Trunks and Goten: The Teenage Years Chapter Ten: Trunks Flies By The Seat Of His Pants OR Paresu's Angel

Disclaimer: To make it easier, I only own my own characters. Anything I mention that isn't mine belongs to some important people.

A/N: This story is in two halves. One for you people who love to see Trunks squirm and general madness ensue. The second is romance that some of you may not like but there we go.

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"Damn, damn, damn." Juliana said, banging her head against her locker with each damn. Goten raised an eyebrow.

"What's the matter?" He asked. Juliana looked at him annoyed. "What?!"

"I have two boyfriends." Juliana moaned.

"Jules, you need to stop playing these two against each other and just pick one already!" Goten said.

"This coming from the former mack daddy of the school?"

"Okay, I have no idea what the phrase means but if you're referring to my date life before Paresu, that was on you. You're the one who turned me into that guy, and now I am reformed." Goten said.

"That's a nice little speech, it's like your mantra." Marron laughed. Goten stuck his tongue out at her.

"Remy, why are all the girls staring at me?" Trunks asked worried, as they approached the rest of their friends.

"I don't know." Remy replied. "They haven't looked at you like that since the time Goten pulled out your belt and your trousers fell down in the cafeteria."

"Don't remind me." Trunks said, shuddering.

"What's the matter with him?" Goten asked.

"He's wigged out cos all the girls are staring at him again and he doesn't know why." Remy replied.

"Trunks, the girls stare at you all the time! You just never notice them." Marron said. "I mean, come on! You're the only guy in the school who has a fan club of stalkers!"

"Last guy who had that was my brother." Goten said, somewhat proudly. "He's a bit of a legend here."

"Okay, this can be sorted out logically." Juliana snapped.

"What's with her?" Trunks asked.

"Boy trouble." Goten replied.

"Anyway!" Juliana said, annoyed. "What's different about today? Has anything changed since last week?"

"Um, I got my new lessons." Trunks said. "And the only thing different is I'm taking gym for the first time in high school. That's all."

"Oohh…now I get it." Remy said, with Juliana and Goten nodding in agreement.

"I don't." Trunks said.

"Me either." Marron said.

"Well you're excused Mar, cos you're a kid." Juliana said. "Trunks, you should know these things. Come on, gym…shorts…sweating…" Trunks and Marron stared blankly.

"What did you guys do this morning? Eat whatever makes Goten so clueless." Remy laughed.

"Hey!" Trunks, Marron and Goten protested.

"For your information, I understood perfectly what's going on. All the girls are gonna eyeball at Trunks in gym class. So there." Goten said, sticking out his tongue.

"Nani…" Trunks muttered.

"Yeah, you only got it cos it involved girls Goten!" Remy retorted.

"Nani…"

"Did not Remy! I'm not that dumb!"

"Nani…"

"Hey, you're the blonde not me."

"May I remind you that I am blonde…"

"And I am only blonde when I choose to be."

"So, you choose to be dumb. Fair enough."

"CAN WE PLEASE FOCUS ON MY IMPENDING DOOM?!?!" Trunks yelled. Everyone looked at him surprised.

"Trunks, is it that time of the month?" Goten asked understandingly. Trunks' face dropped. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Remy chuckled softly.

"Goten, that only applies to girls." Remy said. Goten laughed sheepishly.

"I'm sorry, he had one of those hissy fits that you girls have when it's your time of the month." Goten said. All the girls stared daggers at him. "I did bad?"

"You did very bad." Trunks sighed. "What the hell am I going to do?! I get all nervous and stutter and stuff when this happens to me!"

"Yeah, we know." Juliana said. "We've seen it happen. It's very embarrassing."

"Thank you so much." Trunks replied sarcastically.

"It could be worse Trunks." Remy said.

"How could it possibly be worse?" Trunks asked.

"Jules' birthday party. Remember?" Remy said, with a devious smile on her face. Both Trunks and Goten paled.

"Why do you do this Rem? Is it funny?" Goten asked.

"When I do it to Trunks it is, his forehead becomes creased. I just feel sorry for you." Remy replied. "Only for a while though."

"What happened at your party Juliana?" Marron asked. Before any of the older girls could answer, Trunks and Goten covered their mouths. The two girls muffled in protest.

"Sorry girls but it's for our own good." Trunks said.

"Is it that bad?" Marron asked.

"I have never been able to eat cheese since." Goten said. Marron sweat-dropped. Lil Tak walked around the corner and saw the situation. He also sweat-dropped.

"You guys are crazy." Lil Tak said.

"They almost told Marron what happened at Juliana's party last year." Goten said.

"So? It wasn't that bad." Lil Tak said.

"We can't take him Trunks! He's too tall! Plus there's two of us and three of them." Goten despaired.

"I give up! I think today is supposed to be the worse day of my life." Trunks sighed, as they let the girls go.

"Okay, here's what happened." Juliana said.

That night…

"Okay, your punishments have been set according to your personalities." Juliana started. "Danny, you're on restriction from me for two weeks."

"NANI?!" Danny yelled.

"Alex, I will be taking your Cowboy Bebop DVDs hostage for a month." Juliana said.

"Take good care of  'em. They're like my kids." Alex sniffed.

"Lil Tak, your punishment will come sooner or later. When you least expect it." Juliana said.

"Oooooh…" All the guys said. Lil Tak gulped.

"Brad, you have to wear this wig in school for a week." Juliana said, giving him a rainbow coloured wig.

"Oy, the boys are gonna live this up." Brad sighed.

"I know I will." Remy laughed.

"You look so hot right now."

"That's not gonna get the wig off your head."

"Dammit!"

"Now, Trunks and Goten." Juliana said, smirking. "No doubt the two of you were behind this so, Trunks."

"Eep." Trunks said.

"Your punishment will be to strip."

"NANI?!"

"Down to your briefs. No pun intended."

"NANI?!?!?"

"In front of the girls school in Ginger Town."

"NANI?!?!" Trunks yelled. "CJ?!"

"I didn't think up this one Trunks!" CJ said. "It was all on Remy."

"REMY?!?!"

"What can I say mon ami? You got on my bad side." Remy smiled.

"And Goten…" Juliana said, walking over to a bowl of cheese puffs. She put her feet into the bowl.

"FOR THE LOVE OF KAMI!! NOO!" Goten yelled. "WHY?! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO ME?!"

"Cheese mixed with cheese." Juliana said. "And you've got to eat it."

"Are you kidding me?!" Goten said.

"Nope. And don't try the puppy dog look Goten, it's not going to work."

"Fiddles." Goten sighed.

Back to the present…

"It's not funny Marron!" Trunks yelled.

"Yes…it…is!" Marron said, laughing hysterically.

"I'm off cheese for life." Goten said. "Well, at least until I graduate."

"And now, back to my present crisis. Stalker girls at 12 o clock." Trunks said.

"Huh? They're coming?" Lil Tak asked.

"No, I have gym at 12 o clock." Trunks said. The others face-faulted.

"Don't worry Trunks, I have a plan." Juliana said. "As usual, I have to do everything!"

"What's up with her?" Lil Tak asked.

"She's got boy trouble." Remy replied.

"You mean she's still dating Danny and Mike?" Lil Tak asked. Remy nodded. "Geez, it's like she asks for trouble. But with curves like that, she could afford to date two guys. Check her out."

"Tak, make me yak why don't you?" Remy said, rolling her eyes. "I'd rather be checking out my guy."

"That's the kind of talk I like to hear." Brad said, hugging Remy from behind. "How you doing?"

"Good. We're trying to work out how to save Trunks from his legion of stalkers." Remy said.

"Talk about mission impossible. I heard they all have digital cameras with them today." Brad said. Trunks proceeded to bang his head against the lockers. Everyone else sweat-dropped.

Later…

"Okay, does everyone know what to do?" Juliana asked.

"Yes." Everyone chorused solemnly.

"You could sound a little more enthusiastic!" Trunks said. "You're saving my life here!"

"You are overreacting." Goten said. "They can't jump you because the coach already knows that they're going to try something. The worse they could do is say embarrassing things to you, take pictures of you in the locker room and post them over the Internet. It's not that big of a deal."

"Do the words 'psychologically damaging' mean anything to you Goten?" Trunks asked.

"Not especially." Goten replied. The others face-faulted. "They did worse to my brother!"

"He's right man." Brad agreed. "I heard that once, his stalkers turned up the school heating system just so he'd take of his t-shirt. He was wearing a vest underneath and they were so frustrated. So they hacked into the electronic system and played that Hot in Herre song in every speaker in the school. Including the ones in the computer lab and all the TV sets in a two mile radius."

"He was so embarrassed, he was home schooled the rest of the week!" Goten said. "Y'know, it's kinda funny looking back on it. Not for him, obviously." The bell rang.

"The moment of truth." Trunks said. "If I don't make it…well, I have nothing to give you. Everything's going with me into my casket."

"You're all heart." Lil Tak said. Trunks walked into the changing room and proceeded to get changed. Of course, not where you'd expect him. He got changed under the desk inside the coach's office, which was being guarded by Brad and Lil Tak. After he got changed, they went into the gymnasium and waited.

Meanwhile…

"I can't believe you made me wear this thing." Alex said. He was wearing a wig and a cheerleader uniform.

"I can. Jules can shape and mould any man to do anything." Remy said.

"Yep, it's true." Juliana agreed. Marron sweat-dropped. The girls were also in cheerleading outfits.

"I wouldn't sweat it Alex, you've got fabulous legs." Remy laughed.

"How about I shove one of my fabulous legs up your ass? Would that be funny too?" Alex retorted. Remy just laughed even more.

"Oh stop petit, you're killing me!" Remy laughed. Alex fumed.

"Okay, explain to me why we're doing this again?"  Alex asked.

"Just in case the stalkers make it pass Brad and Goten, we have to be able to have access to the locker rooms." Juliana said. "And you're the only one who can go in there."

"The cheerleaders have access to the locker rooms? Man, I wish I was a jock." Alex sighed. The girls rolled their eyes, and sat down as the coach blew the whistle. The boys began to play basketball. "Well, if we gotta do this we may as well make it interesting."

"If you're gonna do what I think you're gonna do…I wanna do it too!" Remy said. The other two girls looked at each other. Remy and Alex stood up and started to cheer.

"Trunks you're young man, scared man, shouting in the streets my stalkers' gonna get me some day!" Alex cheered.

"You got sweat on your face, you big disgrace! Hoping that you're gonna get outta this place!" Remy cheered.

"They will, they will, kiss you, hug you rough you up and fondle you! Woo!" Alex and Remy finished, kicking their legs in the air. Trunks was dying of embarrassment as the rest of the class was giggling.

Ten minutes later…

"I never knew sports were so…boring!" Juliana sighed.

"Come on! Go! Go! Go!" Alex and Marron yelled.

"Don't you think this is boring Remy?" Juliana asked.

"I'm sorry Remy's not here right now. Leave a message and I'll get back to you when Brad stops looking so hot…" Remy said. "Beeeep." Juliana rolled her eyes, and looked up. She gasped.

"Oh my…the stalkers are on the roof! They're filming Trunks through the window!" Juliana said, as she whistled to Lil Tak. "Bogeys on the roof! Bogeys on the roof!"

"On it!" Lil Tak said, as he and Juliana ran up there to stop the stalkers. Trunks, who had noticed their sudden departure, began to panic and it was blatantly visible. Suddenly, the gym was filled with hundreds of high-pitched screams.

"OH LORD!! IT'S THE SIRENS OF THE APOCALYPSE!!" Alex yelled as he put his hands over his ears.

"What in blazes?!" The coach yelled. Trunks knew when he was beat, and ran straight into the locker room. Or at least, he tried to. One girl had emerged from the bleachers in the gym and had jumped on top of Trunks.

"Oooh, you gotta hold on to what you got! It doesn't make a difference if you make it or not! They got it bad for ya. And that's a lot, for love, they'll give it a shot! Ooooh, they're halfway there! Woooah! Living on a prayer! They'll take your hand and they'll do stuff elsewhere! Wooooah! Living on a prayer!" Alex and Remy cheered, as they giggled with fits of laughter.

"You are so totally cute! Could you please be my boyfriend?" The girl asked the bewildered Trunks.

"Well, um, I'm sure you're a very n-n-nice g-g-girl but I-I-I-I can't! I'm not…really interested in a relationship right now!" Trunks said, blushing. The girl's lower lip trembled.

"But I travelled all the way from the south side to see you!"

"NANI?!?!"

"Okay lady, you need to come with me!" Goten said, picking up the girl by her arm and tossing her carefully to the exit. "Whoops, I forget my strength sometimes."

"Quick into the locker room with you!" Brad said, as he pushed Trunks in there and Goten followed.

"We should be safe in here." Goten said.

"I don't think so!" Trunks squeaked. The girls had followed them into the locker room.

"Come on! That is not possible!" Goten exclaimed.

"OH MY GOD!! ORLANDO BLOOM IS OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL BUILDING!" A female voice yelled. Trunks' fan club all shrieked and disappeared as fast as they had disappeared. Marron came into the locker room, with her hand over her eyes.

"You decent?" Marron asked.

"Yeah." Trunks replied, as he sighed in relief.

"This only buys you a little time, they'll be back." Marron said. "We need to think of a way to get them to back off. But first, let's get out of here." They left the locker room and ran out into the west wing of the school. The very exhausted Juliana and Lil Tak met them there, and Alex and Remy, who were red faced.

"What's up with you two?" Goten asked, indicating Remy and Alex.

"Nothing." They said, repressing their laughter.

"We got the incriminating footage of you." Juliana said. "They seem to mainly consist of your butt." Alex and Remy laughed even more.

"Oh man…" Trunks moaned. "We need to get them to back off."

"I've told you this a million times, get a girlfriend and they'll back off." Brad said. "That's why they're not after me."

"And me." Goten said.

"What about me?" Lil Tak asked.

"All the girls know that you're spoken for. You know, you're married in your mind." Goten laughed.

"Does anyone feel that?" Remy asked. "My Cajun sense is tingling…"

"Huh?" Everyone asked.

"The girls are coming!" Remy said. They surrounded them a second later. "Fine, they're here. Bloody well out staging me."

"They're like a plague or something." Alex said, in awe. Trunks' eyebrow started to twitch.

"Uh oh, he's got that look in his eye. He's gonna do something crazy." Goten said. Trunks took a deep breath, grabbed Marron and kissed her. Everyone's jaw hit the floor.

"That was totally unexpected." Lil Tak said. The girls all started to cry hysterically.

"That's right, she's my girl. So back off." Trunks said. They all left, crying. "Marron, I am so sorry!"

"What the hell were you thinking?!" Marron said, smacking Trunks in the arm.

"I'm sorry! I panicked!" Trunks said.

"I don't care! Don't do it again!" Marron said, her face blue. "Yuck!"

"Geez, it's not like I'm poison or anything…" Trunks said, sadly.

"How'd you feel if Juliana kissed you?" Marron asked. Trunks shrugged. "Remy?"

"EW!"

"Thank you so much. It's so very nice to know I repulse you." Remy said, sarcastically.

"Alex, why are you wearing a cheerleading costume?" Goten asked.

"Blame this crackpot!" Alex said, pointing at Juliana. "Hey Brad, did you do what I asked?"

"Yep, got this whole thing on tape!" Brad said, as the others face-faulted. "C'mon! The one time I'm gonna see Remy in a cheerleading outfit?"

"You're such a pervo!" Remy said. "But at least you aren't repulsed by me."

"Remy…"

"A pox on thee vile knave! May you forever be plagued by thou hoochie girls!" Remy said maliciously. Trunks looked visibly scared. Remy smiled in satisfaction. "Now, let's go get out of these ridiculous things."

Later that evening…

"It was so funny, I thought Trunks was going to faint!" Goten laughed. Paresu giggled softly. "Well, here we are. After you."

"Thank you." Paresu said, as they entered the restaurant. Goten and Paresu were celebrating their two year anniversary and Goten wanted to take her to, as he put it, 'the most posh restaurant in town'. They sat down and waited for the waiter to come. "I can't believe it's been two years."

"Yeah, two wonderful years." Goten smiled. Paresu blushed.

"You're so sweet." Paresu said. "You know, before I met you I was like a tactless, clueless nutball. You've made me a better person."

"C'mon, I couldn't have done that! I can't even program my VCR, how could I make an already lovely person better?" Goten laughed. "Would you listen to us? We sound like a soap opera!" They ordered their food and started to eat. Of course, Goten had to restrain himself so as to not freak Paresu out.

"What's the matter Goten?" Paresu asked.

"Hmm?"

"Don't give me that. I can tell when something is wrong with you. You look sad." Paresu said. Goten sighed.

"My dad's left us for a while." Goten said. "It's a work thing, he's training a new kid."

"Did he say when he's gonna be finished?"

"No, he said he'd come back and visit us but…he just took off so suddenly."

"Sometimes these things can't be predicted Goten.

"Yeah I know, it's just been so nice having him around all this time." Goten smiled sadly.

"I'm sure he had good reason to go."

"Yeah, that's what CJ said too."

"That's what who said?"

"DJ. You know, the DJ at the club downtown…"

"You said CJ, I know you did! You're still talking to her?!"

"Yes honey, she is still my friend."

"We're getting pretty serious here, right? We need to be able to communicate with honesty. I feel very much for you Goten, but I need to know. Do you still love her?" There was a brief silence.

"I still care about her. I don't love her." Goten said. "She's a good friend Paresu. That's all."

"Whatever Goten. I'm out of here." Paresu said, angrily walking out of the door.

"Paresu wait!" Goten said, as he sighed sadly. "Hmm, I'd better just fly behind her. Just in case." Goten followed Paresu down the alleyways that led to her neighbourhood. Goten was so fixated on Paresu that he did not notice the burly guy walking behind her. Goten only noticed him when he grabbed hold of Paresu's arm and tried to pull her to him. She resisted and kicked him in the leg but this only made him angrier. Goten got so panicked, he didn't notice he had gone Super Saiya-jin. He flew over there and picked up the guy by the collar. "WHAT IN THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!"

"I'm just having some fun man, you know how it is." The guy said. "Heh, you can have her when I'm done with her." That was a big mistake. Goten totally lost it and threw the guy into a nearby dumpster. Paresu stared in awe at her saviour with the golden glow. She walked up to him and looked into his eyes.

"Thank you so much for saving me." Paresu said. Goten smiled and Paresu gasped. "Goten?"

"Um, hi?"

"You…you…" Paresu looked frightened. Goten panicked again. All sorts of thoughts ran through his head. What if she thought he was a freak? What if she wanted nothing to do with him anymore? What if she told everyone his secret? "You look like an angel!"

"…Come again?"

"You do." Paresu smiled. "You're my angel Goten, sent here to protect me." Goten just laughed nervously.

"I am sorry about before Paresu." Goten said, going back to his normal state.

"It's okay. I just thought that you still had feelings for CJ, and that you'd want to get with her. It's just…you are so important to me. I don't wanna lose you."

"You won't. I promise you that." Goten said. "Paresu, I love only you."

"…You love me?"

"Yes…is that the right answer?"

"Wow…"

"Okay, so it's not the right answer. Forget about it?"

"Do you really?"

"Yes."

"Good. I was hoping you'd say that."

"You mean?"

"Yeah." Paresu smiled. Goten grinned the Son Grin™ happily. He put her hand in his and he walked her the rest of the way home. When they got to her front door, Goten blushed. "What is it?"

"Well I wanted to kiss you, but I seemed to be blushing for some reason." Goten said shyly. Paresu smiled and leaned over to kiss him.

"Did that make you blush less?"

"Nope. Now I look like Trunks' did earlier this morning." Goten said, as he and Paresu chuckled softly.

To Be Continued…

There. A present for you guys on my birthday! No cliffhanger! Happy 18th to me! ^_^() I know this last bit somewhat resembles the plot of a GT occurrence between Goten and Paresu but that's the point. GT doesn't occur in my timeline and when I read about it (I haven't seen it yet) I thought it was really cute!