now my husband has too, I feel like I
don't even know them anymore.' Goku was confused. How could she not know them?
They hadn't changed that much had they? He decided to think about it later as soon as
Vegeta's voice cut through the air and silence like a sharp knife.
"You will build us a space ship woman, or you will get them to land."
"I can't get them to land, Trunks cut the wire," Bulma said.
"Then as I said, you will build us a space ship," Vegeta growled through clenched teeth.
"Not until you all calm down! This is utterly ridiculous the way you are all carrying on!
You're like a bunch of spoiled children!," Bulma ranted, but before you could say more
Vegeta interrupted.
"SPEAKING of children, woman," he said in a low, deathly voice which got louder as he
went on, "OURS are up in space! SPACE! And do you have any idea what they're doing
up there? Huh? Did you see the video screen? ANSWER me, woman, did you see the
video screen?!?!"
"No I did not see the video screen," Bulma said in a very annoyed tone.
"MY royal princess was lip-locking with the spawn of Kakarot! Kami knows what else
he's doing to her! Trunks wasn't even protecting her, he was too busy using Kakarot's
spawn's spawn!," Vegeta continued to shout. Bulma shook her head. She was a little
worried about what they might be doing up there, since they were only young and they
were her children and all...but she decided to do something about that later. Right now
she just wanted to calm her husband down before he got to her lab to 'fix' things.
"Okay, I'll work on it....but I want you to realize how much of an asshole you are being
first," Bulma said. She knew Vegeta was going to flip out, so she braced herself.
"I'M being an asshole?! Excuse me, Miss Inventor-who-doesn't-know-when-to-stop, but
whose fault is it that the brats are in space?!," Vegeta shouted. The veins in his head were
increasing in size by the second. His was visibly enraged.
"Bulma," Gohan interrupted, "BRING THEM HOME!," Gohan yelled. He was also quite
enraged, and he didn't think he had ever been more mad in his life.
"I told you before," Vegeta growled, "DON'T tell my mate what to do!"
"I will if I want to," Gohan shouted back, "Because she thought she had the right to send
MY DAUGHTER and BROTHER to space!" Both Gohan and Vegeta went Super
Saiyan and flew at each other, but using the Kaio-ken and the art of teleportation, Goku
was able to bring both of them outside to different locations. He dropped Vegeta in a lake
and Gohan in a field about a mile away, and stayed at the spot directly in between the two.
He enjoyed the moment of solitude that he had there and meditated. He wondered what
he would do next. For once, he didn't have a master-plan. He cleared his mind and
decided that he would have to talk to Bulma. She would listen to him, she was one of his
closest friends. He would find out how long they would be in space and if there was a
way that they could come back, or at least a way that the adults could 'check-in' on them
while they were on their little space adventure.
Vegeta sputtered and coughed as he found himself in a lake. He punched the water
angrily and...helplessly. He was helpless and he knew it. His daughter was out there in
space...he didn't mind that his son was - he could take care of himself - but his princess
was out there, and that damn Goten was using her. Or was he? Vegeta pushed that
thought out of his head. Of course he was, he was the dumbass spawn of his dumbass
father. He saw a fish swim by, and threw it to dry land and blasted it to a nice
medium-rare. Then he trudged out of the water, kicking the wildflowers and rocks on the
shore, and powered up to dry himself. Then he ate his fish, still in deep thought and
seething in anger. He would somehow get Gohan back for his insolence.
Gohan lay in the field among the tall grasses. He was unbelievably pissed off. He couldn't
believe what Bulma had done, he had known her since he was little and she actually had
the nerve to send Pan and Goten to space for a romance vacation with her kids. And
Vegeta....VEGETA. Just the name made Gohan's blood boil. He was such an arrogant
bastard. Gohan unknowingly was grinding his teeth. He had cooled off some since his
father had dropped him in the middle of nowhere, but he was still as mad as ever. His
baby girl was up there with Trunks, KISSING Trunks, and doing Kami/Dende knows
what else. Up there, with no adult supervision....Gohan shuddered wiped his eyes before
he could cry. He was helpless. Utterly helpless. And he knew it too.
Meanwhile, Goku continued with his thoughts. He was going to stay there in case Gohan
and Vegeta decided to come try to kill each other again. Surprisingly though, after a few
hours he felt their ki's lower. They had fallen asleep. Goku flew home to discuss things
with Chichi and Bulma, and let the wives know that their husbands were alive.
When he got back to Capsule Corp, there was only one light on in the house. Goku
entered through the unlocked door to see who was up and what there was to eat.
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Meg - have fun with the next chapter! I'll help you with the Newly Wed Game, lol.
And everyone, I'm deeply, deeply sorry for the long wait. It was worth it, right? I hope
so! Hanita-chan, how are you, you poor girl? ::prays that Hanita-chan is still alive::
REVIEW everyone! Fluffy has the right idea!
And it feels so good!
Florida was great everyone, I highly recommend going. My sister and I even went to
Hard Rock Live to see MXPX and Good Charlotte! It was lots of fun, but now I am glad
to be home and writing another chapter for you all. Soooo sorry to keep you waiting! I
did a little research on the board game of choice for this chapter though, (hehe) so with no
further ado, I give you.....
CHAPTER 19.....
"Now, I want you to keep an open mind about this, it's just something to pass the time.
Mom stuck it on the ship when I wasn't looking. I figured it would only be something for a
last resort..."
"Trunks? Just show us the damn board game!!"
Trunks sighed and pulled it out from behind his back. All of them opened their eyes wide
in shock at what was in his hands. Pan was the first to be able to speak.
"Trunks that's...You do realize what that is right? I mean, how exactly are we supposed to
play this? We're not even married!"
Trunks smirked devilishly at Pan. "Well," he said, setting the game on the coffee table in
front of the couches, "This game sure is fun."
Pan narrowed her eyes at him, trying to pretend to be mad, but she just couldn't. She
burst out giggling within a few seconds and plopped down on Trunks' lap, purposely
making it so that he couldn't set up the game. "Okay, so how do you play..........
honeybunch?"
Trunks smiled. "You'll see," he said and gently moved her off his lap so that he could
finish setting up the game.
"Trunks," Bra said, shaking her head in mock seriousness, "You had this all planned out,
didn't you?"
"I bet he did," Goten chimed in.
Trunks merely shrugged as he continued setting up the game, leaving all to wonder.
"I wouldn't put it past him," Goten said laughing.
"Sounds like you know him well," Bra said.
"Yeah, you should be on his team, Goten," Pan joked.
"Not a bad idea," Bra laughed. "I say we play our own way....and we'll switch the teams
around a few times."
"I like it," Pan said michievously, "Do continue."
"Sure," she said, and glanced toward her brother, who had his eyebrows raised, before
continuing, "First round will be me and Trunks on a team, Pan and Goten on the other.
Then we'll switch it to Trunks and Goten, me and Pan. Then the final round will be me
and Goten, Trunks and Pan." Bra interrupted her own train of thought suddenly,
"Ohmygosh that sounds so cute - Trunks and Pan! Do you realize that, Pan? You're
practically my sister-in-law!"
Pan laughed, "Well...." Trunks nuzzled her ear and wrapped his arms around her.
"I want you to be..." he whispered. She looked up at him suddenly, her heart skipping a
beat, and he quickly continued, "...Eventually, Pan, someday....soon." She smiled and
curled back into his arms. She was glad to know that they could take their time, even
though she also knew that marriage was inevitable.
"I want me to be too," Pan said.
Bra squealed with delight. "Oooh Goten isn't this great?!" She looked at him with wide,
excited eyes. He returned it with a deep gaze and a warm smile that told Bra exactly what
he was thinking. She looked at him happily.
"Eventually," he said smiling.
Bra smiled and launched herself into his arms, knocking him backwards on the couch.
"You're a sweetie, Goten," she said, rubbing her nose on his, "my sweetie." This was
returned with the usual Son smile and head rub.
"Are we gonna play or what?," Trunks asked.
"Sure," Bra said after a minute. Everyone gathered around the couch and it was soon
decided that they weren't going to really play by the rules, since they really weren't
married anyway. They were just gonna take the questions and ask each other, which was
decidedly more fun anyway.
"Okay, Trunks and Goten," Bra said with a card in her hand. Pan was looking over her
shoulder, trying to hide her smile and stifle her laughter. "Write your answers down, and
DON'T cheat! Umm, here we go - Which one of your partner's acquaintances is most
annoying?"
Trunks and Goten sat there thoughtfully. To earn a point, all four of their answers had to
match. (for example, Trunks writes his answer and then what he thinks Goten's answer
will be, while Goten does the same for Trunks). Their faces quickly brightened and they
turned away from each other and began to write on the paper.
"Okay, let's see what you have," Pan said, taking their papers. She raised her eyebrows at
what she saw. "ALL Marron?!"
"Alright!," Trunks and Goten shouted, giving each other a high five. "One point for us!"
"Marron?," the girls repeated, waiting for an explanation.
"Oh, well....," Goten began. Trunks picked up where he left off, "Marron is cool and all...
but it's just that to us, she's annoying, because she constantly is hanging all over us. AND
she takes up some of your time that you could be spending with us."
"Ooh, smooth talker," Pan commented.
"I know," Trunks said. After Bra gave him a 'look', he quickly continued. "Uhh, okay,
let's see, that was one point for me and Goten. So now its your turn."
"What a genius!," Bra said sarcastically.
"Okay okay, here we go," Goten interrupted, "Let's see, ladies....Ahh, here's a good one."
He finished fumbling with the cards and held one up triumphantly. Trunks looked over his
shoulder and smiled as he looked at his sister and Pan.
Back on Earth....
Goku was the only one of the men who had calmed down and wasn't fuming. Unlike
Gohan and Vegeta who had closed their minds just to fume, Goku had begun to calm
down. He was trying to rationalize out his thoughts and emotions when he felt something
tugging him. For a moment he didn't recognize it, but then realized it was his bond with
his wife.
Goku was startled. It had been awhile since he could feel her...Was it a week?...A
day?...then he realized that it was at the start of the whole fighting. Had it really been that
long? He opened his mind to the link between him and suddenly felt all the pain she was
experiencing.
'What has happened to them' He curiously looked up before realizing that he was hearing
her thoughts. 'My baby has changed so much, and now my husband has too, I feel like I
don't even know them anymore.' Goku was confused. How could she not know them?
They hadn't changed that much had they? He decided to think about it later as soon as
Vegeta's voice cut through the air and silence like a sharp knife.
"You will build us a space ship woman, or you will get them to land."
"I can't get them to land, Trunks cut the wire," Bulma said.
"Then as I said, you will build us a space ship," Vegeta growled through clenched teeth.
"Not until you all calm down! This is utterly ridiculous the way you are all carrying on!
You're like a bunch of spoiled children!," Bulma ranted, but before you could say more
Vegeta interrupted.
"SPEAKING of children, woman," he said in a low, deathly voice which got louder as he
went on, "OURS are up in space! SPACE! And do you have any idea what they're doing
up there? Huh? Did you see the video screen? ANSWER me, woman, did you see the
video screen?!?!"
"No I did not see the video screen," Bulma said in a very annoyed tone.
"MY royal princess was lip-locking with the spawn of Kakarot! Kami knows what else
he's doing to her! Trunks wasn't even protecting her, he was too busy using Kakarot's
spawn's spawn!," Vegeta continued to shout. Bulma shook her head. She was a little
worried about what they might be doing up there, since they were only young and they
were her children and all...but she decided to do something about that later. Right now
she just wanted to calm her husband down before he got to her lab to 'fix' things.
"Okay, I'll work on it....but I want you to realize how much of an asshole you are being
first," Bulma said. She knew Vegeta was going to flip out, so she braced herself.
"I'M being an asshole?! Excuse me, Miss Inventor-who-doesn't-know-when-to-stop, but
whose fault is it that the brats are in space?!," Vegeta shouted. The veins in his head were
increasing in size by the second. His was visibly enraged.
"Bulma," Gohan interrupted, "BRING THEM HOME!," Gohan yelled. He was also quite
enraged, and he didn't think he had ever been more mad in his life.
"I told you before," Vegeta growled, "DON'T tell my mate what to do!"
"I will if I want to," Gohan shouted back, "Because she thought she had the right to send
MY DAUGHTER and BROTHER to space!" Both Gohan and Vegeta went Super
Saiyan and flew at each other, but using the Kaio-ken and the art of teleportation, Goku
was able to bring both of them outside to different locations. He dropped Vegeta in a lake
and Gohan in a field about a mile away, and stayed at the spot directly in between the two.
He enjoyed the moment of solitude that he had there and meditated. He wondered what
he would do next. For once, he didn't have a master-plan. He cleared his mind and
decided that he would have to talk to Bulma. She would listen to him, she was one of his
closest friends. He would find out how long they would be in space and if there was a
way that they could come back, or at least a way that the adults could 'check-in' on them
while they were on their little space adventure.
Vegeta sputtered and coughed as he found himself in a lake. He punched the water
angrily and...helplessly. He was helpless and he knew it. His daughter was out there in
space...he didn't mind that his son was - he could take care of himself - but his princess
was out there, and that damn Goten was using her. Or was he? Vegeta pushed that
thought out of his head. Of course he was, he was the dumbass spawn of his dumbass
father. He saw a fish swim by, and threw it to dry land and blasted it to a nice
medium-rare. Then he trudged out of the water, kicking the wildflowers and rocks on the
shore, and powered up to dry himself. Then he ate his fish, still in deep thought and
seething in anger. He would somehow get Gohan back for his insolence.
Gohan lay in the field among the tall grasses. He was unbelievably pissed off. He couldn't
believe what Bulma had done, he had known her since he was little and she actually had
the nerve to send Pan and Goten to space for a romance vacation with her kids. And
Vegeta....VEGETA. Just the name made Gohan's blood boil. He was such an arrogant
bastard. Gohan unknowingly was grinding his teeth. He had cooled off some since his
father had dropped him in the middle of nowhere, but he was still as mad as ever. His
baby girl was up there with Trunks, KISSING Trunks, and doing Kami/Dende knows
what else. Up there, with no adult supervision....Gohan shuddered wiped his eyes before
he could cry. He was helpless. Utterly helpless. And he knew it too.
Meanwhile, Goku continued with his thoughts. He was going to stay there in case Gohan
and Vegeta decided to come try to kill each other again. Surprisingly though, after a few
hours he felt their ki's lower. They had fallen asleep. Goku flew home to discuss things
with Chichi and Bulma, and let the wives know that their husbands were alive.
When he got back to Capsule Corp, there was only one light on in the house. Goku
entered through the unlocked door to see who was up and what there was to eat.
________________________________________________________________________
Meg - have fun with the next chapter! I'll help you with the Newly Wed Game, lol.
And everyone, I'm deeply, deeply sorry for the long wait. It was worth it, right? I hope
so! Hanita-chan, how are you, you poor girl? ::prays that Hanita-chan is still alive::
REVIEW everyone! Fluffy has the right idea!
