Standerd Disclaimer:I own none of the Characters mentioned and i get none of the money that the people who do own them get. I also own none of the music although i am guilty of changing some of the words to fit the story. Song for this Chapter is Just Around The River Bend from Pocahontas
BJ yawned and sat up in bed she strecthed and winced. Her arms carried the familiar and pleasent ache of a good workout. Her father had finaly agreed to really train her. Vegeta and Goku, gave her no mercy, although all she had to do to Trunks was pout or pretend a look of pain and he would drop his defenses. She looked in the mirror and saw a well toned body that was in no way bulky but did not look weak. Three months seemed to fly by, she flopped back into bed and thought if she squeezed her eyes ChiChi's yelling would cease. Then the banging on her door made her cover her head with a pillow the pounding became more insistant. Only one person had the nerve to pound like that, but BJ prayed she was wrong. Suddenly the door slammed open and made the room shudder the blankets were ripped off and the pillow was jerked away. BJ was still lying on her side when she was picked up, suddenly she felt herself falling. She opened her eyes just in time to see the barrel of water rising to meet her. She swore and tried to get control of her fall. She fell in the ice-cold water with a shreik, she looked above her and saw Vegeta with a smirk. Goten walked by and smiled,
"Hey they got you up." then he kept walking. BJ ducked her head under the water. Raditz walked around the corner and sneered at Vegita, although the fight between them had never been discussed the tension between Vegeta and Raditz had been quite high. Raditz looked in the water when she came up he handed her a towel,
"You better hurry and get ready, we'll be leaving soon." He dissapeared around the corner of the house, BJ crawled out of the barrell, dripping wet, and shivering. Vegeta gave a laugh and dissapeared back in the house. BJ heard a chuckle and could smell Trunks behind her. He had an amused smile and his bangs were falling in his eyes again. If she hadn't been so cold she would of thought him very good looking. Suddenly she launched herself at him and gave him a huge bear hug. When she stepped back she smiled at herself, his front was thorally soaked. He growled and grabbed her chin, and kissed her. BJ heard another growl and she and Trunks jerked their heads around. Raditz was staring at them and was showing his teeth. They had been careful to limit their affections around him. BJ let go of Trunks and passed her father to head back in. When she passed him his tail reached out and gave her own tail a tug. BJ inwardly sighed in the past 3 months she's made a real effort to please him.
When she got to her room she slowly dressed, she put on windpants, a t-shirt, and some special shoes that Piccalo had given her. Her hair had taken on the long spiky look of her father and was now down between her shoulder blades. So with some difficulty she pulled it back and braided it. Some of the hair remained around her face, she left her room and went to the library. It was in there that the picture of her mother stood, her mother with a mischivious smile and holding her father's hand around her waist. When she walked out she pratically bowled over Oolong the pig. She didn't like Oolong becase he acted like such a...pig. He followed her into the kitchen complimenting her on everything from her shoes, to her hair. She stopped at the counter and picked up a piece of bacon she turned around and crunched it. Oolong went pale and dismissed himself and went outside.
When she stepped outside everyone was waiting in three cars. She started to get into the car with Trunks when she felt her fathers hand around her waist guiding her to his. She didn't want to make waves, her and her father's fights were held in private not in front of the world. She sat there her tail twitching anxiously. Then she felt her father put his hand on it. She looked at him and he said,
"Your making me nervous, besides when we get there you don't need to be swinging it around keep it secure about your waist. I know its a pain but it would be best."
BJ nodded, and wrapped her tail around her waist, the city was coming in close. Suddenly there it was. She'd been to the city to visit Trunks, Bulma, and Vegeta many times but now it just suddenly seemed much bigger. When they stopped she looked and took a big breath, here they were at the World Martial Arts Tournament.
She listened with half a mind to Goku explaining and reminding people, that there would be, no flying, no one was to turn Super Sayien, and there would be NO power blasts. Gohan came up behind her with his wife Videl and made the comment he was surprised they would even let Goku and Vegeta participate this year. Vegeta growled and was about to say something when Bulma quickly suggested that they head in to register. When they got in it was obvious that the monks who ran it recognized the group. They hadn't fought since before BJ was "rescued" but she'd heard stories about the disaster of Buu, of Majin Vegeta, and of Goku when he was a child. BJ chuckled to herself about it. This would be an interesting fight. When they started registering BJ was surprised when she was asked if she'd like to fight in the children's division with some of the girls who had signed up. BJ growled and in no uncertain terms that if he even considered putting her in that catagory he would no longer be able to write for anything. The monk gulped and quickly put her name in with the men. As she walked from the table her sensitive ears heard a group of monks saying that it must run in the family.
BJ wizzed through the proliminary rounds and was well into the 4th round when she was paired up with Videl. BJ and Videl fought hard, and it finally seemed to go to a stalemate when BJ used her sayien speed and appeared behind Videl and knocked her legs out from under her. The ref called her the winner. When she stepped off the platform she could tell she was in trouble, Goku didn't look happy and she had the good grace to duck her head. She walked to the corner in the room with the other fighters and started to meditate, she stayed in her meditative state until Trunks was standing before her. She looked up at him with an annoyed look at being interupted.
"BJ they are ready for us now. We're next, its coming close to the final round." Trunks did not look comfortable and BJ chuckled to herself. She got up and went to the opening of the room, her father put his arm around her, and whispered in her ear to have fun, and beat the royal house of Vegetasai. Vegeta had his arm around his son and she felt that he was saying the same thing. As they walked out, BJ rolled up her sleeves then pushed them under, now her arms were bare. She flexed her shoulders, and stretched her lower back. The ref said fight, and everything was a blur, she moved first and quickly went for his jaw. He dodged just barely and they immediatly went into several kicks and blocks. It was just like practice except this time someone would win. She was losing steam, he was getting closer and closer to getting around her blocks. Finally he and her were in a shoving contest, they were each pushing against each other with equal force. BJ didn't speak she just looked for her reserve power to get him to move. Trunks was grinning like a cat but when he spoke it was through his teeth, and it was rather breathless,
"BJ i gotta question for you."
"Trunks i'm kinda trying to concentrate here."
"It'll just take a second."
"Well hurry then."
"BJ will you marry me?"
BJ suddenly lost all concentration and Trunks grabbed the upper hand, he went back to the kick and block technique, getting her closer and closer to the edge of the platform. BJ hardly noticed, she was on autopilot with her skills. Her mind was ablaze in questions, in feelings, suddenly she felt herself on the edge of the platform and saw Trunks with that amused smirk of his. She jumped up and over Trunks with the skill of a gymnast. She jumped back into the fight with renewed vigor. She wasn't sure how but she got Trunks with one arm behind his back and her arm around his throat, he was struggling to get free and she knew that any second he would. She leaned close to his ear, she could smell him, and he smelt so good. She got close and whispered one word,
"Yes."
Trunks concentration was broken, she quickly pulled him away and swept his feet then kicked him before he hit the ground he landed outside of the areana and she won the match. When he struggled up, and looked at her he had on the biggest smile she'd ever seen him with. She hopped off the platform and headed toward her father with a happy like step. He quickly held her by her shoulder and checked her over. Her pants were town and there was a rip in the shoulder of the shirt. A few cuts and bruises but nothing serious. Her knee was a little sore from where she'd hit the ground with it but she was fine. He gave a relieved sigh and quickly hugged her. Vegeta was looking at her and gave a nod of approval. When Trunks walked by he didn't say anything to him.
The fights wore on, BJ's next fight was against Raditz and she lost. Then Raditz lost to Vegeta. Then in a fight that must of lasted 30 minutes, Vegeta lost to Goku. Somewhere before, Krillen had lost to Gohan, who lost to Piccalo, who lost to Goku. Yamcha had lost to Videl. Goten had lost to Tien, who by some weird chance lost to Krillen. The competition had always been with BJ's immediate friends. Everyone else was just, weak compared to them. Of course BJ knew of the unfair advantage she and her friends and family carried. They were aliens, or half aliens, or they had fought some of the worlds worst villians. There was no doubt which group would make it to the finals.
As they rode home, ChiChi was eagerly preparing the celebration party in her mind. Everyone was going to stay until late that night. BJ was contemplating what to tell her dad when he asked if they could speak privately when they got home. BJ nodded and knew that would be perfect. When they got there soon after BJ changed clothes into some jeans, a t-shirt, and some running shoes, her father was beckoning her from the edge of the forest. She ran over to him and gave him a huge hug and a wet kiss on the cheek. He smiled and took her hand and her tail then they walked into the forrest.
"I'm glad that you beat Trunks in the match, now you see just how weak he is, its good to know that you won't be hanging around him anymore." BJ looked at her father curiously, and then removed her hand from his grip.
"I won because I told him yes father, i used an unfair advantage on him."
"Yes, what did you say yes about?"
"He asked me to marry him, when we were in the griplock and he started driving me toward the edge."
Raditz seemed deep in thought then he suddenly stopped walking and looked at her with wide eyes.
"HE ASKED YOU WHAT? YOU SAID WHAT?"
BJ took a deep breath and looked at her father calmly.
"He asked me to marry him and i said yes." Her father was turning purple and she was a little concerned, his tail was not only swishing behind him but was moving quickly and with a vengence. BJ took a deep breath, and waited for her father to get his thoughts spoken.
"NO, NO, NO you can't marry him, I won't let you. That would make you a member of the Royal House of Vegetasai, no, its not going to happen. You are the granddaughter of Bardock, and you will not become the granddaughter of King Vegeta. No, i won't let it happen, and Vegeta will deffinantly not let it happen." When he was through ranting he was panting slightly, his face a bright red.
"So BJ whats your answer to the question now?"
"Yes."
She thought that Raditz would blow a vein he was so mad, he finally turned around with a "We'll see about that" mumble and headed back to the house. BJ knew from Vegeta that her father did have a say in who she married because of Vegetasai custom, but this wasn't Vegetasai this was Chickyu. She took to the sky and saw her Uncle Goku and Tien in a mock spar in the air. She kept flying till she reached a river then she changed her course and followed the flow of the river.
"What I love most about rivers is you can't step in the same river twice. The water's always changing always flowing, But people I guess can't live like that, They all must pay a price. To be safe we lose our chance of ever knowing, What's around the river bend, Waiting just around the river bend, I look once more just around the river bend. Beyond the shore where the gulls fly free, Don't know what for, What I dream the day must send just around the river bend
For me, coming for me.
I feel it there behind those trees, Or right behind these waterfalls, Can I ignore that sound of distant pounding? For a handsome sturdy father who builds handsome sturdy walls, And always dreams that something bad might be coming. Just around the river bend, Just around the river bend
I look once more just around the river bend. Beyond the shore, somewhere past the sea. Don't know what for, Why do all my dreams extend just around the river bend. Just around the river bend.
Should I choose the smoothest course or should i disobey my father, Should I marry Trunks?
Is all my dreaming at an end? Or do you still wait for me, Dende, just around the river bend?"
She was looking over the sea, the sun was setting and it made a beautiful array of colors. She knew what she must do, it wasn't easy, but she had a choice and she was going to take it.
BJ yawned and sat up in bed she strecthed and winced. Her arms carried the familiar and pleasent ache of a good workout. Her father had finaly agreed to really train her. Vegeta and Goku, gave her no mercy, although all she had to do to Trunks was pout or pretend a look of pain and he would drop his defenses. She looked in the mirror and saw a well toned body that was in no way bulky but did not look weak. Three months seemed to fly by, she flopped back into bed and thought if she squeezed her eyes ChiChi's yelling would cease. Then the banging on her door made her cover her head with a pillow the pounding became more insistant. Only one person had the nerve to pound like that, but BJ prayed she was wrong. Suddenly the door slammed open and made the room shudder the blankets were ripped off and the pillow was jerked away. BJ was still lying on her side when she was picked up, suddenly she felt herself falling. She opened her eyes just in time to see the barrel of water rising to meet her. She swore and tried to get control of her fall. She fell in the ice-cold water with a shreik, she looked above her and saw Vegeta with a smirk. Goten walked by and smiled,
"Hey they got you up." then he kept walking. BJ ducked her head under the water. Raditz walked around the corner and sneered at Vegita, although the fight between them had never been discussed the tension between Vegeta and Raditz had been quite high. Raditz looked in the water when she came up he handed her a towel,
"You better hurry and get ready, we'll be leaving soon." He dissapeared around the corner of the house, BJ crawled out of the barrell, dripping wet, and shivering. Vegeta gave a laugh and dissapeared back in the house. BJ heard a chuckle and could smell Trunks behind her. He had an amused smile and his bangs were falling in his eyes again. If she hadn't been so cold she would of thought him very good looking. Suddenly she launched herself at him and gave him a huge bear hug. When she stepped back she smiled at herself, his front was thorally soaked. He growled and grabbed her chin, and kissed her. BJ heard another growl and she and Trunks jerked their heads around. Raditz was staring at them and was showing his teeth. They had been careful to limit their affections around him. BJ let go of Trunks and passed her father to head back in. When she passed him his tail reached out and gave her own tail a tug. BJ inwardly sighed in the past 3 months she's made a real effort to please him.
When she got to her room she slowly dressed, she put on windpants, a t-shirt, and some special shoes that Piccalo had given her. Her hair had taken on the long spiky look of her father and was now down between her shoulder blades. So with some difficulty she pulled it back and braided it. Some of the hair remained around her face, she left her room and went to the library. It was in there that the picture of her mother stood, her mother with a mischivious smile and holding her father's hand around her waist. When she walked out she pratically bowled over Oolong the pig. She didn't like Oolong becase he acted like such a...pig. He followed her into the kitchen complimenting her on everything from her shoes, to her hair. She stopped at the counter and picked up a piece of bacon she turned around and crunched it. Oolong went pale and dismissed himself and went outside.
When she stepped outside everyone was waiting in three cars. She started to get into the car with Trunks when she felt her fathers hand around her waist guiding her to his. She didn't want to make waves, her and her father's fights were held in private not in front of the world. She sat there her tail twitching anxiously. Then she felt her father put his hand on it. She looked at him and he said,
"Your making me nervous, besides when we get there you don't need to be swinging it around keep it secure about your waist. I know its a pain but it would be best."
BJ nodded, and wrapped her tail around her waist, the city was coming in close. Suddenly there it was. She'd been to the city to visit Trunks, Bulma, and Vegeta many times but now it just suddenly seemed much bigger. When they stopped she looked and took a big breath, here they were at the World Martial Arts Tournament.
She listened with half a mind to Goku explaining and reminding people, that there would be, no flying, no one was to turn Super Sayien, and there would be NO power blasts. Gohan came up behind her with his wife Videl and made the comment he was surprised they would even let Goku and Vegeta participate this year. Vegeta growled and was about to say something when Bulma quickly suggested that they head in to register. When they got in it was obvious that the monks who ran it recognized the group. They hadn't fought since before BJ was "rescued" but she'd heard stories about the disaster of Buu, of Majin Vegeta, and of Goku when he was a child. BJ chuckled to herself about it. This would be an interesting fight. When they started registering BJ was surprised when she was asked if she'd like to fight in the children's division with some of the girls who had signed up. BJ growled and in no uncertain terms that if he even considered putting her in that catagory he would no longer be able to write for anything. The monk gulped and quickly put her name in with the men. As she walked from the table her sensitive ears heard a group of monks saying that it must run in the family.
BJ wizzed through the proliminary rounds and was well into the 4th round when she was paired up with Videl. BJ and Videl fought hard, and it finally seemed to go to a stalemate when BJ used her sayien speed and appeared behind Videl and knocked her legs out from under her. The ref called her the winner. When she stepped off the platform she could tell she was in trouble, Goku didn't look happy and she had the good grace to duck her head. She walked to the corner in the room with the other fighters and started to meditate, she stayed in her meditative state until Trunks was standing before her. She looked up at him with an annoyed look at being interupted.
"BJ they are ready for us now. We're next, its coming close to the final round." Trunks did not look comfortable and BJ chuckled to herself. She got up and went to the opening of the room, her father put his arm around her, and whispered in her ear to have fun, and beat the royal house of Vegetasai. Vegeta had his arm around his son and she felt that he was saying the same thing. As they walked out, BJ rolled up her sleeves then pushed them under, now her arms were bare. She flexed her shoulders, and stretched her lower back. The ref said fight, and everything was a blur, she moved first and quickly went for his jaw. He dodged just barely and they immediatly went into several kicks and blocks. It was just like practice except this time someone would win. She was losing steam, he was getting closer and closer to getting around her blocks. Finally he and her were in a shoving contest, they were each pushing against each other with equal force. BJ didn't speak she just looked for her reserve power to get him to move. Trunks was grinning like a cat but when he spoke it was through his teeth, and it was rather breathless,
"BJ i gotta question for you."
"Trunks i'm kinda trying to concentrate here."
"It'll just take a second."
"Well hurry then."
"BJ will you marry me?"
BJ suddenly lost all concentration and Trunks grabbed the upper hand, he went back to the kick and block technique, getting her closer and closer to the edge of the platform. BJ hardly noticed, she was on autopilot with her skills. Her mind was ablaze in questions, in feelings, suddenly she felt herself on the edge of the platform and saw Trunks with that amused smirk of his. She jumped up and over Trunks with the skill of a gymnast. She jumped back into the fight with renewed vigor. She wasn't sure how but she got Trunks with one arm behind his back and her arm around his throat, he was struggling to get free and she knew that any second he would. She leaned close to his ear, she could smell him, and he smelt so good. She got close and whispered one word,
"Yes."
Trunks concentration was broken, she quickly pulled him away and swept his feet then kicked him before he hit the ground he landed outside of the areana and she won the match. When he struggled up, and looked at her he had on the biggest smile she'd ever seen him with. She hopped off the platform and headed toward her father with a happy like step. He quickly held her by her shoulder and checked her over. Her pants were town and there was a rip in the shoulder of the shirt. A few cuts and bruises but nothing serious. Her knee was a little sore from where she'd hit the ground with it but she was fine. He gave a relieved sigh and quickly hugged her. Vegeta was looking at her and gave a nod of approval. When Trunks walked by he didn't say anything to him.
The fights wore on, BJ's next fight was against Raditz and she lost. Then Raditz lost to Vegeta. Then in a fight that must of lasted 30 minutes, Vegeta lost to Goku. Somewhere before, Krillen had lost to Gohan, who lost to Piccalo, who lost to Goku. Yamcha had lost to Videl. Goten had lost to Tien, who by some weird chance lost to Krillen. The competition had always been with BJ's immediate friends. Everyone else was just, weak compared to them. Of course BJ knew of the unfair advantage she and her friends and family carried. They were aliens, or half aliens, or they had fought some of the worlds worst villians. There was no doubt which group would make it to the finals.
As they rode home, ChiChi was eagerly preparing the celebration party in her mind. Everyone was going to stay until late that night. BJ was contemplating what to tell her dad when he asked if they could speak privately when they got home. BJ nodded and knew that would be perfect. When they got there soon after BJ changed clothes into some jeans, a t-shirt, and some running shoes, her father was beckoning her from the edge of the forest. She ran over to him and gave him a huge hug and a wet kiss on the cheek. He smiled and took her hand and her tail then they walked into the forrest.
"I'm glad that you beat Trunks in the match, now you see just how weak he is, its good to know that you won't be hanging around him anymore." BJ looked at her father curiously, and then removed her hand from his grip.
"I won because I told him yes father, i used an unfair advantage on him."
"Yes, what did you say yes about?"
"He asked me to marry him, when we were in the griplock and he started driving me toward the edge."
Raditz seemed deep in thought then he suddenly stopped walking and looked at her with wide eyes.
"HE ASKED YOU WHAT? YOU SAID WHAT?"
BJ took a deep breath and looked at her father calmly.
"He asked me to marry him and i said yes." Her father was turning purple and she was a little concerned, his tail was not only swishing behind him but was moving quickly and with a vengence. BJ took a deep breath, and waited for her father to get his thoughts spoken.
"NO, NO, NO you can't marry him, I won't let you. That would make you a member of the Royal House of Vegetasai, no, its not going to happen. You are the granddaughter of Bardock, and you will not become the granddaughter of King Vegeta. No, i won't let it happen, and Vegeta will deffinantly not let it happen." When he was through ranting he was panting slightly, his face a bright red.
"So BJ whats your answer to the question now?"
"Yes."
She thought that Raditz would blow a vein he was so mad, he finally turned around with a "We'll see about that" mumble and headed back to the house. BJ knew from Vegeta that her father did have a say in who she married because of Vegetasai custom, but this wasn't Vegetasai this was Chickyu. She took to the sky and saw her Uncle Goku and Tien in a mock spar in the air. She kept flying till she reached a river then she changed her course and followed the flow of the river.
"What I love most about rivers is you can't step in the same river twice. The water's always changing always flowing, But people I guess can't live like that, They all must pay a price. To be safe we lose our chance of ever knowing, What's around the river bend, Waiting just around the river bend, I look once more just around the river bend. Beyond the shore where the gulls fly free, Don't know what for, What I dream the day must send just around the river bend
For me, coming for me.
I feel it there behind those trees, Or right behind these waterfalls, Can I ignore that sound of distant pounding? For a handsome sturdy father who builds handsome sturdy walls, And always dreams that something bad might be coming. Just around the river bend, Just around the river bend
I look once more just around the river bend. Beyond the shore, somewhere past the sea. Don't know what for, Why do all my dreams extend just around the river bend. Just around the river bend.
Should I choose the smoothest course or should i disobey my father, Should I marry Trunks?
Is all my dreaming at an end? Or do you still wait for me, Dende, just around the river bend?"
She was looking over the sea, the sun was setting and it made a beautiful array of colors. She knew what she must do, it wasn't easy, but she had a choice and she was going to take it.