"Mom, I'm fine!" Goten whined down the phone. "Yeah, dad's fine too." he sighed, and rolled his eyes. "Yes, we're all here. Safe and sound. No mom, I haven't done my homework yet - " at that point Goten had to stand with the phone held a good few feet away from his ear.
"Dad!" he complained.
"Who is it, your mother?" Goku asked as he came out of the living room and into the hall.
"Yeah." Goten handed him the phone. "I'll be in the living room."
"Okay." Goku sweat dropped. "Hey, Chi...." he then held the phone a few feet away from his ear.
~~~
"So who exactly was this Mokoto guy?" Bulma asked, handing out the last cup of tea.
"Ah, just an old client." Frieza shrugged.
"By that he means someone that survived having their planet purged." Vegeta verified.
"Hey Lavender," Trunks changed the subject. "What was that technique you did on Mokoto?"
"Which one? The death ball?" Lavender asked. Trunks nodded.
"That's one my dad taught me, it's really cool!" Lavender beamed. "That was the first time I managed to do it!"
"Oh, you finally did that technique?" Mizu beamed. "You've been practicing that for ages!"
"I told you she'd get it in the end." Frieza smirked proudly, his eyes closed, and he raised the cup of tea to his lips.
"Yeah.... but mine aren't half as powerful as dad's..." Lavender continued. "Actually, I struggle with the ones I can do now. Before today, I always ended up blowing myself up because I couldn't release it in time ^_^'"
Vegeta grunted a laugh at this. Frieza glared at him.
"I'd like to know what your child has achieved at this age!" he growled.
"A lot more than yours, I assure you." Vegeta replied.
"Why, you - "
"Arr! Can't you two just get along for two MINUTES?!" Mizu complained.
"Vegeta, stop stirring up trouble!" Bulma snapped.
"ME?!" Vegeta protested.
While that was going on, Trunks looked at Lavender. He nodded his head towards the open door. She nodded, and they both snuck out of the room. Goten watched as they did so. Weird. Where were they going?
"Listen, Chichi, I -" Goku slammed his head against the wall as he listened to her yelling. "Chi... No! I know it was dangerous - Listen, I wasn't about to let Goten get killed, okay? If I thought that was gonna happen I wouldn't have let him fi - Whadda ya mean I WOULD say that?! Chichi -" out of the corner of his eye Goku saw Trunks and Lavender trying to get past him unnoticed.
"Hang on a sec, Chi." he knew he'd regret that later. "Hey, where are you two off to?" he asked the teens.
"Oh, uh..." Trunks stopped and acted as natural as he could. "Dad and Frieza are fighting again." he groaned.
"Yeah, and if I have to listen to any more of their bickering I think I'll kill myself!" Lavender added.
"You two aren't enemies anymore? What happened to the whole "saiyans vs. changelings" thing?" Goku replied.
"Eh." Trunks shrugged. "Well we fought in the same battle."
"And he did save my life." Lavender said.
"Well, good." Goku smiled. "I'm glad at least SOMETHING good has come out of this -" at that point his time was up and he had to talk to Chichi.
"Okay, honey..." he sighed. "Yeah... Yeah.... What? Why? But I - ...." he let out another sigh. "Alright..."
Trunks and Lavender shrugged at each other, and left the building.
"You're gonna WHAT?! Chichi, please! Don't do it! Leave the fridge out of this!! Chichi!!"
~~~~~
"Phew! Am I glad to be outta there!" Lavender exclaimed.
"Hey, it's almost morning." Trunks observed.
"Oh yeah!" Lavender gasped. "It sounds dumb, but I forgot it was night. What, with all the fighting and everything..."
"Yeah, I didn't really take much notice, either." Trunks nodded.
"This'll probably be my last day on Earth... I think we're leaving tomorrow..." Lavender said.
"Gee, you didn't get much of a chance to do some sight-seeing, did you?" Trunks laughed.
"Yeah ^_^" Lavender also laughed.
"What did you see?" Trunks asked.
"Not that much... I'm not quite sure what I want to see. I wanted to go to Earth, but I suppose I had no idea of what I was going to do there..." Lavender replied. "But either way, I don't think I would've expected a fight with a cat woman and a giant monster!"
"Ha ha, yeah!" Trunks grinned. "And I bet you never thought you'd get a bunch of memories about some demi-saiyan guy."
"Yeah." Lavender chuckled.
"Hey... you wanna the ocean or something?" Trunks suggested. "I could take you there, there's this really cool spot near the beach. You can see for miles off the top of this cliff."
"Sure!" Lavender smiled. "That'd be great!"
"Okay. Follow me." Trunks said. He took off, followed closely by Lavender.
~~~~~
Goku put the phone down. He let out a groan.
"Man, that woman is mad...."
"Goku," Mizu came out of the living room.
"You're not gonna yell at me, are you?" Goku asked.
"Uhh..... no ^_^" Mizu replied.
"Good. Sorry, Chichi's just given me earache..." Goku complained. He shook his head. "Anyway, what's up?"
"Have you seen Lavender around anywhere?"
"Yeah, she and Trunks went out a few minutes ago." Goku told her. "Why? Didn't you know?"
"No, I didn't notice they'd gone..." Mizu mumbled.
"Want me to go find 'em?" Goku offered.
"No, leave them." Mizu had a small smirk on her face. "If they want to be alone..."
"Huh?" Goku looked at her. "I know that look! What's going on?!"
Mizu chuckled.
"Relax, it's nothing. Just... leave them alone, okay?"
"Uhhh.... okay..." Goku said.
"Mizu? Where's Lavender?" Frieza called from the living room.
"She's gone out." Mizu replied.
"With that SAIYAN?!" Frieza came racing out of the living room. "Has she gone out with the monkey?!"
"What?!" Frieza was shortly followed by Vegeta. "Not Trunks?!"
"Uh... no, Lavender said she wanted to do some exploring by herself." Goku replied.
"And Trunks?!" Vegeta demanded. "Kakarotto, are you telling the truth?!"
"Of course! Trunks said he was going round to a friend's or something for a while. He'll be home soon." Goku said off the top of his head.
"Hmmm..... well..." Vegeta looked at him suspiciously. "As long as he's not with her..."
"Just as long as they're not together." Frieza said.
"They're not, honest!" Goku swore.
".... Alright then." Vegeta retreated to the kitchen.
"..... Hm." Frieza went back into the living room.
"Phew!" Goku exclaimed.
"Thank you so much!" Mizu beamed. "I don't want Frieza messing up Lavender's life if she wants to go out with Trunks."
"That's what they're doing?! You think they like each other?!" Goku gasped.
"Goku..." Mizu chuckled. "You haven't changed a bit! You're still so naive, of course they like each other!"
"Well... okay. If you say so..."
"Trust me, I know."
~~~~~
"It's..... so beautiful." Lavender said. They sat on the cliff edge, Trunks with his arm around Lavender as she leaned against him. Her head resting on his shoulder.
"See? I knew you'd like." Trunks replied.
"Do you come up here often?" Lavender asked.
"Nah, not really. I used to in the day when I was a little kid, but I've never seen it at night." Trunks told her.
"Mmm..." Lavender closed her eyes.
"........." Trunks stared at her. Lavender could feel his gaze. She opened her eyes and looked up at him.
"What?" she asked innocently.
"Uh....... nothing." Trunks answered. "...... You're just beautiful, that's all." he said. He turned his head away and stared down at the sand below them.
"......." Lavender smiled, and kissed his cheek. Trunks blushed.
He turned his head back to look at her.
"........" his shy blush deepened, and he kissed her lightly. Lavender kissed back. Trunks gazed into her eyes, as she gazed into his.
".... Trunks..." Lavender whispered.
"Yeah?" Trunks asked. He brushed her hair away from her eyes. "What is it?"
"..... I love you." Lavender said.
"......... Yeah..." Trunks whispered. ".... I love you too."
Lavender smiled. Trunks smiled back, and kissed her more passionately this time. Lavender closed her eyes as she felt his weight push her gently to the ground. She wrapped his arms around him and let his kisses become more aggressive.
"Lavender...."
"Hm...?" Lavender opened her eyes to stare into his. She smiled. "What is it?"
"Let's make this night as special as it can be..." Trunks whispered. Lavender nodded.
"Mm-hm..." she said, closing her eyes. Trunks started kissing her again, as she helped him take his jacket off.
