Discrimination

Chapter… oh screw it. I lost count:

The calm before the storm

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A/N: Finally. Sorry it took so long. I had my birthday party this week, so I had to plan, even if my real birthday is this Thursday. Yeay finally 16!

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"Hey Marron," said a random human that Marron couldn't quite remember.

"Er… hi… um," She said trying to think if his name.

"Marcus," he finished for her, "You sit ten rows across and 5 columns up from me."

"Oh, yeah, of course! I remember now," she said lying. 'That's nearly across the room! How does he know me?'

"So you heard about the big birthday party," he said following her as she tried to lose him in the crowd.

"Yeah," she said groaning inwardly, waiting for the inevitable.

"Do you want to go with me."

Marron quickly thought of all the possible excuses, 'My mother won't let me go, no that won't work. Um, how about I have aids, nope used that on Michael. Or how about, I'm a lesbian! No wait… to easy to backfire. There are a lot of females in the school...'

"Well," he said impatiently.

"Er…" she thought quickly, "Me no speaky English!" She quickly ran away to her table with Goten. She sighed with relief, no one will go near her now.

"How many have asked you out?"

"Fifteen now," she said glumly, "I didn't even know that I knew that many people. They just seem to pop out of nowhere."

"Why don't you go with them?" Goten smiled knowingly.

"Because……….."

"Hey Baby," she heard someone say behind her and she moaned. Another one.

"Do you want to hook up with me?" the guy said cockily.

"I can't," she lied. He frowned.

"Why not?"

"Because I…" she looked around and then got a brilliant idea, "AM GOING WITH GOTEN!" Goten choked on his food and Marron grabbed him by the neck as if she was hugging him.

"But he is a…" the human said stuttering.

"He sure is! Now go away!" she said in a cheery voice. The boy quickly obliged and Marron let go of Goten.

"By the way pick me up at six," she said as she began to eat her lunch.

'WHAT?!?!?!" Goten said trying not to choke again, "We are really going together?"

"Of course, only as friends though. It's because you are practically the only guy who hasn't asked me out."

Goten silently prayed. 'Oh please Kami don't let Trunks kill me when he sees me with her. Gods knows he'll be really jealous.' He ate the rest of his lunch with a sense of depending doom.

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It worked, no one else asked her out, well not in front of Goten. However whenever they weren't together doing friend things, a stamped of men would randomly appear. But today was the party, and for some reason, she didn't know why, Marron had butterflies in her stomach. Her palms were sweaty and she kept nervously fidgeting as if she was waiting for something big to happen that could change her life forever.

Goten knocked on her door. He wore a black suit with his tail concealed. Marron's parents went ahead and his own were behind him. Chi-Chi was slightly fuming that Marron was going with her son instead of Trunks, but he got to her agree when Goku pointed out it would make Trunks push harder for Marron if he thought she had the hots for their son. Although this calmed her down it made Goten scared. An angry Trunks is the last thing he wanted.

Marron stepped out and even Goten couldn't stop from gaping. Instead of her usual pigtails, her silky blond hair was let loose and flowed on her shoulders. She wore a soft pink dress that cut low and had no sleeves. Her soft hands were covered with long pale gloves and her neck was laced with a ribbon that had a hint of pink. It curved around her body well until it reached her waist and then spilled out to the floor. It wasn't poofy but it wasn't tight. The dress had a silky look to it, Marron was gorgeous.

'Lucky guy,' Goten couldn't help thinking as he offered his arm out for her, which she took with a graceful movement.

"How do I look?" she asked.

"You're going to knock everyone socks off in the party," he said truthfully. 'Well more specifically Trunks. He's going to be REALY angry I'm with her.'

Marron studied Goten. He looked good and he wore a similar suite to his father's. Both were well toned and their black suite showed that. Chi-Chi, instead of her usually strait ebony hair in a bun, had curled it and put piled it elegantly on top of her head, a few wisps fell over her face. Her dress was a violent shape of purple. It hugged her body and fell down to her ankles with a slit that went a little below her thighs. It was outlined it gold and her collar hid her neck.

"Are you ready?" Goten asked her.

"I'm never ready for flying," she said making a face, "If I could choose I would never fly, but I don't really have a choice do I?"

"Nope," he said sweeping her off her feet and began to fly in the sky, his parents behind him.

"I'll race you!" Goku shouted to his on and Goten smiled.

"NO! No races, if you race Goten so help me I'll…" she was cut of as Goten sped up ignoring her pleas, death threats, and bribes (Hmmm sounds familiar).

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The party was lively, thousand of people were coming in. People began to converse with Trunks but he wasn't listening to them, he was looking for one person… Marron. Ever since Bra had made him promise to be nice he couldn't stop thinking of her.

His mother, Queen Maron was 'frolicking' around showing of her dress… if you could call it a dress. It was deep shade of red, the cut was so low that you could probably see less if she was walking nude. The dress was really high, she couldn't sit down without it going so high and exposing herself.

He looked over at his father, but he wasn't even paying attention to his wife. He seemed to be starring at one location. Trunk's eyes wandered to the spot where King Vegeta was looking and he saw Bulma.

Her hair was short and most of it was flipped to one side. On the other side an arrangement of bright flowers above her ear. She wore a baby blue dress that fit her like another skin. It was sleeveless and at the top was a brooch that had a dark blue scarf flowing out of it and the scarf was flipped over he shoulder. There was high slit on both sides. For an older woman she looked remarkably younger, without the pile of make-up like Maron was wearing.

"Announcing," said a saiyan scholar who looked a little bored, "The human governors! Her lady Videl, His lord Gorru, And their daughter, young lady Pan!" A family of three stepped out.

A man, Gurro, who had a nerdy look (but Trunks could he was in good shape), he was in charge of saiyan and human relations. For some reason he looked strangely familiar…. His wife, Lady Videl was actually the one born to power. She was the daughter of the late Mr. Satan who was the hero of humans. She was pretty with bright blue eyes and her hair was cropped short. Their daughter had a tough girl look on her. She was about Bra's age and didn't look too happy.

Suddenly Chi-Chi stepped into view; she seemed hesitant when she bowed to them and Gorru's hand. Trunks began to search wildly, If Chi-Chi was there then Goten would be here, and if Goten was here, then… so will Marron.

He was rewarded with the sight of the beautiful blond-headed girl. His heart jumped into his throat as he began to study her in the dress. He quickly walked up to her. He didn't notice she was walking arm and arm with Goten until he got close enough to talk.

"Hello Lady Marron," Trunks said politely taking her hand and kissing. Marron blinked confused; whatever she prepared herself for, this wasn't it.

"Uh, are you Trunks?" she asked him cautiously. He smiled at her bafflement but gave a quick and evil glance at Goten who backed away nervously.

"Oh look! Food, I think I'll go now," he said hurriedly and practically flew to the food line.

"Would you like to dance?"

"Would, uh, would I…" she said dazed unable to form sentences.

Taking that as a yes he dragged her into the middle of the dance floor. He wrapped her arms around her and began to move to the music, ignoring the stares of his surprised subjects.

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Bra smiled inwardly as Maron began to fume angrily.

"Why is he dancing with that disgusting human girl? How dare he embarrass me like that," she said in a quiet yet deadly voice. Bra stifled the urge to laugh and she slipped away, not being the one the queen let her anger out on.

She ran into a little girl about her age with short black hair.

"Oh sorry," the girl said shrugging and then twisted uncomfortably.

"No problem," Bra said, "What's wrong with you?"

"I hate dresses," the girl complained, "You can't do anything in them."

"Oh, I like dresses," Bra said after a pause, "My name is Bra."

"What kind of silly name is that?" the girl said wrinkling her nose.

"What's your name?"

"…Pan," Pan said realizing that she had a silly name too.

"…"

"…"

"… Want to put frogs in the punch and scare my mom?" Bra asked.

"Yeah!" Pan said excitedly and ran off.

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Marron was surprised, Trunks was actually a good dancer. He twirled her in his arms.

"Not bad," Trunks said smiling, and to his surprise Marron blushed.

'Come on Marron,' she told herself feeling herself turn red, 'step on his feet, elbow him in the stomach, knee him where it hurts!' But even though her mind was yelling at her to do her usual evil, her body didn't oblige, she couldn't stop dancing.

Finally her remembered something and for the first time she actually formed a sensible sentence, "Oh Trunks! I forgot your gift!" She quickly grabbed his hand and pushed him against the crowd.

'What?' Trunks thought as he bumped into a few more people, 'Marron brought a gift? She did something nice for me?'

"Oh no," Marron moaned and she bent on the floor and tried to crinkled piece of paper that was evidently trampled on.

"What is it?" he asked curious.

Marron gave him the paper, and he was awe struck. It was a beautiful painting of the castle and a mother and her child playing outside of it.

"Did you do this?" Trunks said awe struck. Marron bushed again and nodded.

"I worked hard on it," she said suddenly shy.

"It's great."

"….Thank you," she said.

"What? I should be thanking you," he leaned over to give her hug but she stepped away.

"Uh uh, no physical mushy contact," she said mockingly.

"Well then I'll just pat you on the head," he said grinning doing so.

"That's better," she said giggling, he smiled at her cheerful face.

'Maybe this day won't be to bad after all,' he thought happily.

"EXCUSE ME PEOPLES! MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE!" Queen Maron bellowed at the top her lungs, "I HAVE AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE!"

Everyone shut up. For a small saiyan she could sound like a howling elephant.

"Well as we know," she said a little more lady-like, "today is my son's twenty-third birthday…"

There was a lot of clapping.

"And I thought this would be the perfect time to announce this special and wonderful…erm… announcement."

Even Trunks was getting curious.

"In two months, Prince Trunks Vegeta will marry his long term girlfriend Alie!"

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A/NMWAHAHAHAHA! I do like being evil, oh yes, I like being evil. What's this about a marriage? Tune in next time.

Thank you again to my best friend for reviewing and editing my story. If there are any grammar mistakes blame her, she ran into a wall full speed so she's not her usual self, she's a lot more sensible now.

……………………...Don't tell her I said that.