Trunks and Goten: The Teenage Years

Chapter Five: Holy Costume Capers, Batman!!!

Disclaimer: In short, I own Remy, CJ, Lil Tak, Juliana, Nick, Nat, and anon characters. I own nothing else.

A/N: Okay, as you may have noticed, the ages are a bit messed up in all of my stories seeing as they aren't in the original timeline. Marron's going to be coming into the story soon as one of the main characters so she's the same age as CJ. I can't remember how many years she's younger than Trunks and Goten in the anime. Anyways, enjoy the Halloween special. I know it's a bit early, but you guys wanted it. *Cackles evilly*

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"What the hell is the matter with you?" Trunks asked his depressed best friend as they walked through the halls of Orange Star High.

"Paresu's away. She's gone to her Aunt's in Kyoto and she's not going to be here for Halloween." Goten sighed sadly.

"Wow, that sucks. I mean, they make a holiday just for her and she's not even here to celebrate it with you." Trunks said. Goten shot him an icy look. "What? You used to make fun of the girls I dated."

"Yeah, but that's when you still had a pair." Goten replied.

"I'll ignore that comment since you are in a pathetic state." Trunks said, grinning.

"Why don't you get a girlfriend?" Goten asked. Trunks choked.

"Are you kidding me?!" Trunks cried. "Girls make me all nervous! You never know what they're thinking!"

"Plus they always seem to put their hands…"

"OKAY!! Enough scary imagery for today, thank you." Trunks said. He looked over at the student notice board. "Hello? What do we have here?" Goten looked at the flyer.

"A Halloween costume party? Trunks, you have got to be kidding me." Goten said.

"I'm not! We've never gone to one before!"

"That's because we agreed it was lame! There was a treaty and everything!"

"It'll take your mind off of Paresu."

"Nothing could Trunks."

"There's gonna be lots of girls in skin tight costumes. You've seen Justice League."

"…Okay, I'll go. But only to make sure you don't go alone." Goten said. Trunks raised an eyebrow and chuckled.

"Yeah right. So, we need costumes for this thing right?"

"Yep. What should we dress up as?"

"Why are you asking me? I know nothing about comic book characters. I specialise in…non comic book related things." Trunks said. Goten looked at him sceptically.

"Look, there's CJ. We can ask her." Goten said. He stood in CJ's path and she suddenly stopped dead in her tracks. "Hey Ceej, what's up?"

"Nothing! I know absolutely nothing!" CJ yelled as her face began to turn red. Trunks and Goten looked at each other and then back to the embarrassed girl.

"Yeah…" Trunks said. "What do you know about comic book characters?"

"Remy's the expert, Mop Top, not me." CJ said, returning to her usual tone.

"Okay, we'll go and ask her. Thanks CJ." Goten smiled. CJ's eyes shifted nervously.

"Yeah, okay. I'll, um, see you around. I mean, not like I want to or anything. Hehehehehehe. Oh shit. Bye." CJ said and dashed off leaving a gust of wind behind her. The boys just blinked in confusion.

"Geez, she's been acting weird lately." Goten commented.

"What do you mean lately? She's always been weird." Trunks said. "Anyways, the last thing you need right now is to be wiggin' over another girl. Let's go to Remy's after school."

"How are we going to explain to her why we need this info?"

"Remy's a nice girl. She's not exactly going to grill us."

Later at Remy's…

"Trunks! Goten! What brings you guys here?" Remy said, while chewing on strawberry liquorish as the boys went in.

"Well, we kinda need to know some information about comic books and stuff and since you're the expert we were wondering if you could help us." Goten explained. Remy's features darkened.

"Kevin sent you, didn't he?" Remy said.

"Nani?" Goten asked.

"Well you can go back and tell that little son of a bitch that for the last time I am NOT going to give him the first comic in which Gambit featured. I don't care how much money he gives me!" Remy yelled.

"Listen, one who needs to get a life. We just need information on which comic book characters so we can go to a costume party." Trunks said. Goten smacked his forehead.

"That's not a very nice way of asking for it Speedo-boy." Remy said.

"What? Is that some sort of superhero?" Trunks asked. Remy started to laugh hysterically.

"Okay, you guys I'm sorry to accuse you." Remy said, wiping a tear from her eye.

"Good." Trunks said.

"Kevin wouldn't send somebody with a lack of knowledge like you." Remy said. Trunks face-faulted. "Follow me, all my stuff is in my room."

"You mean we have to go into your room?! But it's a girls' room." Trunks gulped. Remy rolled her eyes.

"My room isn't a typical girls' room with girly stuff hanging all over the place and posters of various half-naked guys on the wall. That would be Jules." Remy replied. Trunks breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm starting to get a bit spooked. It's like she's in some sort of cult." Goten said as they followed her up the stairs.

"Don't worry, Trekkies and Star Wars fans are usually a lot more frightening." Trunks said. Goten just sweat-dropped. They walked into Remy's room and looked around in awe. Her room was covered with merchandise. The walls were covered with posters, there were figurines everywhere and there was a life-size cardboard cut out of Gambit. Also, in one corner there was a giant box filled with strawberry liquorish and fizzy cola sweets.

"You're rooms pretty awesome!" Goten exclaimed.

"Yeah, for a girl." Trunks said, trying not to sound too impressed. Remy laughed that patronising laugh again.

"Please! This is just for show! All my valuables are kept in here." Remy said, pointing to a closet door.

"Okay, it doesn't look like it can hold much." Trunks said. Remy smirked slightly and opened the door. There was nothing inside. She then went in and pulled a cord that was hanging down and the back wall of the closet lifted to reveal a pole. (Yes people, a pole.)

"Wow…" Goten said. "How did you get that thing in there?"

"I know people and they owed me." Remy said as she slid down the pole. Trunks and Goten followed suit. They landed into a different room and gasped in awe again. There was a whole library of comic books, magazines and graphic novels. There were also videos, DVDs and CDs. They looked over and saw there was a cupboard and Remy walked over to it, opened it and revealed costumes. Loads and loads of them.

"Either you're loaded or an excellent thief." Trunks commented.

"Most of these are hand-me-downs from my brother or presents that my sister didn't want. But all the other stuff I bought with my money. Working during holidays, saving every penny of my allowance and birthday money. It's quite a haul." Remy grinned. The two boys nodded in agreement. "And I will help you dress up in the costume that I have that suits you best. On one condition."

"What's that?" Trunks asked.

"You let me come with you." Remy said.

"Nani?! You mean like on a date!?" Trunks cried. Remy rolled her eyes.

"No! I just wanna go to the party, scope out the guys. Seeing as none of them will recognise me I can act as out of character as I want." Remy said.

"Plus there's the spandex issue." Goten said. Remy just blushed and giggled.

"Okay, enough chat! Fix us up already! The party starts in three hours." Trunks said.

"Yes oh impatient one." Remy said. "Okay, you first Trunks. Do you want a lot of action tonight?"

"Huh?"

"Girls dumbass."

"KAMI-SAMA NO!"

"Okay then, we need a real lady repellent. Well, with those curtains on your head we don't have a lot of choices." Remy said, her brow creased in deep thought. "Ooh! I know!" She fished through the closet and picked out a blue spandex uniform.

"I'm going as an X-man?" Trunks asked.

"Well done. Tonight, you will be Scott Summers AKA Cyclops. No girl likes except him Jean Gray because he's such a tool." Remy replied and scowled slightly.

"Kind of a biased view but still cool!" Trunks beamed.

"But it's still spandex and if I'm not mistaken Trunks is better built that Scott." Goten pointed out.

"True. Not going to ask how you know that but it's true." Remy said. "Did they say comic book costume party?"

"No."

"Good. Then you're lucky my brother is a freak." Remy said.

"Okay, getting a little afraid." Trunks said.

"Good, you're getting into character!" Remy said as she pulled out a set of grey clothing. "Now go put this on and I'll fix your hair later." Trunks left and Remy turned to Goten. "Okay, what kind of costume do you want?" Remy asked.

"I want something sleek, something attractive to the girls and something that'll hide my face." Goten said. "Ooh, and in black. I've heard it's slimming."

"Who told you that?"

"My brother's wife."

"Okay." Remy said. "Well Goten, not a lot of character costumes that I have, have black costumes of that extent so it's a choice between Batman," She held up one costume "and Nightwing." And then held up the other.

"That's all?" Goten asked.

"Well there is Nightcrawler but you're not skinny enough." Remy said. "Plus, he's cute but kinda hairy. Bless him."

"Okay then, Nightwing. Capes don't really do much for me."

"Why's that?" Remy asked.

"They hide my really tight…"

"HEY! I do not need to hear that Son. Just stay focused here and change into your costume." Remy said handing him the costume.

"Wait, where am I supposed to change?" Goten asked.

"In the dressing room behind the DVD shelf. Trunks seemed to find it just fine."

"You're a freak, you know that?"

"Thank you!"

Later…

"And there. All done!" Remy beamed. She had just finished adding the extra hair to Goten's to make a ponytail. (A/N: I'm just going off information my friend is giving me. I'm just as bad as Trunks and Goten when it comes to comic books. I only know TV!)

"Cool. Thanks Remy." Goten grinned.

"Trunks! Are you done?" Remy called. Trunks entered the room looking rather pleased with himself. He was dressed as Doctor Evil from Austin Powers. Bald and all.

"Now no girl in her right mind will try and chat me up at the party!" Trunks grinned and added the infamous Dr Evil laugh. "Why aren't you changed yet? The party is in an hour and it takes half an hour to get that far downtown."

"I know, I already know who I'm going as and I'll be ready in ten minutes." Remy grinned and sped off.

"You know, I think she got some liquorish stuck underneath this plastic junk."

Fifteen minutes later…

"Remy!! Move your butt!" Trunks yelled.

"I'm almost done Doc! I just got to finish spraying!" Remy called back. Trunks and Goten both looked at each other.

"Spraying?" They said, wondering what she was talking about.

"Yep. Spraying. And I'm done." Remy said, walking up right behind them. Trunks and Goten turned to look at her and their mouths dropped to the floor. Remy was dressed up as The Black Cat. It was a black spandex suit with a generous open front part. She wore white gloves and boots that had white faux fur around the edges. She also had a mask that looked like two diamonds stuck together, around her eyes. The thing she was spraying was her hair, which was no longer in its usual ponytail and was snow white.

"Who are you dressed as?" Goten said, blushing immensely and trying to avoid staring at her.

"Black Cat or Felicia Hardy. Whichever you wanna call me." Remy said. Trunks slowly walked towards her and poked her in the chest. Repeatedly. Remy's eyes widened in surprise.

"Where the hell did you get those?! They've gotta be fake." Trunks said. Remy smacked his hand and kicked him in the shin.

"Hey! Just cos I don't flaunt them it doesn't mean they're not there dumbass." Remy said. "Now let's go."

Meanwhile…

"That sure was a great movie, don't you think Videl?" Gohan asked his wife but she was currently clutching onto his arm for dear life. "You're scared!"

"I am NOT!" Videl yelled. Gohan just chuckled.

"'Signs' is not that scary." Gohan stated.

"Easy for you to say! You have biceps the size of tree trunks." Videl exclaimed. Gohan laughed even louder. "Shut up!"

"Look, we'd better get home. Pan's probably driving Nat and Nick crazy."

At the house…

"Nick, you have got to be kidding." Natalie sighed.

"C'mon, kids love this!" Nicholas insisted.

"No they don't. You love this." Natalie said. "And we're not watching it in front of Pan."

"Why not?"

"Um, maybe because it has violence in it."

"No it doesn't! Pan, what do you want to watch? Streetfigher," Nicholas said holding his thumbs up "or Peter Pan." Nicholas said, holding his thumbs down.

"Peter Pan!" Pan grinned.

"Why?"

"Cos the last one has my name in it!"

"D'oh!"

Back at the theatre…

"Why'd you drag me here in the first place?" Videl whimpered as they walked down the street.

"Because you hadn't seen this flick the first time it came out and they were doing an encore presentation for Halloween." Gohan replied. Videl narrowed her eyes.

"That was a rhetorical question Gohan." Videl said. Gohan just blinked. "Let's just get…" Videl froze.

"Hon, what's the matter?" Gohan asked. Videl just shook her arm at a dark figure a few feet away from them. Gohan looked over and repressed his laughter. "Videl, it's Halloween! There are going to be people in costumes."

"I KNOW THAT!!" Videl yelled. She looked over and the figure had disappeared. Then something tapped her on the shoulder. She slowly looked around and saw a figure in black. She screamed and decked the figure in the face.

"Ow!! Geez Videl, what was that for?" The figure demanded. Gohan recognised the voice as his brother's.

"Goten! I've told you a million times to never sneak up on people like that!" Gohan said, secretly laughing inside.

"Yeah, yeah." Goten said getting up from the floor. "What's up with her?"

"We just saw Signs." Gohan explained.

"Ohh, I remember when we to see that. Trunks didn't sleep for ages." Goten said.

"Hey! That is a lie!" Trunks said, walking round the corner with an embarrassed Remy behind him.

"What's up with her?" Goten asked.

"She's embarrassed to be dressed like she is in front of your brother. She says it's, um, what was it Rem?"

"Indecent!" Remy hissed.

"Right, indecent." Trunks replied. Gohan and Videl sweat-dropped.

"Now I'm a little worried. Why are you guys dressed as Dr Evil and Nightwing?" Gohan asked.

"Gohan! You know your stuff!" Trunks said, a little impressed.

"We're going to a Halloween party." Goten replied.

"Oh okay. Have fun and don't stay out too late. Mom will have a fit if you walk in at 2am. Again." Gohan said.

"Okay bro."

"Now come on honey, we have to get home before the aliens gas our daughter." Gohan chuckled.

"That is NOT funny Son Gohan!!" Videl said as they got into their car and drove off. Remy came out from behind Trunks.

"Goten! Your brother is a total hottie! How come whatever genes he got missed you?" Remy asked. Trunks snickered.

"Whatever! Let's just go." Goten said angrily.

At the party…

"What do you mean we can't get in?!" Trunks demanded.

"I'm sorry, no kids allowed. Only high school kids." The bouncer said.

"But we are in high school!!" Goten protested. "Darn my charming young good looks." Remy walked up to the bouncer and put on her best puppy dog-face.

"Please? It'd make me real happy if you let me and my friends in." Remy said. The guy laughed.

"Oh alright. I was a kid once." The bouncer said and let them in.

"Arigatou!" Remy said. All three of them looked around the dance hall. There were about sixty people all dressed up in costumes.

"I'm just gonna go next to the snack table." Trunks said, zipping away. Goten and Remy sweat-dropped.

"Goten, can I ask you something?" Remy asked.

"Um, sure." Goten replied.

"Does Tak love Juliana?"

"I dunno. I always thought he had a thing for her but lately I'm not so sure. Why'd you ask?"

"Well…"

At the snack table…

"Coolie! They have nachos!" Trunks said as he grabbed a handful and stuffed them in his mouth. "Oh great, I've been hanging around Goten way too long now."

"You must be a brave guy, dressing up like that." A female voice said. Trunks immediately froze and his face turned a shade of blue. He gulped down the nachos and turned to face her with his eyes shut.

"This was my friend's idea!! She's a freak!" Trunks said but straight away regretted it.

"Hmm." The girl said. "Why do you have your eyes closed?"

"I don't know. Reflex?"

"Open them."

"Why? You're not the boss of me."

"Just open them."

"Fine! Geez, women are so damn pushy." Trunks opened his eyes and saw a girl dressed as Harley Quinn. Of course, Trunks didn't know that. "What are you dressed as? A jester for King Arthur's court?"

"I'm dressed up as Harley Quinn, loyal sidekick to the Joker." 'Harley' said. "I came here with some friends but they're kind of mingling now."

"Same here. Things like this suck, don't they?" Trunks said, wolfing down another mouthful of nachos.

"I guess. But if they suck, why are you here?"

"My friend needed a night out. His girlfriend's out of town."

"Aah. Pass the nachos Doc."

Back to Goten and Remy…

"Really?! Get out!" Goten exclaimed. Remy nodded sadly.

"So now we've kind of been not looking at each other type thing." Remy sighed.

"Remy, if you feel that way about him then it's best to tell him. Believe me, I've been there."

"But you're happy with Paresu, right?"

"Of course."

"Then I guess I can be happy with someone else." Remy decided. Goten smiled and then looked over.

"I think that somebody else is coming this way." Goten said indicating a guy in a Spider-Man suit walking over to them. Remy looked over.

"He could be walking over here to talk to you!" Remy said. Goten raised an eyebrow. "Okay fine, I'm fetching. But what are the chances that a guy dressed up as Spidey would come over to a girl dressed up as Cat. It's a little too coincidental." 'Spidey' walked over to Remy and took her hand.

"I'd kiss your hand right now, but I don't want to reveal my identity." 'Spidey' said.

"C'mon, of all the lame one liners…" Goten said. Remy elbowed him in the gut.

"Well Spider, looks like our paths have crossed again." Remy said, very much like Felicia. Spidey smiled…not that she could see. He had a mask on after all.

"Cat, long time no see." Spidey laughed. "What brings you here?"

"Trying to forget a guy, you?"

"Same thing. Except I'm trying to forget a girl. Care to dance?"

"I'd love to." Remy said, as Spidey took her into his arms.

"How cheesy was that!" Goten sighed.

Meanwhile…

"So, have you got a chronic fear of women or something?" Harley asked.

"Pretty much. Something happened when I was younger and…it just put me off girls for a long time."

"That's too bad." Harley said, smirking. Trunks suddenly got very nervous.

"Why?!"

"Because Storm over there has been staring at you. She must have strange taste to go for a bald guy."

"Hey! Women tend to like bald guys."

"Oh yeah, name one?"

"Lex Luthor."

"Hmm, looks like you DO know your stuff."

"I only know TV Harley."

On the dance floor…

"So, what idiot let you get away?"

"What makes you so sure it was his fault?"

"C'mon, only a total idiot would let a vision such as yourself get away."

"Not if he was interested in another so called vision."

"Ahh, the old another girl sequence. I know it well. It was put in by the government and JJ himself."

"You don't say." Remy chuckled. "So, what about you? Is there an MJ in your life?"

"There was. Before she disappeared into that dimension thing. Now my attention is turning to a certain Ms Hardy." Spidey said. Remy couldn't help but chuckle. "What?"

"We're talking as if we really are Cat and Spidey." Remy laughed. Spidey leaned his head close to hers and whispered in her ear.

"I know your true identity. Ramona." Spidey whispered. Remy gasped.

Back to Goten…

Goten looked back to Remy who was dancing with Spider-Man. He then looked over to Trunks and saw that he was talking to Harley. Goten shook his head.

"Wonders never cease. I'm the only one not getting any action tonight. Maybe Dende's trying to tell me something." Goten pondered. He walked around trying to find the DJ and tell him to put on a fast song. He bumped into a girl dressed as Wonder Woman. "Excuse me."

"You wish." Wonder Woman said. Goten immediately recognised the voice.

"Paresu?" Goten asked. Paresu gulped. "I thought you were in Kyoto."

"I was. But, um, my aunt needed to travel to the States on business so I came here to find you."

"In costume?"

"School gossip tipped me off that you'd be here. When in Rome, buy Armani."

"Uh...huh. Wanna dance?"

"Sure! You look really great."

"Thanks. So do you."

Back to Trunks and Harley…

"Don't take this the wrong way, but you're not like the other girls. You're not as frisky." Trunks said.

"Thanks. I take that as a compliment." Harley grinned. Trunks also smiled. Harley leaned close to Trunks and gave him a kiss. Trunks just stood there shocked. "That's a thank you for hanging with me tonight."

"Frallashegaa…" Trunks mumbled, still in shock. Harley giggled.

"Hey, what's your real name Doc?" She asked. Trunks shook his head and regained his composure.

"Briefs Trunks. But don't tell anyone okay?" Trunks said. "What's yours?"

"Mine?! Um, mine is Mary." Harley said. Trunks put his hands on her waist, drew her close and kissed her.

"Well Mary, that's a thank you for tonight." Trunks said. Harley blushed right through her make-up.

"I'd better get going. I'll see you around Trunks."

"You can count on it." Trunks said, staring at her as she left. "Oh kami, what have I done? I'll tell me what I've done, I've joined the dark side."

Back to Cat and Spidey…

"How do you know my name?" Remy asked.

"I go to school with you. I've been admiring you from afar. I guess I'm just lucky you came to this party and we're dressed how we are."

"It's like fate or something." Remy said, blushing. "So, you're my resident stalker?"

"No! Just think of me as your not so secret admirer." Spidey said.

"Can I unmask you then? If you're not so secret?" Remy said. Spidey hesitated.

"I think it'd be best if you didn't. At least not here, or now."

"Okay then Parker." Remy said. "You're lucky I believe in romance." Spidey took off the bottom half of his mask and gave her a long, slow kiss. "Woah, Spidey kiss. Just as good as advertised."

"I'm glad that got a good reaction." Spidey smiled. Remy whispered something in his ear. "Huh?! But, how did you know it was me?"

"Instincts. You're busted, jock." Remy said.

"Crud…" Spidey said. "I guess you're disappointed, huh?" Remy put her hands (gloves? ^_^) on his face and kissed him.

"Not in the least. And don't worry. We can keep this our little secret if you want."

"HEY FELICIA!! WE GOTTA GO!!"

"Well, there's my ride. I'll see you around Spider." Remy winked and walked off to find where Goten was calling her. She found Goten with Paresu. Remy raised an eyebrow but decided to make Goten embarrassed. "Diana! I thought you were in Kyoto with the Justice League your majesty!" Remy bowed humbly.

"Cute." Paresu said.

"Remy!" Goten hissed.

"Sorry, I couldn't help myself." Remy giggled.

"So, did you and Goten come together?" Paresu asked, narrowing her eyes at Remy.

"No, Trunks came too." Remy said. Paresu's face brightened.

"Oh, okay." Paresu smiled.

"Uh…huh. Where's Trunks?" Remy asked.

"I dunno. Probably stuffing himself silly." Goten said. "HEY DOC!! WE GOTTA GET GOING!!"

"ALRIGHT!! I'M COMING!!" Trunks yelled as he walked towards where Goten's voice was calling him. He saw a girl (obviously dressed as Buffy, she had a stake and blondish highlights) who looked very familiar walking with some senior guy. Finally, he realised who it was. And where the guy was taking her.

"Shit."

He ran after them to catch them.

Back to the others…

"What the hell is taking him so long?" Goten said impatiently. "My mom's gonna go ballistic!"

"Look, I'll go and find him." Paresu said, trying to spot Trunks. "Wait, who is he dressed as?" Remy and Goten face-faulted.

"As Dr Evil." Goten said.

"Okay." Paresu said and walked off into the crowd.

"Remy, is CJ alright?"

"How'd you mean?"

"Well she's been acting really weird lately. I hardly ever see her anymore. Is everything alright?" Goten asked. Remy sweat-dropped and laughed nervously. "Please?"

"Okay, but you have to promise that you won't tell anybody I told you."

"I promise. What's up?"

"Lil Tak kinda blurted out to her that you were in love with her."

"…"

"Um, Goten?"

"HE DID WHAT?!?!"

"Please calm down Goten. He said used to be! Past tense!! She may be a bit wigged but I'm sure she's fine!"

"How could he tell CJ that I was in love with her?!?! God, that's why she's been avoiding me!" Goten said, clutching his head in his hands.

"Please Goten, not so loud! Your girlfriend might here you!"

"I think that's the least of my worries right now!"

"Hey guys, what's up?" Paresu said. Goten and Remy froze and then started to laugh.

"Nothing!" Remy said.

"So hon, did you find Trunks?" Goten asked.

"Yeah, he ran out a door and told us to just go home." Paresu said. Remy looked closely at Paresu and saw that her face was red and her lip was bleeding. It looked like she had bit it too hard.

"Are you okay Paresu?" Remy asked.

"I'm fine!" Paresu said. "Look, I need to take my car home anyways so I'll see you guys." Paresu said, walking off before Goten could respond.

"Geez, as if my life couldn't get anymore complicated." Goten said.

Meanwhile…

Trunks ran as fast as he could to catch up to the Porsche that had sped away. He finally did and saw the guy and the girl on the front steps of the house.

"HELP!! SOMEONE HELP ME!"

"Shit. I can't believe it."

To be continued…

You're probably all gonna kill me now huh? Well, let me tell you. The next chapter or maybe even two are gonna be real tearjerkers. Now, how long will you have to wait…hmm ^_^()