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Chapter 15: ALL THAT AND A BAG OF CHIPS

Bra raced down the stairs and ran into the kitchen. She saw her father and her mother sitting at the table talking. Bulma was drinking coffee and Vegeta was drinking a glass of orange juice. Healthy-of course. They immediately stopped and looked at Bra. "Am I interrupting?" she asked with a cheesy smile. Bulma smiled. "Good Morning, Bra," she said. "Morning," she said. She gave her mom a kiss on the cheek and kissed Vegeta too. She sat at the table and took her father's glass. He frowned at her. She stifled a giggle. "I'm gonna be going out today, with Pan, we're going to Marron's friend's house." She said. "No!!" Vegeta and Bulma said together. Bra looked at her parents. "Um…. why?" she asked. "Because…" "Because it's not safe there," Vegeta said. Bra looked confused. "Not safe? What do you mean?" she asked. Vegeta stood up. "You are not to go there, " he said. "But-" "No buts young woman, you are forbidden, that's final." He said. He left the kitchen. Bra looked at her mother. "It's a long story hon, and I think that you should listen to your father." Bulma said. "But-" "No buts young woman, your father said no, and he means no." Bulma said getting up. She took her cup of coffee and left the room.

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Pan stepped into the living room and sat on the couch. She shook the nail polish remover bottle and began to unscrew the cover when the phone rang. She sighed and went to the phone. "Moshi Moshi?" she said. "Let me speak to your father…" someone said. Pan was taken aback. Vegeta? Calling their house? "Listen, just put Gohan on the phone." Vegeta said. "O…k…. DAD!!! PHONE!!!" she shouted. Vegeta cringed. "Coming!" Gohan shouted. He raced into the living room and mouthed to her: Who is it? "Vegeta…" she whispered. He looked at her and she shrugged. He answered. "Hello?" he said. "Yes, Kakkarotto's brat, listen up. Is your daughter planning on going to Marron's friend's house?" "Yeah why?" Gohan asked. "Listen, this friend of Marron's is not to be trusted. I have encountered him before and he isn't easy, he's not human, and although your daughter is strong, he still has the power of manipulation. We might be able to resist it, but the young ones won't." "Boy you're pretty serious about this aren't you?" Gohan asked. Vegeta growled. "No, I just don't want anyone to become a blood sucker like Krellen's brat." He said. Gohan gasped. "What?" he said. "She came here to talk to Trunks the night before, I sensed something very different about her, and I also heard her conversation that she had with my son. I don't think she'd harm any of them, but that man will. Now, you can send your child there, but mine isn't going." Vegeta said. Gohan nodded. "Yeah…you're right Vegeta, I won't send Pan there, thanks, anyway, um, let me go talk to her, and um, thanks." He said. "Yeah, sure." Vegeta said. They hung up. Gohan sat on the couch and rubbed his chin. He pulled off his glasses and wiped them. Pan came into the room and set down the bottle. Gohan smiled. "Finally took out that nail polish that Bra put for you?" he asked. She smiled. "Yeah," she said. "Look, Pan, I don't think it's the best idea if you go to that place today—" They were interrupted by the phone. He answered. "Hello? Oh, hold on, Pan, its Bra." He said. He got up and left the room. "Hey Bra what's up?" Pan said. "Damn it, my dad said that I can't go today." "What? Why?" Pan asked. "I dunno, he said, he said it wasn't safe." She said. "Oh man, well, I'm going." Pan said. "Ohhh Pan!! You're not going anywhere!" Gohan shouted. "Well, I take that back, I guess I'm not going," Pan and Bra chatted for a while about their problems. Pan announced that she had to go and would see if she could stop by later. "See ya, oh and tell Trunks I said hi." Pan said. "Sure, and tell Goten I said hi too." Bra said. Pan laughed. "Sure…bye!" she said. "Ja Ne!" Bra said.

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Goten popped another chip into his mouth. He sighed and got up. Pan came into the room and smiled. "Hey," she said. "Hey, what's up?" he asked. "Nothing much…" she said. He nodded. "Aren't you going out today?" he asked. "Well, I was supposed to, but not anymore," she said. "How come?" he asked. She shrugged. "I don't know, I didn't do anything wrong…oh and by the way, Bra said hi." She said. "She did?" he said. She nodded. He sighed dreamily. "Goten, snap out of it." Pan said. "Oh, Gomen," he said blushing. She laughed. "Boy you sure do like Bra, but you're too old." She said. He threw a pillow at her. "No I'm not," She got up and laughed. "Yes you are Goten-Chan," she said. He sighed. "I just can't win…" he said. "Well, let me go and talk to dad, maybe he can clarify this for me, see ya." She said. "Ok," he said. She left. "Hmmm, so they can't go huh? But maybe I can…" Goten thought. He got up and dusted off his clothes. It was time he paid Marron a visit.

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Marron drank the last drop of juice in her glass and set it down. Her toast was cold, and untouched on the plate. Krellen stared at her. "Uh…Marron? Aren't you gonna eat your food?" he asked. She looked up at him. "Um, I'm not really that hungry," she said. He looked down. "Oh, ok, well, um, ok." He stuttered. She got up. "I'll see you all later, bye." She said. She grabbed her jacket and bent down to tie her shoelaces. "Um, Marron? Where are you going?" Krellen asked. "To a friend's house, dad," she said. "Um, but your mother went shopping with the jet." He said. "I know." She said. "So how are you gonna get there?" he asked. "I'll fly." She said. She left. "Fly…?" Krellen said. But Marron was long gone.

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