In The Eyes of a Hunter
Written by Mandy and Jennifer
Chapter 5 - Mischievous Plans
Disclaimer - We do not own any of the DBZ characters. Yet, any new characters that we have made to fit the story are ours, and part of In the Eyes of a Hunter. Thank you!
Trunks walked swiftly to the phone that hung from the kitchen wall. He snatched up the receiver and dialed the most familiar number he knew. Goten's. He leaned against the wall and waited for someone to answer.
Chi-Chi crossed the room and picked up the ringing phone. "Hello?"
"Oh, hello Chi-Chi. Is Goten home?" Trunks asked while glancing around the room.
"Hello Trunks, dear. Hm, well he'd better be, because I haven't given him permission to go anywhere else. And I'm sure he knows better than to sneak out of the house."
Trunks laughed a little. "Well, may I please speak with him?"
"Sure, just one minute and I'll get him" she answered.
"Ok, thanks." Trunks replied.
Chi-Chi turned away from the phone towards the stairs. "Goten! There's a phone call for you! It's Trunks!"
Goten was down the stairs in a flash and snatched the phone out of Chi- Chi's hand, muttering a quick 'Thanks Mom!' before she even knew he was there.
Chi-Chi just sighed with a grin and walked back into the kitchen.
"Hey Trunks! What's up?" Goten asked while propping against the table.
Trunks grinned mischievously. "Hey Goten. Guess what?"
Goten glanced at the receiver from the corner of his eye as if he were really looking at Trunks. "What?"
"My parents are gone for three whole weeks, and I was wondering---" he stopped when he suddenly heard a dial tone. "Goten?" He jumped, startled, at the sound of the doorbell ringing. After hanging the phone back up he walked over to the front door and opened it to see Goten standing there with a cheesy grin on his face and a duffel bag thrown over his shoulder.
"Heh, heh, heh." He chuckled and put his hand on the back of his head.
"Goten!" Trunks exclaimed with a laugh. "I was wondering what happened to you."
"So, what's the occasion?" Goten asked as he stepped inside.
Trunks closed the door and turned to face him. "It's my parent's anniversary and they went on a cruise for three weeks. Nice, huh?"
"Sounds like fun." Goten said while tossing his bag onto the couch. "So what did you have in mind for the time you have the house to yourself?" He smiled.
Trunks turned and smirked at him.
Bra stared down at the two teenage boys from the hallway at the top of the stairs. She had been watching them between the railing the whole time. After another moment, she stood up and ran to her room. She jumped on her bed and quickly dialed Pan's number on her hands-free phone.
Videl put down the magazine she was reading and walked across the room to the phone, picking it up. "Hello?"
"Hi Videl. Is Pan there?" Bra asked,
"Hello Bra. Yeah, I think she's up in her room. Would you like to talk to her?"
"Yes. Thank you."
Videl put the phone down and went upstairs to Pan's room. "Pan, there's a phone call for you. It's Bra."
"Oh yea!" Pan exclaimed and jumped off the bed, running downstairs. She picked up the phone eagerly. "Hi Bra! Man, I'm so glad you called! I was getting so bored over here!"
"Pan!" Bra interrupted. "Listen, do you think you would be able to come over and spend the night tonight?"
"Uh, probably." She answered slowly. "Why do you sound so panicked?"
Bra sighed. "My parents are gone for three weeks and Goten is spending the night tonight." She said in a desperate voice. "I heard them talking and I think they're plotting something. I just don't wanna be here alone."
"Oh, man." Pan replied with a slight chuckle. "I know how you feel. Uncle Goten comes over here all the time, too."
Bra laughed a little as well. "So that means you can come?" she asked anxiously.
"Hold on. Let me go ask." Pan answered.
"Ok." Bra replied.
Pan put the phone down and ran to get Videl. "Mom!"
Videl looked up from her magazine again. "What is it, dear?"
Pan ran in and stopped in front of her. "Is it all right if I go over to Bra's house to spend the night?"
"I don't mind." She answered. "Just be careful on your way over there. Have fun." She smiled sweetly.
"Thanks Mom!" She ran back to the phone and picked it up. "Hey Bra! She said yes, so I'll be over shortly, ok?"
"Great!" Bra exclaimed and jumped off the bed happily. "See you soon then! Oh and Pan!"
"Yeah?"
"When you get here, come by my bedroom window instead, ok?"
Pan shrugged. "Sure."
Bra smiled. "Thanks! Bye!"
"Bye!" she responded and hung up.
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Trunks smiled at his friend and tugged on the phone cord casually. "Yep, that's right. Ten large pepperoni pizzas."
"Extra cheese! Extra cheese! Don't forget the extra cheese, Trunks!" Goten interrupted excitedly.
Trunks put up a hand to calm Goten down. "Oh yeah, and add extra cheese to that. Put this on the Brief's tab."
"Oookay, sir." The man on the other end of the line began slowly. "That's going to total up to $140."
"Ok, thanks a lot!" Trunks replied happily and hung up.
"This is going to be great!" Goten exclaimed.
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Bra jumped slightly at the sound of a knock on her window. She turned around and saw Pan hovering outside, waving excitedly. She got off her bed and ran to the window, opening it quickly. "Pan! I'm so glad you could come!"
Pan climbed through the window. "Yeah, me too." She said, throwing her bag on the bed. "So, where are they?"
"They're downstairs." Bra answered.
Pan smiled. "Let's go see what they're doing."
Bra grinned as well. "Right."
The two girls quickly ran out of the room and down the hall, stopping at the railing. They crouched down and peeked around the corner, down to the living room at Trunks and Goten.
The two boys paced in opposite directions, staring at the floor as they walked.
Goten spoke without stopping. "How long did you say your parents are going to be gone?"
Trunks stopped and looked at him. "About three weeks." His eyes suddenly widened as he smacked his forehead. "Oh man! Mom told me that the house had to be spotless before they got back, too."
"Aw, bummer." Goten said with little sympathy in his voice.
"Hmph. This house is huge. I don't wanna have to -work- while they're gone!" Trunks sighed.
Goten stopped suddenly and looked at Trunks with a sly grin on his face.
Trunks looked at him questionably. After a moment, he realized his idea and smirked as well.
Bra continued staring down at them from the hallway. After seeing the look on their faces, she turned fearfully to Pan.
"What, wrong? Pan whispered.
Bra motioned for her to follow and ran back to her room quietly.
Pan got up, still confused, and followed her.
She shut the door as Pan ran into the room and turned to face her. "This is just great!" she exclaimed.
Pan walked backwards to the bed and sat down. "What? I don't understand."
"I've seen that look on Trunks' face before. I know exactly what he's planning down there in the stupid little mind of his!"
Pan just shook her head, staring at her friend in confusion.
Bra turned to her. "Blackmail! He's going to blackmail me because he's too lazy to clean the house like Mom told him to! He's going to make -me- do it!"
"Well you don't -have- to do anything he says. Just say that you're not gonna do it because it was his job." Pan suggested.
"HA!" Bra exclaimed. "It's not that simple. We always do this to each other. He'll find the worst thing that I did that Mom and Dad never found out about and threaten to tell them if I don't do what he says. That's how it's been before, and that's how it is now."
"Well, why don't you just do the same to him? Tell your parents about something bad he did so he won't be able to blackmail you into cleaning the house."
Bra sighed and shook her head. "I tried that once. This was about a month ago. Something shorted out on the gravity room and so the gravity could only be raised to like, 100 G's without the whole thing shutting down. Dad was pretty upset about that but Mom didn't have time to fix it yet. They had to go somewhere for a weekend so it was just us here. He went out to train, saying that a little training is better than none. Well he got carried away and forgot that the circuits were messed up. Eventually he raised it to 200 G's. Just like Mom said, everything died and shut down. He messed with it in a panic and as able to fix it so that it would at least start. When Mom and Dad got home, I told Dad that Trunks broke the gravity machine. He got mad at first and stormed into the room where Trunks was." She paused and chuckled a little. "You should have seen the look on his face when Dad was coming across the room at him. It was priceless!" She laughed. "But when Dad yelled at him for an explanation, he told him that he was training and pushed it too far by accident. Dad said that since he had been training and did it, then it was all right. Can you believe that?! All he made him do was help Mom fix it! So I've learned that it's not easy to get Trunks like he gets me. He'd find a way around anything I throw at him. He's got a lot of dirt on me, and believe me, he's knows how to use it."
Pan gaped at her. "That's unreal!! I feel sorry for you, Bra, for having a brother like him. I mean..that.that's just not right!" she said in exasperation.
"I know." Bra replied, "and he does it all the time."
Pan looked down at the floor. We might be out of our league this time. I don't know if we can outsmart them, especially if they're working together! She sighed quietly and glanced out the window. I should have stayed home.
Written by Mandy and Jennifer
Chapter 5 - Mischievous Plans
Disclaimer - We do not own any of the DBZ characters. Yet, any new characters that we have made to fit the story are ours, and part of In the Eyes of a Hunter. Thank you!
Trunks walked swiftly to the phone that hung from the kitchen wall. He snatched up the receiver and dialed the most familiar number he knew. Goten's. He leaned against the wall and waited for someone to answer.
Chi-Chi crossed the room and picked up the ringing phone. "Hello?"
"Oh, hello Chi-Chi. Is Goten home?" Trunks asked while glancing around the room.
"Hello Trunks, dear. Hm, well he'd better be, because I haven't given him permission to go anywhere else. And I'm sure he knows better than to sneak out of the house."
Trunks laughed a little. "Well, may I please speak with him?"
"Sure, just one minute and I'll get him" she answered.
"Ok, thanks." Trunks replied.
Chi-Chi turned away from the phone towards the stairs. "Goten! There's a phone call for you! It's Trunks!"
Goten was down the stairs in a flash and snatched the phone out of Chi- Chi's hand, muttering a quick 'Thanks Mom!' before she even knew he was there.
Chi-Chi just sighed with a grin and walked back into the kitchen.
"Hey Trunks! What's up?" Goten asked while propping against the table.
Trunks grinned mischievously. "Hey Goten. Guess what?"
Goten glanced at the receiver from the corner of his eye as if he were really looking at Trunks. "What?"
"My parents are gone for three whole weeks, and I was wondering---" he stopped when he suddenly heard a dial tone. "Goten?" He jumped, startled, at the sound of the doorbell ringing. After hanging the phone back up he walked over to the front door and opened it to see Goten standing there with a cheesy grin on his face and a duffel bag thrown over his shoulder.
"Heh, heh, heh." He chuckled and put his hand on the back of his head.
"Goten!" Trunks exclaimed with a laugh. "I was wondering what happened to you."
"So, what's the occasion?" Goten asked as he stepped inside.
Trunks closed the door and turned to face him. "It's my parent's anniversary and they went on a cruise for three weeks. Nice, huh?"
"Sounds like fun." Goten said while tossing his bag onto the couch. "So what did you have in mind for the time you have the house to yourself?" He smiled.
Trunks turned and smirked at him.
Bra stared down at the two teenage boys from the hallway at the top of the stairs. She had been watching them between the railing the whole time. After another moment, she stood up and ran to her room. She jumped on her bed and quickly dialed Pan's number on her hands-free phone.
Videl put down the magazine she was reading and walked across the room to the phone, picking it up. "Hello?"
"Hi Videl. Is Pan there?" Bra asked,
"Hello Bra. Yeah, I think she's up in her room. Would you like to talk to her?"
"Yes. Thank you."
Videl put the phone down and went upstairs to Pan's room. "Pan, there's a phone call for you. It's Bra."
"Oh yea!" Pan exclaimed and jumped off the bed, running downstairs. She picked up the phone eagerly. "Hi Bra! Man, I'm so glad you called! I was getting so bored over here!"
"Pan!" Bra interrupted. "Listen, do you think you would be able to come over and spend the night tonight?"
"Uh, probably." She answered slowly. "Why do you sound so panicked?"
Bra sighed. "My parents are gone for three weeks and Goten is spending the night tonight." She said in a desperate voice. "I heard them talking and I think they're plotting something. I just don't wanna be here alone."
"Oh, man." Pan replied with a slight chuckle. "I know how you feel. Uncle Goten comes over here all the time, too."
Bra laughed a little as well. "So that means you can come?" she asked anxiously.
"Hold on. Let me go ask." Pan answered.
"Ok." Bra replied.
Pan put the phone down and ran to get Videl. "Mom!"
Videl looked up from her magazine again. "What is it, dear?"
Pan ran in and stopped in front of her. "Is it all right if I go over to Bra's house to spend the night?"
"I don't mind." She answered. "Just be careful on your way over there. Have fun." She smiled sweetly.
"Thanks Mom!" She ran back to the phone and picked it up. "Hey Bra! She said yes, so I'll be over shortly, ok?"
"Great!" Bra exclaimed and jumped off the bed happily. "See you soon then! Oh and Pan!"
"Yeah?"
"When you get here, come by my bedroom window instead, ok?"
Pan shrugged. "Sure."
Bra smiled. "Thanks! Bye!"
"Bye!" she responded and hung up.
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Trunks smiled at his friend and tugged on the phone cord casually. "Yep, that's right. Ten large pepperoni pizzas."
"Extra cheese! Extra cheese! Don't forget the extra cheese, Trunks!" Goten interrupted excitedly.
Trunks put up a hand to calm Goten down. "Oh yeah, and add extra cheese to that. Put this on the Brief's tab."
"Oookay, sir." The man on the other end of the line began slowly. "That's going to total up to $140."
"Ok, thanks a lot!" Trunks replied happily and hung up.
"This is going to be great!" Goten exclaimed.
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Bra jumped slightly at the sound of a knock on her window. She turned around and saw Pan hovering outside, waving excitedly. She got off her bed and ran to the window, opening it quickly. "Pan! I'm so glad you could come!"
Pan climbed through the window. "Yeah, me too." She said, throwing her bag on the bed. "So, where are they?"
"They're downstairs." Bra answered.
Pan smiled. "Let's go see what they're doing."
Bra grinned as well. "Right."
The two girls quickly ran out of the room and down the hall, stopping at the railing. They crouched down and peeked around the corner, down to the living room at Trunks and Goten.
The two boys paced in opposite directions, staring at the floor as they walked.
Goten spoke without stopping. "How long did you say your parents are going to be gone?"
Trunks stopped and looked at him. "About three weeks." His eyes suddenly widened as he smacked his forehead. "Oh man! Mom told me that the house had to be spotless before they got back, too."
"Aw, bummer." Goten said with little sympathy in his voice.
"Hmph. This house is huge. I don't wanna have to -work- while they're gone!" Trunks sighed.
Goten stopped suddenly and looked at Trunks with a sly grin on his face.
Trunks looked at him questionably. After a moment, he realized his idea and smirked as well.
Bra continued staring down at them from the hallway. After seeing the look on their faces, she turned fearfully to Pan.
"What, wrong? Pan whispered.
Bra motioned for her to follow and ran back to her room quietly.
Pan got up, still confused, and followed her.
She shut the door as Pan ran into the room and turned to face her. "This is just great!" she exclaimed.
Pan walked backwards to the bed and sat down. "What? I don't understand."
"I've seen that look on Trunks' face before. I know exactly what he's planning down there in the stupid little mind of his!"
Pan just shook her head, staring at her friend in confusion.
Bra turned to her. "Blackmail! He's going to blackmail me because he's too lazy to clean the house like Mom told him to! He's going to make -me- do it!"
"Well you don't -have- to do anything he says. Just say that you're not gonna do it because it was his job." Pan suggested.
"HA!" Bra exclaimed. "It's not that simple. We always do this to each other. He'll find the worst thing that I did that Mom and Dad never found out about and threaten to tell them if I don't do what he says. That's how it's been before, and that's how it is now."
"Well, why don't you just do the same to him? Tell your parents about something bad he did so he won't be able to blackmail you into cleaning the house."
Bra sighed and shook her head. "I tried that once. This was about a month ago. Something shorted out on the gravity room and so the gravity could only be raised to like, 100 G's without the whole thing shutting down. Dad was pretty upset about that but Mom didn't have time to fix it yet. They had to go somewhere for a weekend so it was just us here. He went out to train, saying that a little training is better than none. Well he got carried away and forgot that the circuits were messed up. Eventually he raised it to 200 G's. Just like Mom said, everything died and shut down. He messed with it in a panic and as able to fix it so that it would at least start. When Mom and Dad got home, I told Dad that Trunks broke the gravity machine. He got mad at first and stormed into the room where Trunks was." She paused and chuckled a little. "You should have seen the look on his face when Dad was coming across the room at him. It was priceless!" She laughed. "But when Dad yelled at him for an explanation, he told him that he was training and pushed it too far by accident. Dad said that since he had been training and did it, then it was all right. Can you believe that?! All he made him do was help Mom fix it! So I've learned that it's not easy to get Trunks like he gets me. He'd find a way around anything I throw at him. He's got a lot of dirt on me, and believe me, he's knows how to use it."
Pan gaped at her. "That's unreal!! I feel sorry for you, Bra, for having a brother like him. I mean..that.that's just not right!" she said in exasperation.
"I know." Bra replied, "and he does it all the time."
Pan looked down at the floor. We might be out of our league this time. I don't know if we can outsmart them, especially if they're working together! She sighed quietly and glanced out the window. I should have stayed home.