disclaimer: just like everyone else on this site, i do not own dragonball z or any of its characters. well, heres the next chapter of The Pain I Feel. enjoy! ^_^ (only constructive flames aloud, you guys saw what happened last time. *sweat drop*) Oh.... just so you know, this is two weeks later. would you believe when i first started this story, it was just going to be about Vegeta??? kinda switched a bit, didnt it?

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Marron stood infront of her bathroom mirror. Her outfit for school consisted of a black no-back top with camouflage shorts and knee high lace-up black boots. Her hair was in pig tails and she looked rather cute, all except for a nasty red mark on her cheek that she had gotten the night before. The 17 year old sighed and looked at the mark in the shape of a woman's hand. Her mother's hand. "I should have put some ice on it." Marron muttered as she grabbed her cover up and began applying it to the whelp. When she was finished, she smiled to herself. "You can't even tell!"

"Who are you talking to?" Marron's heart skipped a beat. She turned towards the doorway to find Juuhatchi standing there, her arms crossed, and her ice blue eyes fixed on her daughter.

"No one." Marron answered.

"I hope you don't talk to yourself at school. People will start thinking you're a psycho."

"I don't care what people think." Marron said as she put some lipgloss into her purse.

"Yes you do, or you wouldn't be covering up that mark on your face." Marron knew she shouldn't say anything, but she had this bad habit of getting in the last word. (^_^;;;)

"What, do want people to know that you're abusive?" 18 grabbed the hot curling iron and came towards Marron.

"You just have to be a smart allic, don't you?" 18 swung the hot iron at Marron. The girl put her hands up to stop the blow, but was burned by the silver object. She quickly took her hands away and Juuhatchi swung the iron again, hitting Marron full in the face. Marron fell back from the force of the blow and crummbled against the wall, clutching her face.

Juuhatchi sneered as she heard her daughter crying. "Hurry up." The woman said as she put the curling iron down. "You're going to be late for school." 18 turned and walked out of the bathroom with an expressionless face.

After about 5 minutes, Marron stopped crying. She got up and looked in the mirror at a huge bruise starting to form. Her mascara had run and her tears had started to wash away the cover-up on her face. She heard her mom open the garage door, start up the car, then the garage door shut again. "Great, now I'll never get to school on time."

The girl reapplied her make-up, covering her bruised skin. She walked into the livingroom and quickly flipped through a phone book, looking for the last name Son. Marron finally found it and was pleased to see that only one family had the last name Son. She grabbed the phone and dialed the number. After the 2nd ring, a woman answered.

"Hello?" Came the nice voice.

"Hi, I hate to bother you this early in the morning, but is Goten home?" Marron had her fingers crossed, hoping he was.

"I'm sorry, you just missed him." Marron's heart dropped. "But he does have a cell phone. Would you like the number?" Marron smiled.

"Yes please." The woman, who Marron later found out was Chi-Chi, gave her the number. Marron hung up the phone, and dialed Goten's number.

"Sup?" Goten's voice was so sweet and cute, Marron actually blushed!!

"Hey Goten, this is Marron."

"Marron?!? How'd you get my number?!" Goten sure sounded surprised.

"No time to explain. Listen, do you think you could give me a ride to school?"

"No problem, give me your address." Marron found a piece of paper with her address on it, and read it off to Goten. She hung up the phone and waited for awhile.

A couple minutes passed and Goten's red car pulled into her driveway. She ran out and got in the passenger seat. Thats when she noticed 2 other guys sitting in the back. Goten introduced them, then pulled out of the driveway and headed towards school.

Trunks walked down the cold, lonely street on his way to school. He looked up at the sky. "Looks like its going to rain." The boy said as he let out a sigh. ~Not being able to fly in the open sucks ass.~ A red car turned the corner behind Trunks and barrelled down the road towards him. Slowing down as it came closer to Trunks.

Suddenly the heavens opened up and poured out sheets of icy ran. ~Perfect.~ Trunks thought as he pulled his hood over his head. "Hey freak!!" Someone called from the car. Trunks kept his eyes fixed on the pavement, not listening to the calls of his 'name'.

"Guys, thats Trunk!!" Marron exclaimed as the boy sitting behind her shouted 'Hey freak!'.

"Yeah, so?" Goten said as he continued to drive parrelle to the walking boy.

"It's raining, can't we let him ride to school with us?" All three boys cracked up.

"Thats funny Marron." Goten said.

"No, I'm serious, can't we just--." Marron was cut off by the boy behind her.

"Do you like your eggs scrambled, freak?! Huh?? I bet you do! Here's some scrambled eggs for you." The boy grabbed two eggs and threw them out the window at Trunks. One hit his shoe and the other exploded on his back pack.

Even though he was being harrassed, he kept his head down and continued walking. In the back of his mind, he was hoping that the rain would wash the egg away. Trunks didn't want his mom to think something was up, since she had just gotten back from the hospital yesterday.

The car began to pick up speed, temporarly bored with their torment and abuse. Trunks turned towards the car, just in time to see who was sitting in the passanger seat. The respect he had made for Marron in the past two weeks, suddenly disappeared. ~And you thought she was different.~ He mocked himself as he began to jog towards school. ~They're all the same. Every last one of them.~

For Marron, school rocked. Everyone knew her, everyone loved her, but at home, it was a different story. She was prone to getting in her mom's way. Her self esteem was broken each day and of course, she got the occassional nasty bruise. Her dad was always gone, making it hard for her and her mom to live without his company.

For Trunks, school sucked. The only reason he hadn't dropped out, was because his life at home was worse. There was no stopping Vegeta once he started beating Trunks. Once, his life was hanging on by a mere thread. Bulma eather doesn't know, or chooses not to except the fact that her husband is abusive. The only person that Trunks had ever fully trusted, was his once best friend, Goten.

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I know you're wondering what happened with Goten and Trunks. Perhaps I'll tell you in the next chapter, perhaps I'll save it for the end. It's all up to you guys, you're the fans. I'm sorry it took ages to post. My mom grounded me for THREE weeks, not two. And tests are kinda popping up all over school, and for once I've been studying. I know I promised you guys more chapters, but my mom wouldn't even let me type!!! I wrote 2 chapters down though, but it'll take me awhile to type them. Remeber to review!!! Hugs and kisses to all my fans!! ^_^x