"Lavender!" Frieza shouted. He shook his head. "What's wrong with that girl? Ever since we came here she's been disappearing off to all sorts of places. It's so unlike her. Where was she last night, anyway? Didn't come in 'til very late."
"Exploring. She told us." Mizu replied.
"Surely Earth isn't THAT interesting." Frieza mumbled.
"Trunks!" Vegeta was also shouting. "Where is that boy?! Ever since those lizards arrived he's been disappearing all over the place! He came home late last night, too! What's he up to?!"
"Oh, calm down. He's probably with Goten." Bulma rolled her eyes.
"Well Goten's out, too." Goku said.
"I don't care where that saiyan is! We're supposed to be leaving now and Lavender isn't anywhere to be found!" Frieza snapped impatiently.
"Want me to go look for her?" Goku offered.
"Please." Mizu smiled.
"No problem!" Goku smiled, and flew off.
~~~~~
Lavender sat next to Trunks on the cliff edge.
"This'll probably be our last day together..." she said.
"Yeah..." Trunks mumbled. "Guess you won't be coming back to Earth again, right?"
"I don't think my dad would like it much...." Lavender replied.
"Too bad..."
"I'll miss you..." Lavender told him.
"Yeah... I guess I'm gonna miss you too." Trunks admitted. "It would be so much easier if we couple call or something -"
"Trunks!" Lavender gasped. Trunks looked at her.
"Huh?"
"We can!" Lavender beamed. "We can call!"
"Uhh.... don't you... kinda have to be on the same planet? Hate to break it to ya, but the telephone isn't as long distance as it likes to think." Trunks answered with a small smirk.
"Don't humor me!" Lavender growled.
"Well what do you mean?" Trunks protested.
"The technology you're used to may not be great, but where I come from you can communicate with other planets." Lavender told him.
She pulled a small device out of her pocket, and handed it to him.
"Here."
"Huh?" Trunks was surprised. "How long have you had that?! What is it, anyway?"
"Think of it as a pager, only it's far more advanced than that."
Lavender explained, handing it to him.
"This one's mine, but you can have it. When I get home, I'll get another one and page you."
"Won't your parents wonder why you can't use your old one?" Trunks asked.
"I'll just tell them I lost it or Mokoto broke it or something. After everything that's happened, they'll buy that excuse." Lavender answered.
"I guess." Trunks looked at the small device. It looked just like a pager. "Okay, I -
"Trunks! Lavender?" they heard Goku calling them.
"Well.... guess this is goodbye." Lavender said.
"I guess so..." Trunks mumbled.
"I promise, I'll page you as soon as I get back. It'll only be a few hours." Lavender swore.
"Alright." Trunks nodded. He smiled, and kissed her. "We'd better go."
"Yeah..."
"There you guys are!" Goku landed behind them, he hadn't seen their kiss. "Your dads are wondering where the heck you guys have gotten to!"
"Typical." Lavender rolled her eyes.
"You two should get back to them, they're getting pretty mad." Goku said.
"Dad's always mad about something." Trunks replied. He sighed. "Yeah, okay. We were coming anyway."
"Alright then. Let's go."
~~~~~
"Okay, promise me you'll all take care of yourselves." Mizu said.
"We will." Bulma replied lightheartedly.
"And look after Goku for me. I don't care how old he is, he's still the baby he was when I left ^_^" Mizu smiled playfully.
"You really HAVEN'T changed at all!" Goku grinned.
"Mizu, can we get on?!" Frieza growled impatiently.
"Alright, alright!" Mizu protested. She smiled at her friends. "Bye, guys! Take care, okay?"
"We will! Bye, Mizu."
"Come on!" Frieza stormed off into the space ship they had come in.
Mizu sighed.
"Guess we'd better me going, Lavender."
"Yeah." Lavender nodded, looking at Trunks who stood smiling opposite her.
"Lavender, don't you have anything else to say?" Mizu hinted.
"Oh, right." Lavender reddened. She took a step towards Goku. "Umm.... thanks for saving my life, an' all.... I guess it was kind of good of you to do that, especially after all the things my father's been
saying to you." she lowered her eyes a little guiltily. "And me..."
Goku chuckled.
"Hey, forget about it!" he grinned. "I know I have."
"Um, thanks." Lavender went redder.
"MIZU!" Frieza shouted from the space ship. "You and Lavender get in here NOW!"
"He is SO short-tempered!" Mizu complained.
"Wow, I guess we do have the same taste in guys after all." Bulma giggled.
"Grr..." Vegeta glared at her. Mizu chuckled.
"Alright, then. Guess I'd better be going. It was great seeing you guys again. Hey, I'll come back to Earth again sometimes, okay?"
"Sure!" Bulma smiled.
"I'll look forward to it." Goku beamed.
"MIZU!"
"Okay!" Mizu shot back. She smiled at her friends, and hugged Bulma.
"Bye, sweetie."
"Later, babe."
"Oh, brother..." Vegeta mumbled. Mizu stood on her tiptoes and kissed Goku's cheek.
"Ciao, darlin'."
"Later, Mizu." Goku smiled.
"MIZ -"
"I'm coming already!" Mizu protested. "Come on, Lavender." she gave her friends one last wave, and got into the space ship, followed by Lavender.
"About time!"
"What? I was just saying goodbye to them!"
"They make a great couple ^_^" Goku chuckled.
"Yeah, I think so." Bulma replied.
"Bye guys!" Mizu waved at them through the window.
"Bye!"
Trunks watched as the spaceship rose up. He smiled at Lavender, who was sitting next to Mizu and staring at him. She smiled back, and gave a small wave. He waved back at her, and kept his eyes fixed on her and the space ship until neither of them was in sight any longer.
