The Little Mermaid: Chapter Four
By:Freewater
Disclaimers: I do not own DBZ and I don't own the little mermaid despite how cool that would be! Please don't sue you will only receive two cats that are VERY annoying and pee everywhere!
Warnings: None that I can think of, aside from the fact that Bulma will not be found in this fic, but she is mentioned in some parts. Swearing also.
Pairings: Gh-Tr (It can be Mirai Gohan and Mirai Trunks if you want since this is just a fairy tail fic and there are no real specifics on the characters, aside from Trunks' long hair. Just use your imagination! ^_^)
Rating: pg-13
Archive: Sure, anything's good!^_^
Feedback: Definitely! Please, yes!! I want to know if I did a good job or not writing this!
Notes: A bunch of these little stars **** Means a change in time or scenery. ''These things here indicate thoughts. These things // are used to indicate telepathy. Bra is a little older than what she should normally be. She is nine and Trunks is sixteen. Gohan is eighteen and Goten is also nine. Ch#4-?
Mermaid: Trunks
Prince: Gohan
King of the sea: Vegeta (duh)
Sea Witch: Cell (Their both creepy and weird looking)
Two Eels: Cell juniors
Sebastian: Krillin
Flounder: Flounder will just be the Turtle that hangs out with Master Roshi since he is cowardly. I would have made him Goten, but he's Gohans little brother and therefore will remain on land. I know that turtles need air to breath but lets just pretend that this one doesn't.
Most Trusted Advisor to Gohan: Yamcha
Seagull: Master Roshi (their both nuts! Nuff said.)
Dog: Icarus (I know that Icarus is supposed to be a dragon, but I'm keeping him a dog)
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Down on the beach, in the bright sunshine just outside of the royal palace, Gohan sat on a large boulder in the sand and played that strange song on his flute. Icarus was there with him, enjoying the harmonic sound combined with the swishing of the sea current while keeping him company. Gohan had been unable to get the sound of that beautiful strangers song and voice out of his head, so he resorted to playing it to calm his thoughts. He suddenly stopped playing for a moment and looked down at his large dog, who sat by his feet loyally, listening to the song he played and patiently waiting for him to continue it.
When he tried to explain to everyone how he was saved, the only reason why no one laughed in his face was because he is their prince. But that didn't stop them from telling him how insane the idea was, that a complete stranger would save a rich prince and then run away without asking for anything in return.
The only thing that Gohan had to describe him with was his voice, but that didn't help at all. He offered a reward to the person who could help him locate his rescuer, and while many people showed up claiming to have his angel for him, they were all proven to be liars. A lot of people came in claiming to know who he was talking about or be the one who had saved him, but when he asked them to sing the song that was sang to him on the beach, they all came up short. Some of them were even tone deaf, and were all laughed out with the threat of the dungeon for lying to their prince and future king.
Yamcha suggested that perhaps it was just the shock of being in the ocean for too long that caused him to imagine that he was saved by a person, when it was more likely that the current had just washed him ashore. He then proceeded to pulled out his flute and play the song that the wonderful stranger had soothingly sang to him for Yamcha to hear.
No- one had ever heard anything like that song before, and it brought in a few believers while others would just call him insane behind his back. Yamcha was stunned but still skeptic, and the only person who seemed to believe him one hundred percent, that he knew he could trust was Goten, but that was all.
'I can't that voice out of my head. I've looked everywhere and there's no sign of him.' He thought to himself sadly. Gohan brought his finger tips up to touch his lips in remembrance of the bold kiss he'd given to his rescuer. He'd kissed back, so he knew that he didn't scare him off with the act. 'I just don't get it. Where is he?'
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Farther along down the beach where there were more rocks piled up, and the remains of the ship that had caught fire where washing ashore, Krillin and Turtle were resting on the rocks after carrying Trunks' heavy form to the shore. He was still unconscious, so they rested him on a rock, with his legs still in the water, so they could take a breather.
Turtle was exhausted and breathing heavily in the water, while Krillin collapsed on another rock. His pinchers were killing him! Trying to hold onto a creature that was well over ten times your size *wasn't* easy!
Trunks suddenly groaned from where he lay sprawled out on the rock and shifted a bit. 'He decides to get up now, after we just finish carrying him all the way to the shore!' Krillin thought in annoyance. Trunks opened his eyes and had to push his hair out of his face in order to see. 'Man, I really should get this cut. God, what a weird dream!'' He thought, as he sat up and leaned his back against the rock in the shallow water.
He brought his knees up for better support when he suddenly noticed them. His eyes widened and he looked at them in shock, spreading them out a bit to see if they were real. 'It wasn't a dream! My tail's gone! I really have legs!' He thought excitedly as he brought one of them out of the water and wiggled his toes in amusement. 'This is so cool!' He thought happily.
Krillin was just about to freak out at the sight of his feet until he heard an annoying squawking sound that distracted him. "Well, well, well! Would you look at what the catfish dragged in!"
They all looked up to see Master Roshi circling around them. Krillin looked pissed at the sight of the bird who helped give his prince all those dumbass human ideas. In his mind, what Trunks had done to himself was just as much his fault as it was that sea sorcerers. Turtle and Trunks looked thrilled to see him about to make his land. 'He'll be pretty surprised when he sees this!' Trunks thought as his friend swooped down to land on his leg that he's crossed over his other knee.
"Well would you look at this!" He said, eyeing Trunks happily. "Out sunbathing I see! No worries about your father today?"
Trunks smiled and shook his head. Krillin was almost shaking with the fury that the stupid seagull didn't realize how he'd landed on Trunks' leg when he wasn't supposed to have any at all. "Something looks different about you today." He thought out loud. "Wait! It's your hair, right? You've been using a dingle hopper, right?"
Once again Trunks shook his head, but his smile got wider as his friend continued to guess. "Hmm...Let me think...Lose any weight?" Trunks Shook his head, chuckling silently.
Master Roshi then proceeded to bounce Trunks' leg up and down while still perched on it. "I can't really think of anything right now, but if I just stand here long enough--"
Krillin couldn't take it anymore. Just how stupid was this animal? "HE'S GOT LEGS YOU FUCKING DUMBASS!!" He screamed in anger. Roshi jumped off of Trunks' leg in surprised to see that it was actually a human leg instead of a fin that he was perched on.
"He traded in his voice to Cell and he gave him legs! For gods sake!" Krillin explained while eyeing the bird in disbelief for being so damn stupid.
"Oh! I knew that!" Roshi said trying to make up for his stupidity. Everyone just rolled their eyes at him. Trunks decided to try out his knew legs and shakily stood up in the water.
"Trunks has been turned into a human!" Turtle continued. "He's got to find that prince he saved, and he's got to kiss him!"
"And he's only got three days, or else Cell will own him!" Krillin finished just as Trunks lost his balance and fell back into the water, splashing everyone.
Krillin turned to look at him in annoyance as he picked a piece of seaweed out of his hair, then the full shock of what he was hit him. "I can't believe it! Just look at him! On legs! Filthy human legs!" He suddenly breathed in the air shakily as if he were choking on it. "No, no , no! I-I must be hallucinating!" He covered his eyes for a second, only to look back and see his prince giving him a strange look with his legs still in place.
"Vegeta is going to boil me alive!" He cried out in total fear while Trunks just tried to stand up again. "I know what to do!" He suddenly shouted. "I'm going to march down there right now and tell Vegeta *everything!"
Trunks gasped as he watched the little crab try to go back into the water. He quickly got down on his knees and picked him up, and started to desperately shake his head to let him know just how much he didn't want him to do that.
"Do *not* shake your head at me!" Krillin yelled at the youth. "This is all your fault to begin with! It won't be my fault if your father turns you into fish food for this!" Trunks winced at that. It was true, if his father found out about this then he would be in *major* shit. He would probably never see what it looks like on the outside of the palace ever again either.
Krillin suddenly looked at his saddened face. "M-maybe we don't have to tell your father. Maybe I could just try to convince Cell to give you back your voice, and then you can go home and...." He stalled, noting the tears that were forming in the young princes eyes. "...be miserable for your entire life." He finished glumly.
Krillin sighed in annoyance with himself for giving in. "Alright, alright, I'll help you find your prince."
Trunks' face immediately brightened up as his tears disappeared. He lipped the words "Thank you" before gently putting him down on a rock. "I can't believe I'm doing this." Krillin said to himself in disbelief. Turtle didn't say anything, but he did smile at how nice the crab was being.
Master Roshi soon took note of how Trunks wasn't wearing anything and he decided to help with that. "Ok, Trunks if you want to be a human your going to need to cover up. Most humans don't walk around naked like that." He said while pointing at him.
Trunks had never been a naked human before so he didn't think too much of it as Roshi grabbed some shredded cloth from a sail and threw it at him. 'Must've come from another ship wreck.' He thought while wrapping it around his waist like a towel.
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Gohan was still wandering around the beach, lost in his thoughts with his dog for company. 'Why can't I find you?' He thought to himself sadly. He still couldn't get that boy out of his head.
Icaruse suddenly stopped and sniffed in deeply. He'd just caught a scent that he'd only smelled once before, when he was licking at that fish his master seemed to like so much. He barked out happily to get Gohans attention.
"Icarus? What's wrong boy?" He asked as he walked towards his excited dog. Suddenly he took off in the direction of his masters Love and Gohan ran behind him in the shock of what he was doing. Icarus had never ran away from him before.
"Icarus, come back!" He cried out as he gave chase. The dog just ignored his masters plea, knowing that in the long run he was doing him a big favour and might even get treats for it.
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Trunks tried to make his way up to the beach with Turtle not too far behind him and Rosh just up ahead shouting out his support. Walking was *hard*, and it hurt too, as he kept on falling over. Krillin was clinging onto the cloth that was tied around his waist in nervous fear. He almost got crushed the last time his prince fell over.
Finally, after about ten or fifteen minutes of struggling, he made it up to the dry part of the beach. There were large rocks all around to hold onto and help keep his balance with, so he didn't fall over again, much to Krillins delight.
"Alright kid, the royal human palace is that way," Roshi said while perching himself on a nearby rock and pointing to the left. "You should find that human you like down th--"
He was startled out of his explanations as a loud barking sound interrupted him, and Icarus came racing down in there direction. Trunks recognised the dog from the ship, but it looked like it was ready to knock him over and eat him as it sped down in his direction. 'Oh shit.' He thought in slight dismay. Roshi flew away in fear of the approaching animal and Turtle dived into the safety of the water.
"Run already, Trunks!" Krillin yelled while still clinging onto the cloth around his waist, he didn't feel like being dog food right now. He tried to do as he was told, but he was just too slow and his legs were too weak to get away, and soon the animal was jumping up and down in excitement at his heels.
Icarus had found what his master was looking for, and he was excited. So excited that the animal didn't even care that the strange fish thing no longer had it's tail. It had to be him, the scent was exactly the same!
When there seemed to be no way of getting the animal away from him, Trunks quickly climbed onto one of the nearby rocks where he hoped to be safe from it. He perched himself there and watched as the dog continued to jump up and down in excitement around the rock. He leaned in for a closer look at the furry animal and without warning, it jumped at him and licked his face.
He couldn't help but smile as he wiped away the slobber on his cheek. Perhaps this animal wasn't as bad as he thought.
Suddenly Trunks heard the sound of his prince off in the distance, and his heart leapt. "Icarus!!" He raised his head in time to see Gohan run out from around a corner of large rocks, and Icarus ran to him obediently.
He didn't notice that Trunks was sitting on the rock yet as his dog currently had his attention, while jumping up and down in the air with excitement. "What's the matter boy? What's gotten into you?" He asked while trying to calm him down. Icarus made as if to run away again, in the direction of where Trunks was sitting, and when he looked up and saw him on the giant rock his breath got caught in his throat.
"Oh! Oh, I see." He said in understanding, while slowly walking in his direction, he'd never seen this boy before and was curious as to who he was.
As he approached Trunks quickly removed the hair from his face, and frantically pulled out a piece of seaweed and threw it away, he wanted to look his best for him.
Gohan looked around and saw the remains of a shipwreck, as well as the rags this handsome young man was wearing. "Are you alright sir?" He asked in worry that maybe it wasn't just his ship that went down in that storm. Trunks just looked down at him and smiled happily. He'd found Gohan a lot sooner than he thought he would, and he was ecstatic.
Icarus continued his barking at the stranger, not threateningly but happily. Gohan didn't notice that however, and thought that maybe he was scaring the young man as he pushed him out of the way. "Icarus, stop barking." He hissed in annoyance.
"You don't have to worry about him, he's harmless." Gohan tried to say lightheartedly, but when he looked back up at the young man on the rocks who was staring at him in fascination, something inside of his head just clicked. "You look....familiar. Have we met?" He asked.
'He recognises me!' Trunks thought happily while nodding his head. Krillin just watched from his hiding spot in amusement. Perhaps this wasn't such a bad idea after all.
Icarus tried to jump up again, but Gohan just quickly pushed him out of the way. "We have met! You the one I've been looking for!" He said excitedly while grabbing his hands. "What's your name?" Asked in wonder.
Trunks immediately tried to tell him, but when he moved his lips no sound came out. He quickly brought his hand up to hold his throat in surprise as his face fell in disappointment, he'd forgotten that Cell had his voice.
Gohan saw his face fall and became worried. "What's the matter?" He asked worriedly. Trunks patted his neck lightly to try and show him what the problem was, he caught on right away. "You can't speak?" He asked softly. Trunks shook his head no, sadly.
Remembering that the one who saved him had a beautiful voice, Gohans face fell. "Oh, I guess you can't be the one I'm talking about." He said slowly while removing his hands in disappointment. Perhaps this young man was just confused as to who he was talking about.
Krillins face dropped in shock when he heard that. 'That stupid cheat! No wonder he wanted Trunks' voice! This is going to be more difficult than we thought.' He thought angrily that Cell would pull such a dirty trick.
Trunks sighed sadly, and strangely enough so did Icarus. After all of that his master couldn't even tell that this was his love that he was looking for. Humans! You would think that the scent alone would be a dead give away!
Trunks suddenly got an idea and frantically began to move his hands around, trying desperately to tell him about who he was. Gohan saw what he was doing but didn't understand, and he became worried. "What's the matter? Are you hurt?"
Trunks shook his head no, while he still tried to figure out what he was saying. "Do you need help?" He asked frantically. Trunks nodded his head for him, but lost his balance and fell off of the rock.
Thankfully Gohan was quick to catch him before he hurt himself on the sharper rocks at his feet, and he tried to pull him up to his feet but he noticed that the young stranger was having trouble standing, and he needed to lean on him for support.
He became increasingly worried for the young man in his arms and assumed that he must have been hurt in a ship wreck, and as prince it was his duty to help any member of his kingdom, even if he's never seen him before. "You must have been through a lot." He said while putting one of Trunks' arms around his shoulder. "Here, I'll help you." He said softly while making his way to the palace with his new guest.
Trunks looked back once at the beach and smiled as he saw Roshi and Turtle waving and giving him a thumbs up sign for his good work in finding his prince so soon. Krillin just breathed a sigh of relief. He afraid for a moment that, that human would just leave them there on the beach without a second thought to his feelings or safety. 'I suppose humans aren't all *that* bad.' He reasoned with himself as they went.
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Soon Trunks found himself in a giant bathroom of the royal palace that Gohan lived in, having a bubble bath while a handmaiden attended to him. A nice old lady with done up, blonde hair. She said her name was Bunny and that if he needed anything to just ask. Gohan had to tell her that he couldn't speak, and she got really embarrassed and turned a bright red at having made a fool of herself like that, but after a few minutes of specific hand movements and gestures, she realized that he wasn't insulted and didn't mind.
Gohan told him the he should just relax and have a nice bath, and when he was done he could go and eat with him in the dining room! Trunks got really excited and immediately jumped in the steaming water. Gohan laughed in amusement and told him that he would wait for him to be done in the dining room, and that Bunny would help him with some clothes. 'He's so generous to others.' Trunks thought in amazement as he watched him leave.
When he was gone, Bunny told him that he should be really proud of himself because that was the first time Gohan had laughed since his accident. Trunks smiled lightly and blushed a little, feeling proud of himself, as he started to play around with the bubbles in the bathtub.
'These are so cool!' He thought in amusement, while putting some in his hand and blowing them away. He'd never had a bath before, or been in such warm water, and it felt really good.
Bunny grabbed a bucket of soapy water and dumped it over his hair before lathering it up a bit. "Washed up from a shipwreck..." She said, still in amazement of what her prince had told her. "You poor thing. Don't you worry, we'll have you cleaned up and better in no time." She said while grabbing another bucket and dumping that over his hair to rinse.
Trunks liked it a lot, and even thought it tickled a little. 'So this is what it's like to be human.' He thought happily. Of course he was still a little upset that Gohan hadn't recognized him, but he still had Master Roshi, Turtle and Krillin to help him with that.
Bunny grabbed the large piece of cloth that Trunks was using earlier to cover himself with and, shaking her head, decided that it just had to go. "I'll get rid of this for you and bring you back something better to wear." She said lightheartedly, while walking away.
Trunks barely heard her as he just continued to enjoy his bath. Krillin however, *did* hear her and he almost freaked right out. He was tangled up in the rags and couldn't get out! He couldn't leave his prince alone in this weird place, what if something bad were to happen!?!?
After several twists and turns, Bunny had made it almost all the way down the palace hall, when Krillin finally untangled himself and jumped free without her noticing, and slid into another room. He just had to wonder how she could notice anything at all with how much her eyes were squinted.
He just shook his head in annoyance, and realizing that he didn't know where he was, decided to climb up the wooden table that was near him to get a better view of where he was. 'I have to find my way back!' He thought as he climbed up the wooden leg desperately.
When he got up onto the table top, what he saw could have given him a heart attack! Nothing but dead and cooked fish everywhere! There were pots and pans with fish cooking and lobsters boiling! Krillin nearly screamed with the realization that he was in a kitchen! Over in the far corner of the room, digging through the cupboards for some more pots was the chef, singing merrily to himself.
**Les poisson!
Les poisson!
How I love les poisson!**
There was no time to get out there. The chef quickly stood up and turned around with his armful of pots, and Krillin only had just enough time to grab a small piece of lettuce from off of a plate on the table and use it to cover himself.
**Love to cook,
and serve, little fish!**
He watched in horror as the weird human with the giant afro and strange mustache, started to salt up and chop fish pieces before throwing them into a frying pan to cook. He then grabbed another whole, dead fish before mutilating it's body for the stove.
**First I cut off their heads,
Then I pull out the bones!
Ah mais oui
Ca c'est toujours delish!**
Krillin had to cover his mouth to keep from being sick at the sight. This was the world that Trunks wanted to be a part of!?!?! 'That kid is insane!'
**Les poisson,
Les poisson,
Hee, hee, hee!
Hah, hah, hah!
With the cleaver I hack them in two.
I pull out what's inside
And I serve it up fried!
God, I love little fishes
Don't you?**
Krillin tried to block out the giant humans sick song while he slowly tried to crawl away without being seen, but every time he pounded on a dead fish with a mallet he couldn't help but jump in the air in total fear and horror.
**Here's something for tempting the palate
Prepared in the classic technique
First you pound the fish flat with a mallet
Then you slash through the skin
Give the belly a slice,
Then you rub some salt in
'Cause that makes it taste nice!**
Suddenly chef Hercule turned around and grabbed the piece of lettuce that Krillin was using to hide with, to try and use it for one of his recipes, when he noticed the tiny crab beneath it. "Zut alors, I have missed one!" He cried out happily at the sight of him. Thankfully Krillin managed to hide his head in his shell before the giant oaf noticed that he wasn't dead, and decided to kill him.
**Sacre bleu!
What is this?
How on earth could I miss,
such a sweet and succulent crab?**
He sang out while holding him lovingly and preparing a boil of sauce and flour for him.
**Quel dommage
What a loss!
Here we go in the sauce!
Now some flour, I think
Only just a dab!**
He sang out while grabbing a large handful of flour and throwing it in his face. Krillin coughed and sneezed when the stuff got into his nose, but thankfully, Hercule didn't seem to notice with his loud singing. He then covered him in a strange red sauce before grabbing some bread and preparing to roughly shove it down Krillins shell.
**Now I stuff you with bread!
It don't hurt, 'cause you're dead!
And you're certainly lucky you are!**
When Hercule painfully shoved the bread down his shell and into his face, Krillin had to fight to keep from screaming his head off at the stupid buffoon, and continually remind himself that he was doing this for Trunks. But when he noticed the giant pot of boiling water that he was taking him towards, his jaw dropped in horror as he stopped and took aim.
**'Cause it's gonna be hot,
In my big silver pot!
Toodle loo mon poisson
Au revoir!**
Hercule then merrily threw Krillin in the direction of the boiling pot of water and turned his back on him. Krillin tried to scream in fear, but his voice wouldn't work as he quickly flew through the air and into the direction of his death. Thankfully, hanging over a cupboard above the stove, was a washcloth that he managed to quickly grab onto and use to swing clear of the boiling water with. He swung over safely next to the stove, but just as he was about to breath a sigh of relief Chef Hercule turned around again to check on the stove.
'Oh fuck!' Krillin thought as he played dead again. Hercule noticed him there and walked up to the counter and picked him up before looking at him curiously. "What's going on here?" He said to himself in confusion while still examining him.
Krillin knew there was no other way out. He had to act *now*. He quickly reached out and blindly pinched the first thing he could find. When he heard the scream of pain, signalling that he got his target, he brought his head out of his shell to see that he had gotten his nose!
He couldn't help but smirk at the sight of the screaming oaf and feel proud that he was the one to cause the pain. 'You deserve it after all you've done to these poor fish, you bastard!' He thought evilly while tightening his grip to the point where he drew a little blood.
Finally Hercule managed to rip him off of his nose and he roughly threw him down on the floor. "Fuck!! That really hurt!" He cried out, still in pain while clutching at his bleeding nose. He then took note of how the tiny crab was making his getaway on the floor and he quickly picked up his meat cleaver in complete rage, with only one thought in mind of what he intended to do with it.
Krillin looked up at him and his jaw dropped in shock when he saw the murder written in this humans eyes. Hercule took a quick swing at him but Krillin managed to dodge it as he made a desperate run for his life, with the crazy chef on his heels. Screaming out for his revenge.
He ran under a table and Chef Hercule followed him with his cleaver hacking, but he was too big and therefore he knocked it over. The plates all fell to the ground with a crash and all the food on top was ruined on the floor, while he just continued to ruin the rest of his kitchen with his cleaver as he chased the little crab.
Krillin was getting exhausted fast, and when he saw a large crack in one of the cupboards he ran over and hopped inside gratefully, hoping to get a moments rest before he made his escape. The chef saw him jump in there however, and he just bolted for him as fast as he could with his cleaver raised in the air dangerously and eyes bulging out of their sockets with rage.
Luckily for Krillin, Hercule slipped on one of the raw fish that had been previously knocked over on the floor, and he landed on his back with a painful cracking sound before quickly sliding into the cupboards with a crash and scream so loud the whole palace could hear.
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Bunny had just finished helping the prince's new guest into some nice suitable clothes, that looked *very* good on him, when they both heard the rage filled screaming and loud crashing that they both couldn't help but cringe at.
'What was that!?!' Trunks thought in slight fear. He didn't know what was considered normal around here, and for all he knew some giant animal had made it's way into the palace and was wreaking havoc, like that time a shark swam into Vegeta-sei and started eating all the surrounding fish.
Bunny just sighed in annoyance. "Hercule is such an oaf." She mumbled to herself angrily. Trunks heard what she said, and relaxed a bit in the realization that this must be normal. She turned back to him with her bright smile still in place. "You just wait right here and I'll be back to take you to the dining room, right now I have to deal with that fool of a chef." She said in annoyance before walking off.
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The entire kitchen was a disaster area. Almost all of the food was ruined and on the floor, several pots and dishes had been broken, and Hercule was still digging through the rubble trying to find that little crab that ruined his fine day.
Bunny opened the door to see him screaming on his knees while throwing more broken pots out of the way, needless to say she wasn't impressed. "HERCULE!!" She yelled in outrage.
He immediately stopped and looked up at her nervously. 'Oh shit.' He thought miserably with the realization of how this must look. "What the Hell are you doing!?!" She yelled in anger after taking a closer look at the disaster area.
Hercule quickly fumbled trying to explain himself to the seething headmistress of the palace servants. "I-I....I was just...there was a--"
"Well you had just better be sure to have all of this cleaned up by the time I get back!" She yelled again cutting him off. She then noticed that there was a tray of plates with some unspoiled food on it and decided to take it to the dining room before the chef could ruin it too.
As she slammed the door behind her, Hercule winced. "I hope I don't get fired for this." He though out loud while fully taking in the destruction of the room.
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Gohan lazily leaned against the large window in the dining room, while waiting for his new guest to arrive and trying (and failing) to ignore Yamcha at the same time. He was really starting to annoy him.
The large rectangular table was in the centre of the room and the light from the setting sun through the many large windows that ended at the ceilings set up a nice look to the place, making it look almost romantic even.
Goten was sitting at the table while impatiently waiting for his food to arrive and looking bored while Yamcha sat on the other side of him smoking a pipe. "I'm telling you, Gohan, *real live* people are not found out in the middle of the ocean without anyone else around." Yamcha said sternly. It was hard trying to convince his prince that there was no mysterious rescuer when he so stubbornly refused to listen to common sense. "And even if there *was* someone out there, why wouldn't he stick around for a reward? Or at *least* a thank you--"
"I'm telling you that he was real, Yamcha!" Gohan finally snapped, he was getting sick of listening to the same lectures like this day in and day out. "He was real and I'm going to find him." He said determinedly to his good friend still looking at him skeptically from the table. 'And I'm going to marry him.' He thought that last little bit to himself, because he knew that if he were to voice it, Yamcha would just get started on another debate with him that he didn't feel like getting into.
Bunny finally walked in with a food tray in her hands, but without their guest. "Where is he, Bunny?" Gohan asked when he saw her.
"I'm sorry, your highness, but there was a problem in the kitchen." She explained while putting the tray on the table. "I had to leave him alone for a minute to deal with it, and until Hercule can get it together, this is all there is." She said, pointing at the three covered plates on the try.
Gohan just smiled. "It's no problem at all, just go and get him down here. I don't want him to think that we've forgotten about him or anything." He said lightheartedly. Bunny then gave a small curtsey in respect before leaving the room to go and get him.
"There are only three plates, Gohan." Yamcha pointed out while getting up.
"That's not a big deal, you and Goten can eat with our guest, and then I'll have a snack later on tonight."
"Good!" Goten cried out happily while grabbing a plate for himself. He was starving and was sick of waiting.
"Wait for our guest to get here, Goten." Gohan said patiently when he caught sight of his brother preparing to eat.
"Aww, C'mon Gohan, please?" He begged with big watery, puppy dog eyes.
Gohan sighed at the sight. He should be here any minute so what would be the harm if Goten started first? "Alright." He said, giving into his little brother's antics. He just smiled happily as he pulled off the silver cover on the plate and dug in to all the good food waiting for him.
"So where did you find him again, Gohan?" Yamcha asked while preparing a seat for the mystery guest that his prince had found and brought home.
"On the beach," He replied. "in the area where all the stuff usually gets washed up after a storm. I think another ship went down somewhere and that he was on it, but he can't tell me who he is or where he comes from because he can't speak."
"Really? Poor guy." Yamcha said, sightly amazed. It was a miracle that their prince had lived through the storm, but to know that there were others out there was just intense.
Suddenly the three of them heard an amused giggling sound, and quickly turned towards the large doorway to see Bunny trying to coax the young stranger into the room. "Come on, don't be shy." She said in amusement while lightly pulling him into the room for everyone to see.
Gohan was delighted to see that he seemed to be walking well on his own now, but it was just the sight of him that took his breath away. He was absolutely *gorgeous* !!! Bunny had found him some decent gentlemen's clothes to wear with a light blue diner jacket, and she put his hair back in a loose ponytail that left a few strands behind to frame his face perfectly.
Trunks blushed lightly while shyly walking up to his prince. 'I hope he likes this.' He thought to himself nervously while stopping in front of him and waiting for approval.
Gohan couldn't help but blush as well at the very sight of him. "Y-you look great." Was all he could say in his stunned trance at how something could look so perfect, but Trunks beamed proudly at the compliment anyway. Goten noticed how his brother was looking at their guest and smiled knowingly. 'Is that the guy he wouldn't shut up about all this time?' He thought to himself in wonder before shaking his head. 'Nah, can't be.'
Bunny then came up behind him and led him over to a chair to sit in, with Gohans eyes following him back to the table, in amazement that he'd found such a beauty on the beach in nothing but rags.
Yamcha went over and playfully elbowed him in the ribs. "Perhaps you should forget about your imaginary friend and go after that one." He whispered to him slyly. Gohan blinked in slight shock at what he'd just heard, and he frowned slightly too. 'I'm so stupid. Here I am, thinking about marrying someone I've met only once, and now I'm looking at a total stranger like he never even existed at all!' He thought slightly angry with himself. 'I really need to grow up.'
"No, Yamcha. I'm already set on finding that boy from the water." He said to him determinedly.
He merely shrugged. "Fine then, I guess makes him free for me to go after." He said lazily while going to sit across from the lavender stranger. Gohan felt a twinge of jealousy at this, but said nothing as he pushed it in the back of his mind and took a seat.
He grabbed a plate from off of the silver tray and placed it in front of him. 'Hope he likes seafood.' He thought while sitting back down and waiting for his own meal to arrive.
"I'm done now!" Goten called out happily while showing them his licked clean plate. Gohan shook his head in amusement at the sight of his little brother and decided that he wouldn't scold him for licking his plate today. "Alright, you can go and play then." He said lightly to him.
Goten hopped off of his chair and ran on down to where his brother sat before leaving. Trunks smiled lightly at the little humans antics while he watched as he pulled his older brothers head down and whispered something in his ear.
"Gohan, you should marry him." He whispered lightly.
He just gave his little brother a confused look. "What? Why?" He whispered back. Gohan knew that it was impolite to whisper in front of people like this, but he didn't feel like speaking about something like this where everyone could hear them.
Goten just shrugged. "He's cool." Was all that was said for his explanation.
Gohan just blinked in confusion. "You've just seen him now for the first time ever and haven't even said hello, how would you know what he's like?" He whispered.
Another quick shrug was all he got before he finally received a vague answer. "You can just tell." He said knowingly before walking off. When he got to where the stranger was sitting though, he stopped.
Trunks looked down at the small human child in slight wonderment. 'Wonder what he wants.' He thought quietly.
"Hi there! My names Goten!" He introduced himself cheerfully while sticking out his hand for him to shake. Trunks regretted that he couldn't tell the young boy his name, but smiled back as he shook the youngsters hand.
Gohan smiled at his little brother's politeness to their new guest on the other side of the table, but that look was quickly replaced with sheer disbelief and embarrassment when he heard what else came out of his mouth.
"You should marry my brother. I think he likes you, but he's a little shy so don't worry about that too much." He said innocently with a smile on his face.
Gohan watched in horror as his beautiful new guest shyly looked up at him in slight shock at the statement that his brother just gave to him. They both blushed a deep shade of red before Goten was satisfied that his little mission to embarrass him was complete, and he walked away with a giant smile plastered on his face.
'I swear I'll get the little brat for this the first chance I get!' Gohan thought to himself in humiliation for his brothers actions. Yamcha just burst out laughing and not even the death glare from Gohan could shut him up.
"He got you good with that one, didn't he?" He cried out at Gohan while still laughing. He wasn't really looking at his plate as he continued to speak to him and lift up the silver cover off of his food, so he couldn't see Krillin hiding inside.
Trunks however, *did* see Krillin, and his eyes widened in pure shock as the small crab nervously waved at him to come and save him from being eaten. Trunks had to think quick at this point as his mind raced to frantically find a way to help his friend, without humiliating himself.
He looked over to see Gohan on the verge of yelling at his friend to shut up with his laughing, and decided that since they weren't looking Krillin should come over to where he was. He quickly lifted the cover from off of his plate and motioned for him to get under. The small crab wasted no time in scurrying on down as fast as he could before the two chattering humans could see him.
Just as Gohan turned towards him to speak, Trunks quickly closed the lid on his plate to safely conceal his friend with enough time to put on a nice innocent smile for him to see. "So how about it? Want me to take you around the village tomorrow?"
At first all he could do was blink in confusion. He didn't notice that a new conversation had started up about him, but he still nodded his head enthusiastically. Going out on a date tomorrow with Gohan would be fun!
Gohan wasn't too sure about the idea of courting around this beautiful young stranger for even a day, when he already promised his heart to his rescuer, but no harm could come from a single day could it? 'Yamcha and his stupid ideas!' He thought sarcastically. Strangely enough he felt a great surge of relief and happiness when his lavender haired guest beamed brightly at the offer and nodded his head happily. He couldn't help but smile back fondly.
"That's great!" Yamcha cried out happily at their smiling faces. This guy looked nice enough and Gohan seemed interested, plus he needed to get his mind off of his imaginary rescuer. This would be the perfect opportunity to do just that. "Let's eat already I'm starving!" He said while turning his attention back to his plate, only to look at it in disappointed shock for having nothing on it.
Gohan snickered at the sight of his pitiful face while he just grumbled about how much the chef must hate him. Trunks felt a little sorry that he had nothing to eat just yet, but he was glad that he'd saved his friend. The only problem now, would be to transfer Krillin from his plate and into his pocket without anyone seeing.
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Later on that night, Krillin found himself in a guest room fit for royalty, that the black haired human had given to his prince to sleep in. It was hard trying to get away from the dining room without those humans noticing him, or without Trunks having to eat the fish. But after enough hand signals and gestures they guessed that he must have allergies to the fish, whatever those are, and he gave his plate to Yamcha until something else could be made for him.
Krillin looked over at the balcony to where he saw Trunks, in a pair of pyjama pants, leaning against the rail and looking down. He was just over there, so he knew that he was admiring his human prince who was currently in the yard with his furry pet. A dog, if he remembered the name correctly.
Trunks walked back inside and quickly shut the glass doors with an embarrassed look on his face. The crab just smirked, knowing what had just happened. "He caught you looking at him, didn't he?" He asked in amusement.
Trunks slowly nodded his head with a fresh blush on his cheeks, and Krillin snickered at the hilarity of it. His prince could really be a pain in the shell sometimes, but he was a good kid in the long run, that much was certain.
He watched as Trunks picked up a fork and proceed to brush his hair with it. "I seriously hope you appreciate what I'm doing for you, Toranksu." He said sternly. If Vegeta were to ever find out then he would be dead in a second flat!
Trunks put down the fork and solemnly nodded his head. He appreciated the risk that the small crab was taking for him, he really did. Plus if he were to complain about that crazy chef one more time to him, then he swore he would go insane!
"Tomorrow we have to work extra hard to get that prince of yours to kiss you." Krillin said while Trunks made his way to the bed. "Bat your eyelashes at him," He suggested while batting his own eyelashes to show him what he meant. "Hold his hand a couple of times, and always try to look your absolute best!" He said determinedly, he would be damned if they would fail at this after coming so far!
Trunks nodded his head at the tiny crab while he climbed into the soft bed and stretched out on it lazily and enjoying the soft feel of it. But not realizing that he was supposed to go under the covers while his head found a pillow easily enough. He was used to sleeping without covers anyway, the sea was always warm enough so no one ever needed them, and it was a hot day too, so he remained pretty comfortable and fell asleep almost instantly.
Krillin smiled fondly at the sight of his prince sleeping soundly on the vast bed, and he blew out the candles in the room before climbing in with him to sleep on one of the large pillows. "You truly are a pain in my ass, kid." He said fondly, before closing his eyes and letting the darkness of the room and the warmth of the cushion send him to sleep. "But then I again I think you already know that." He whispered before finally drifting off with him.
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Back at Vegeta-sei, King Vegeta was pacing back and forth in worry in his throne room, waiting for news on his missing son. He truly did feel sorry for how he acted back at the cave that day, but when he went to check on him and found nobody there he became worried. Several hours ago he sent out search parties that all turned up nothing, and he was getting increasingly nervous.
He didn't mean what he said to him about not letting him pick out his own mate, and that thing about him never leaving his sight wouldn't have lasted more than a week at best, but then again Toranksu didn't know that. And he swam away from home.
A little seahorse that was part of the search party quickly swam up to his face and bowed. He was so nervous, the last fish to come here and say that nothing had been found swam out in tears, and he didn't feel like facing the kings wrath anymore than he wanted to put himself on some humans fishing hook.
"Was there any sign of them?" He asked the tiny seahorse worriedly.
"No your majesty," He replied nervously. "We've searched everywhere and we still have no clues as to where your son is."
"WELL THEN KEEP LOOKING!!" He roared out in rage and fear. "I want the searches to continue! Not *one* of my royal guards shall sleep until he is found and brought home!!"
The seahorse cringed at his frantic yelling, and felt that he understood why his prince would run away when he had such an awful tempered father. Of course he kept that opinion to himself as he bowed and quickly swam away before his king could yell at him some more for his failure.
Vegeta sank into his throne, before putting his head into his hands and shaking his head at himself in disgust. It was his fault his son was gone, and for all he knew he could be eaten by a shark and dead, or simply never come back to his home that he thought would be a prison to him, because of what he'd done back in that cave.
"What have I done?" He said out loud in shame, but the only sound to reply to him was the echo of his own voice in the vast room. He swore to himself right then and there, that if his son ever came back to him that he would apologise. His pride be damned!
Vegeta sighed sadly. "I apologize Toranksu. Please hear my plea and come home." He thought out loud to himself, hoping that his son would hear his prayer from wherever he was, but once again his only reply was the sad echo of his own voice.
To Be Continued..............................
A.N: So how was that? I didn't kill him like you all asked for so I hope your all happy! =P ^_^ Review me please!!!!!!!!!!!!! I like reviews! They help me to write and if I don't get lots I guess I'll just have to not finish it! (laughs evilly!)
By:Freewater
Disclaimers: I do not own DBZ and I don't own the little mermaid despite how cool that would be! Please don't sue you will only receive two cats that are VERY annoying and pee everywhere!
Warnings: None that I can think of, aside from the fact that Bulma will not be found in this fic, but she is mentioned in some parts. Swearing also.
Pairings: Gh-Tr (It can be Mirai Gohan and Mirai Trunks if you want since this is just a fairy tail fic and there are no real specifics on the characters, aside from Trunks' long hair. Just use your imagination! ^_^)
Rating: pg-13
Archive: Sure, anything's good!^_^
Feedback: Definitely! Please, yes!! I want to know if I did a good job or not writing this!
Notes: A bunch of these little stars **** Means a change in time or scenery. ''These things here indicate thoughts. These things // are used to indicate telepathy. Bra is a little older than what she should normally be. She is nine and Trunks is sixteen. Gohan is eighteen and Goten is also nine. Ch#4-?
Mermaid: Trunks
Prince: Gohan
King of the sea: Vegeta (duh)
Sea Witch: Cell (Their both creepy and weird looking)
Two Eels: Cell juniors
Sebastian: Krillin
Flounder: Flounder will just be the Turtle that hangs out with Master Roshi since he is cowardly. I would have made him Goten, but he's Gohans little brother and therefore will remain on land. I know that turtles need air to breath but lets just pretend that this one doesn't.
Most Trusted Advisor to Gohan: Yamcha
Seagull: Master Roshi (their both nuts! Nuff said.)
Dog: Icarus (I know that Icarus is supposed to be a dragon, but I'm keeping him a dog)
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Down on the beach, in the bright sunshine just outside of the royal palace, Gohan sat on a large boulder in the sand and played that strange song on his flute. Icarus was there with him, enjoying the harmonic sound combined with the swishing of the sea current while keeping him company. Gohan had been unable to get the sound of that beautiful strangers song and voice out of his head, so he resorted to playing it to calm his thoughts. He suddenly stopped playing for a moment and looked down at his large dog, who sat by his feet loyally, listening to the song he played and patiently waiting for him to continue it.
When he tried to explain to everyone how he was saved, the only reason why no one laughed in his face was because he is their prince. But that didn't stop them from telling him how insane the idea was, that a complete stranger would save a rich prince and then run away without asking for anything in return.
The only thing that Gohan had to describe him with was his voice, but that didn't help at all. He offered a reward to the person who could help him locate his rescuer, and while many people showed up claiming to have his angel for him, they were all proven to be liars. A lot of people came in claiming to know who he was talking about or be the one who had saved him, but when he asked them to sing the song that was sang to him on the beach, they all came up short. Some of them were even tone deaf, and were all laughed out with the threat of the dungeon for lying to their prince and future king.
Yamcha suggested that perhaps it was just the shock of being in the ocean for too long that caused him to imagine that he was saved by a person, when it was more likely that the current had just washed him ashore. He then proceeded to pulled out his flute and play the song that the wonderful stranger had soothingly sang to him for Yamcha to hear.
No- one had ever heard anything like that song before, and it brought in a few believers while others would just call him insane behind his back. Yamcha was stunned but still skeptic, and the only person who seemed to believe him one hundred percent, that he knew he could trust was Goten, but that was all.
'I can't that voice out of my head. I've looked everywhere and there's no sign of him.' He thought to himself sadly. Gohan brought his finger tips up to touch his lips in remembrance of the bold kiss he'd given to his rescuer. He'd kissed back, so he knew that he didn't scare him off with the act. 'I just don't get it. Where is he?'
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Farther along down the beach where there were more rocks piled up, and the remains of the ship that had caught fire where washing ashore, Krillin and Turtle were resting on the rocks after carrying Trunks' heavy form to the shore. He was still unconscious, so they rested him on a rock, with his legs still in the water, so they could take a breather.
Turtle was exhausted and breathing heavily in the water, while Krillin collapsed on another rock. His pinchers were killing him! Trying to hold onto a creature that was well over ten times your size *wasn't* easy!
Trunks suddenly groaned from where he lay sprawled out on the rock and shifted a bit. 'He decides to get up now, after we just finish carrying him all the way to the shore!' Krillin thought in annoyance. Trunks opened his eyes and had to push his hair out of his face in order to see. 'Man, I really should get this cut. God, what a weird dream!'' He thought, as he sat up and leaned his back against the rock in the shallow water.
He brought his knees up for better support when he suddenly noticed them. His eyes widened and he looked at them in shock, spreading them out a bit to see if they were real. 'It wasn't a dream! My tail's gone! I really have legs!' He thought excitedly as he brought one of them out of the water and wiggled his toes in amusement. 'This is so cool!' He thought happily.
Krillin was just about to freak out at the sight of his feet until he heard an annoying squawking sound that distracted him. "Well, well, well! Would you look at what the catfish dragged in!"
They all looked up to see Master Roshi circling around them. Krillin looked pissed at the sight of the bird who helped give his prince all those dumbass human ideas. In his mind, what Trunks had done to himself was just as much his fault as it was that sea sorcerers. Turtle and Trunks looked thrilled to see him about to make his land. 'He'll be pretty surprised when he sees this!' Trunks thought as his friend swooped down to land on his leg that he's crossed over his other knee.
"Well would you look at this!" He said, eyeing Trunks happily. "Out sunbathing I see! No worries about your father today?"
Trunks smiled and shook his head. Krillin was almost shaking with the fury that the stupid seagull didn't realize how he'd landed on Trunks' leg when he wasn't supposed to have any at all. "Something looks different about you today." He thought out loud. "Wait! It's your hair, right? You've been using a dingle hopper, right?"
Once again Trunks shook his head, but his smile got wider as his friend continued to guess. "Hmm...Let me think...Lose any weight?" Trunks Shook his head, chuckling silently.
Master Roshi then proceeded to bounce Trunks' leg up and down while still perched on it. "I can't really think of anything right now, but if I just stand here long enough--"
Krillin couldn't take it anymore. Just how stupid was this animal? "HE'S GOT LEGS YOU FUCKING DUMBASS!!" He screamed in anger. Roshi jumped off of Trunks' leg in surprised to see that it was actually a human leg instead of a fin that he was perched on.
"He traded in his voice to Cell and he gave him legs! For gods sake!" Krillin explained while eyeing the bird in disbelief for being so damn stupid.
"Oh! I knew that!" Roshi said trying to make up for his stupidity. Everyone just rolled their eyes at him. Trunks decided to try out his knew legs and shakily stood up in the water.
"Trunks has been turned into a human!" Turtle continued. "He's got to find that prince he saved, and he's got to kiss him!"
"And he's only got three days, or else Cell will own him!" Krillin finished just as Trunks lost his balance and fell back into the water, splashing everyone.
Krillin turned to look at him in annoyance as he picked a piece of seaweed out of his hair, then the full shock of what he was hit him. "I can't believe it! Just look at him! On legs! Filthy human legs!" He suddenly breathed in the air shakily as if he were choking on it. "No, no , no! I-I must be hallucinating!" He covered his eyes for a second, only to look back and see his prince giving him a strange look with his legs still in place.
"Vegeta is going to boil me alive!" He cried out in total fear while Trunks just tried to stand up again. "I know what to do!" He suddenly shouted. "I'm going to march down there right now and tell Vegeta *everything!"
Trunks gasped as he watched the little crab try to go back into the water. He quickly got down on his knees and picked him up, and started to desperately shake his head to let him know just how much he didn't want him to do that.
"Do *not* shake your head at me!" Krillin yelled at the youth. "This is all your fault to begin with! It won't be my fault if your father turns you into fish food for this!" Trunks winced at that. It was true, if his father found out about this then he would be in *major* shit. He would probably never see what it looks like on the outside of the palace ever again either.
Krillin suddenly looked at his saddened face. "M-maybe we don't have to tell your father. Maybe I could just try to convince Cell to give you back your voice, and then you can go home and...." He stalled, noting the tears that were forming in the young princes eyes. "...be miserable for your entire life." He finished glumly.
Krillin sighed in annoyance with himself for giving in. "Alright, alright, I'll help you find your prince."
Trunks' face immediately brightened up as his tears disappeared. He lipped the words "Thank you" before gently putting him down on a rock. "I can't believe I'm doing this." Krillin said to himself in disbelief. Turtle didn't say anything, but he did smile at how nice the crab was being.
Master Roshi soon took note of how Trunks wasn't wearing anything and he decided to help with that. "Ok, Trunks if you want to be a human your going to need to cover up. Most humans don't walk around naked like that." He said while pointing at him.
Trunks had never been a naked human before so he didn't think too much of it as Roshi grabbed some shredded cloth from a sail and threw it at him. 'Must've come from another ship wreck.' He thought while wrapping it around his waist like a towel.
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Gohan was still wandering around the beach, lost in his thoughts with his dog for company. 'Why can't I find you?' He thought to himself sadly. He still couldn't get that boy out of his head.
Icaruse suddenly stopped and sniffed in deeply. He'd just caught a scent that he'd only smelled once before, when he was licking at that fish his master seemed to like so much. He barked out happily to get Gohans attention.
"Icarus? What's wrong boy?" He asked as he walked towards his excited dog. Suddenly he took off in the direction of his masters Love and Gohan ran behind him in the shock of what he was doing. Icarus had never ran away from him before.
"Icarus, come back!" He cried out as he gave chase. The dog just ignored his masters plea, knowing that in the long run he was doing him a big favour and might even get treats for it.
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Trunks tried to make his way up to the beach with Turtle not too far behind him and Rosh just up ahead shouting out his support. Walking was *hard*, and it hurt too, as he kept on falling over. Krillin was clinging onto the cloth that was tied around his waist in nervous fear. He almost got crushed the last time his prince fell over.
Finally, after about ten or fifteen minutes of struggling, he made it up to the dry part of the beach. There were large rocks all around to hold onto and help keep his balance with, so he didn't fall over again, much to Krillins delight.
"Alright kid, the royal human palace is that way," Roshi said while perching himself on a nearby rock and pointing to the left. "You should find that human you like down th--"
He was startled out of his explanations as a loud barking sound interrupted him, and Icarus came racing down in there direction. Trunks recognised the dog from the ship, but it looked like it was ready to knock him over and eat him as it sped down in his direction. 'Oh shit.' He thought in slight dismay. Roshi flew away in fear of the approaching animal and Turtle dived into the safety of the water.
"Run already, Trunks!" Krillin yelled while still clinging onto the cloth around his waist, he didn't feel like being dog food right now. He tried to do as he was told, but he was just too slow and his legs were too weak to get away, and soon the animal was jumping up and down in excitement at his heels.
Icarus had found what his master was looking for, and he was excited. So excited that the animal didn't even care that the strange fish thing no longer had it's tail. It had to be him, the scent was exactly the same!
When there seemed to be no way of getting the animal away from him, Trunks quickly climbed onto one of the nearby rocks where he hoped to be safe from it. He perched himself there and watched as the dog continued to jump up and down in excitement around the rock. He leaned in for a closer look at the furry animal and without warning, it jumped at him and licked his face.
He couldn't help but smile as he wiped away the slobber on his cheek. Perhaps this animal wasn't as bad as he thought.
Suddenly Trunks heard the sound of his prince off in the distance, and his heart leapt. "Icarus!!" He raised his head in time to see Gohan run out from around a corner of large rocks, and Icarus ran to him obediently.
He didn't notice that Trunks was sitting on the rock yet as his dog currently had his attention, while jumping up and down in the air with excitement. "What's the matter boy? What's gotten into you?" He asked while trying to calm him down. Icarus made as if to run away again, in the direction of where Trunks was sitting, and when he looked up and saw him on the giant rock his breath got caught in his throat.
"Oh! Oh, I see." He said in understanding, while slowly walking in his direction, he'd never seen this boy before and was curious as to who he was.
As he approached Trunks quickly removed the hair from his face, and frantically pulled out a piece of seaweed and threw it away, he wanted to look his best for him.
Gohan looked around and saw the remains of a shipwreck, as well as the rags this handsome young man was wearing. "Are you alright sir?" He asked in worry that maybe it wasn't just his ship that went down in that storm. Trunks just looked down at him and smiled happily. He'd found Gohan a lot sooner than he thought he would, and he was ecstatic.
Icarus continued his barking at the stranger, not threateningly but happily. Gohan didn't notice that however, and thought that maybe he was scaring the young man as he pushed him out of the way. "Icarus, stop barking." He hissed in annoyance.
"You don't have to worry about him, he's harmless." Gohan tried to say lightheartedly, but when he looked back up at the young man on the rocks who was staring at him in fascination, something inside of his head just clicked. "You look....familiar. Have we met?" He asked.
'He recognises me!' Trunks thought happily while nodding his head. Krillin just watched from his hiding spot in amusement. Perhaps this wasn't such a bad idea after all.
Icarus tried to jump up again, but Gohan just quickly pushed him out of the way. "We have met! You the one I've been looking for!" He said excitedly while grabbing his hands. "What's your name?" Asked in wonder.
Trunks immediately tried to tell him, but when he moved his lips no sound came out. He quickly brought his hand up to hold his throat in surprise as his face fell in disappointment, he'd forgotten that Cell had his voice.
Gohan saw his face fall and became worried. "What's the matter?" He asked worriedly. Trunks patted his neck lightly to try and show him what the problem was, he caught on right away. "You can't speak?" He asked softly. Trunks shook his head no, sadly.
Remembering that the one who saved him had a beautiful voice, Gohans face fell. "Oh, I guess you can't be the one I'm talking about." He said slowly while removing his hands in disappointment. Perhaps this young man was just confused as to who he was talking about.
Krillins face dropped in shock when he heard that. 'That stupid cheat! No wonder he wanted Trunks' voice! This is going to be more difficult than we thought.' He thought angrily that Cell would pull such a dirty trick.
Trunks sighed sadly, and strangely enough so did Icarus. After all of that his master couldn't even tell that this was his love that he was looking for. Humans! You would think that the scent alone would be a dead give away!
Trunks suddenly got an idea and frantically began to move his hands around, trying desperately to tell him about who he was. Gohan saw what he was doing but didn't understand, and he became worried. "What's the matter? Are you hurt?"
Trunks shook his head no, while he still tried to figure out what he was saying. "Do you need help?" He asked frantically. Trunks nodded his head for him, but lost his balance and fell off of the rock.
Thankfully Gohan was quick to catch him before he hurt himself on the sharper rocks at his feet, and he tried to pull him up to his feet but he noticed that the young stranger was having trouble standing, and he needed to lean on him for support.
He became increasingly worried for the young man in his arms and assumed that he must have been hurt in a ship wreck, and as prince it was his duty to help any member of his kingdom, even if he's never seen him before. "You must have been through a lot." He said while putting one of Trunks' arms around his shoulder. "Here, I'll help you." He said softly while making his way to the palace with his new guest.
Trunks looked back once at the beach and smiled as he saw Roshi and Turtle waving and giving him a thumbs up sign for his good work in finding his prince so soon. Krillin just breathed a sigh of relief. He afraid for a moment that, that human would just leave them there on the beach without a second thought to his feelings or safety. 'I suppose humans aren't all *that* bad.' He reasoned with himself as they went.
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Soon Trunks found himself in a giant bathroom of the royal palace that Gohan lived in, having a bubble bath while a handmaiden attended to him. A nice old lady with done up, blonde hair. She said her name was Bunny and that if he needed anything to just ask. Gohan had to tell her that he couldn't speak, and she got really embarrassed and turned a bright red at having made a fool of herself like that, but after a few minutes of specific hand movements and gestures, she realized that he wasn't insulted and didn't mind.
Gohan told him the he should just relax and have a nice bath, and when he was done he could go and eat with him in the dining room! Trunks got really excited and immediately jumped in the steaming water. Gohan laughed in amusement and told him that he would wait for him to be done in the dining room, and that Bunny would help him with some clothes. 'He's so generous to others.' Trunks thought in amazement as he watched him leave.
When he was gone, Bunny told him that he should be really proud of himself because that was the first time Gohan had laughed since his accident. Trunks smiled lightly and blushed a little, feeling proud of himself, as he started to play around with the bubbles in the bathtub.
'These are so cool!' He thought in amusement, while putting some in his hand and blowing them away. He'd never had a bath before, or been in such warm water, and it felt really good.
Bunny grabbed a bucket of soapy water and dumped it over his hair before lathering it up a bit. "Washed up from a shipwreck..." She said, still in amazement of what her prince had told her. "You poor thing. Don't you worry, we'll have you cleaned up and better in no time." She said while grabbing another bucket and dumping that over his hair to rinse.
Trunks liked it a lot, and even thought it tickled a little. 'So this is what it's like to be human.' He thought happily. Of course he was still a little upset that Gohan hadn't recognized him, but he still had Master Roshi, Turtle and Krillin to help him with that.
Bunny grabbed the large piece of cloth that Trunks was using earlier to cover himself with and, shaking her head, decided that it just had to go. "I'll get rid of this for you and bring you back something better to wear." She said lightheartedly, while walking away.
Trunks barely heard her as he just continued to enjoy his bath. Krillin however, *did* hear her and he almost freaked right out. He was tangled up in the rags and couldn't get out! He couldn't leave his prince alone in this weird place, what if something bad were to happen!?!?
After several twists and turns, Bunny had made it almost all the way down the palace hall, when Krillin finally untangled himself and jumped free without her noticing, and slid into another room. He just had to wonder how she could notice anything at all with how much her eyes were squinted.
He just shook his head in annoyance, and realizing that he didn't know where he was, decided to climb up the wooden table that was near him to get a better view of where he was. 'I have to find my way back!' He thought as he climbed up the wooden leg desperately.
When he got up onto the table top, what he saw could have given him a heart attack! Nothing but dead and cooked fish everywhere! There were pots and pans with fish cooking and lobsters boiling! Krillin nearly screamed with the realization that he was in a kitchen! Over in the far corner of the room, digging through the cupboards for some more pots was the chef, singing merrily to himself.
**Les poisson!
Les poisson!
How I love les poisson!**
There was no time to get out there. The chef quickly stood up and turned around with his armful of pots, and Krillin only had just enough time to grab a small piece of lettuce from off of a plate on the table and use it to cover himself.
**Love to cook,
and serve, little fish!**
He watched in horror as the weird human with the giant afro and strange mustache, started to salt up and chop fish pieces before throwing them into a frying pan to cook. He then grabbed another whole, dead fish before mutilating it's body for the stove.
**First I cut off their heads,
Then I pull out the bones!
Ah mais oui
Ca c'est toujours delish!**
Krillin had to cover his mouth to keep from being sick at the sight. This was the world that Trunks wanted to be a part of!?!?! 'That kid is insane!'
**Les poisson,
Les poisson,
Hee, hee, hee!
Hah, hah, hah!
With the cleaver I hack them in two.
I pull out what's inside
And I serve it up fried!
God, I love little fishes
Don't you?**
Krillin tried to block out the giant humans sick song while he slowly tried to crawl away without being seen, but every time he pounded on a dead fish with a mallet he couldn't help but jump in the air in total fear and horror.
**Here's something for tempting the palate
Prepared in the classic technique
First you pound the fish flat with a mallet
Then you slash through the skin
Give the belly a slice,
Then you rub some salt in
'Cause that makes it taste nice!**
Suddenly chef Hercule turned around and grabbed the piece of lettuce that Krillin was using to hide with, to try and use it for one of his recipes, when he noticed the tiny crab beneath it. "Zut alors, I have missed one!" He cried out happily at the sight of him. Thankfully Krillin managed to hide his head in his shell before the giant oaf noticed that he wasn't dead, and decided to kill him.
**Sacre bleu!
What is this?
How on earth could I miss,
such a sweet and succulent crab?**
He sang out while holding him lovingly and preparing a boil of sauce and flour for him.
**Quel dommage
What a loss!
Here we go in the sauce!
Now some flour, I think
Only just a dab!**
He sang out while grabbing a large handful of flour and throwing it in his face. Krillin coughed and sneezed when the stuff got into his nose, but thankfully, Hercule didn't seem to notice with his loud singing. He then covered him in a strange red sauce before grabbing some bread and preparing to roughly shove it down Krillins shell.
**Now I stuff you with bread!
It don't hurt, 'cause you're dead!
And you're certainly lucky you are!**
When Hercule painfully shoved the bread down his shell and into his face, Krillin had to fight to keep from screaming his head off at the stupid buffoon, and continually remind himself that he was doing this for Trunks. But when he noticed the giant pot of boiling water that he was taking him towards, his jaw dropped in horror as he stopped and took aim.
**'Cause it's gonna be hot,
In my big silver pot!
Toodle loo mon poisson
Au revoir!**
Hercule then merrily threw Krillin in the direction of the boiling pot of water and turned his back on him. Krillin tried to scream in fear, but his voice wouldn't work as he quickly flew through the air and into the direction of his death. Thankfully, hanging over a cupboard above the stove, was a washcloth that he managed to quickly grab onto and use to swing clear of the boiling water with. He swung over safely next to the stove, but just as he was about to breath a sigh of relief Chef Hercule turned around again to check on the stove.
'Oh fuck!' Krillin thought as he played dead again. Hercule noticed him there and walked up to the counter and picked him up before looking at him curiously. "What's going on here?" He said to himself in confusion while still examining him.
Krillin knew there was no other way out. He had to act *now*. He quickly reached out and blindly pinched the first thing he could find. When he heard the scream of pain, signalling that he got his target, he brought his head out of his shell to see that he had gotten his nose!
He couldn't help but smirk at the sight of the screaming oaf and feel proud that he was the one to cause the pain. 'You deserve it after all you've done to these poor fish, you bastard!' He thought evilly while tightening his grip to the point where he drew a little blood.
Finally Hercule managed to rip him off of his nose and he roughly threw him down on the floor. "Fuck!! That really hurt!" He cried out, still in pain while clutching at his bleeding nose. He then took note of how the tiny crab was making his getaway on the floor and he quickly picked up his meat cleaver in complete rage, with only one thought in mind of what he intended to do with it.
Krillin looked up at him and his jaw dropped in shock when he saw the murder written in this humans eyes. Hercule took a quick swing at him but Krillin managed to dodge it as he made a desperate run for his life, with the crazy chef on his heels. Screaming out for his revenge.
He ran under a table and Chef Hercule followed him with his cleaver hacking, but he was too big and therefore he knocked it over. The plates all fell to the ground with a crash and all the food on top was ruined on the floor, while he just continued to ruin the rest of his kitchen with his cleaver as he chased the little crab.
Krillin was getting exhausted fast, and when he saw a large crack in one of the cupboards he ran over and hopped inside gratefully, hoping to get a moments rest before he made his escape. The chef saw him jump in there however, and he just bolted for him as fast as he could with his cleaver raised in the air dangerously and eyes bulging out of their sockets with rage.
Luckily for Krillin, Hercule slipped on one of the raw fish that had been previously knocked over on the floor, and he landed on his back with a painful cracking sound before quickly sliding into the cupboards with a crash and scream so loud the whole palace could hear.
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Bunny had just finished helping the prince's new guest into some nice suitable clothes, that looked *very* good on him, when they both heard the rage filled screaming and loud crashing that they both couldn't help but cringe at.
'What was that!?!' Trunks thought in slight fear. He didn't know what was considered normal around here, and for all he knew some giant animal had made it's way into the palace and was wreaking havoc, like that time a shark swam into Vegeta-sei and started eating all the surrounding fish.
Bunny just sighed in annoyance. "Hercule is such an oaf." She mumbled to herself angrily. Trunks heard what she said, and relaxed a bit in the realization that this must be normal. She turned back to him with her bright smile still in place. "You just wait right here and I'll be back to take you to the dining room, right now I have to deal with that fool of a chef." She said in annoyance before walking off.
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The entire kitchen was a disaster area. Almost all of the food was ruined and on the floor, several pots and dishes had been broken, and Hercule was still digging through the rubble trying to find that little crab that ruined his fine day.
Bunny opened the door to see him screaming on his knees while throwing more broken pots out of the way, needless to say she wasn't impressed. "HERCULE!!" She yelled in outrage.
He immediately stopped and looked up at her nervously. 'Oh shit.' He thought miserably with the realization of how this must look. "What the Hell are you doing!?!" She yelled in anger after taking a closer look at the disaster area.
Hercule quickly fumbled trying to explain himself to the seething headmistress of the palace servants. "I-I....I was just...there was a--"
"Well you had just better be sure to have all of this cleaned up by the time I get back!" She yelled again cutting him off. She then noticed that there was a tray of plates with some unspoiled food on it and decided to take it to the dining room before the chef could ruin it too.
As she slammed the door behind her, Hercule winced. "I hope I don't get fired for this." He though out loud while fully taking in the destruction of the room.
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Gohan lazily leaned against the large window in the dining room, while waiting for his new guest to arrive and trying (and failing) to ignore Yamcha at the same time. He was really starting to annoy him.
The large rectangular table was in the centre of the room and the light from the setting sun through the many large windows that ended at the ceilings set up a nice look to the place, making it look almost romantic even.
Goten was sitting at the table while impatiently waiting for his food to arrive and looking bored while Yamcha sat on the other side of him smoking a pipe. "I'm telling you, Gohan, *real live* people are not found out in the middle of the ocean without anyone else around." Yamcha said sternly. It was hard trying to convince his prince that there was no mysterious rescuer when he so stubbornly refused to listen to common sense. "And even if there *was* someone out there, why wouldn't he stick around for a reward? Or at *least* a thank you--"
"I'm telling you that he was real, Yamcha!" Gohan finally snapped, he was getting sick of listening to the same lectures like this day in and day out. "He was real and I'm going to find him." He said determinedly to his good friend still looking at him skeptically from the table. 'And I'm going to marry him.' He thought that last little bit to himself, because he knew that if he were to voice it, Yamcha would just get started on another debate with him that he didn't feel like getting into.
Bunny finally walked in with a food tray in her hands, but without their guest. "Where is he, Bunny?" Gohan asked when he saw her.
"I'm sorry, your highness, but there was a problem in the kitchen." She explained while putting the tray on the table. "I had to leave him alone for a minute to deal with it, and until Hercule can get it together, this is all there is." She said, pointing at the three covered plates on the try.
Gohan just smiled. "It's no problem at all, just go and get him down here. I don't want him to think that we've forgotten about him or anything." He said lightheartedly. Bunny then gave a small curtsey in respect before leaving the room to go and get him.
"There are only three plates, Gohan." Yamcha pointed out while getting up.
"That's not a big deal, you and Goten can eat with our guest, and then I'll have a snack later on tonight."
"Good!" Goten cried out happily while grabbing a plate for himself. He was starving and was sick of waiting.
"Wait for our guest to get here, Goten." Gohan said patiently when he caught sight of his brother preparing to eat.
"Aww, C'mon Gohan, please?" He begged with big watery, puppy dog eyes.
Gohan sighed at the sight. He should be here any minute so what would be the harm if Goten started first? "Alright." He said, giving into his little brother's antics. He just smiled happily as he pulled off the silver cover on the plate and dug in to all the good food waiting for him.
"So where did you find him again, Gohan?" Yamcha asked while preparing a seat for the mystery guest that his prince had found and brought home.
"On the beach," He replied. "in the area where all the stuff usually gets washed up after a storm. I think another ship went down somewhere and that he was on it, but he can't tell me who he is or where he comes from because he can't speak."
"Really? Poor guy." Yamcha said, sightly amazed. It was a miracle that their prince had lived through the storm, but to know that there were others out there was just intense.
Suddenly the three of them heard an amused giggling sound, and quickly turned towards the large doorway to see Bunny trying to coax the young stranger into the room. "Come on, don't be shy." She said in amusement while lightly pulling him into the room for everyone to see.
Gohan was delighted to see that he seemed to be walking well on his own now, but it was just the sight of him that took his breath away. He was absolutely *gorgeous* !!! Bunny had found him some decent gentlemen's clothes to wear with a light blue diner jacket, and she put his hair back in a loose ponytail that left a few strands behind to frame his face perfectly.
Trunks blushed lightly while shyly walking up to his prince. 'I hope he likes this.' He thought to himself nervously while stopping in front of him and waiting for approval.
Gohan couldn't help but blush as well at the very sight of him. "Y-you look great." Was all he could say in his stunned trance at how something could look so perfect, but Trunks beamed proudly at the compliment anyway. Goten noticed how his brother was looking at their guest and smiled knowingly. 'Is that the guy he wouldn't shut up about all this time?' He thought to himself in wonder before shaking his head. 'Nah, can't be.'
Bunny then came up behind him and led him over to a chair to sit in, with Gohans eyes following him back to the table, in amazement that he'd found such a beauty on the beach in nothing but rags.
Yamcha went over and playfully elbowed him in the ribs. "Perhaps you should forget about your imaginary friend and go after that one." He whispered to him slyly. Gohan blinked in slight shock at what he'd just heard, and he frowned slightly too. 'I'm so stupid. Here I am, thinking about marrying someone I've met only once, and now I'm looking at a total stranger like he never even existed at all!' He thought slightly angry with himself. 'I really need to grow up.'
"No, Yamcha. I'm already set on finding that boy from the water." He said to him determinedly.
He merely shrugged. "Fine then, I guess makes him free for me to go after." He said lazily while going to sit across from the lavender stranger. Gohan felt a twinge of jealousy at this, but said nothing as he pushed it in the back of his mind and took a seat.
He grabbed a plate from off of the silver tray and placed it in front of him. 'Hope he likes seafood.' He thought while sitting back down and waiting for his own meal to arrive.
"I'm done now!" Goten called out happily while showing them his licked clean plate. Gohan shook his head in amusement at the sight of his little brother and decided that he wouldn't scold him for licking his plate today. "Alright, you can go and play then." He said lightly to him.
Goten hopped off of his chair and ran on down to where his brother sat before leaving. Trunks smiled lightly at the little humans antics while he watched as he pulled his older brothers head down and whispered something in his ear.
"Gohan, you should marry him." He whispered lightly.
He just gave his little brother a confused look. "What? Why?" He whispered back. Gohan knew that it was impolite to whisper in front of people like this, but he didn't feel like speaking about something like this where everyone could hear them.
Goten just shrugged. "He's cool." Was all that was said for his explanation.
Gohan just blinked in confusion. "You've just seen him now for the first time ever and haven't even said hello, how would you know what he's like?" He whispered.
Another quick shrug was all he got before he finally received a vague answer. "You can just tell." He said knowingly before walking off. When he got to where the stranger was sitting though, he stopped.
Trunks looked down at the small human child in slight wonderment. 'Wonder what he wants.' He thought quietly.
"Hi there! My names Goten!" He introduced himself cheerfully while sticking out his hand for him to shake. Trunks regretted that he couldn't tell the young boy his name, but smiled back as he shook the youngsters hand.
Gohan smiled at his little brother's politeness to their new guest on the other side of the table, but that look was quickly replaced with sheer disbelief and embarrassment when he heard what else came out of his mouth.
"You should marry my brother. I think he likes you, but he's a little shy so don't worry about that too much." He said innocently with a smile on his face.
Gohan watched in horror as his beautiful new guest shyly looked up at him in slight shock at the statement that his brother just gave to him. They both blushed a deep shade of red before Goten was satisfied that his little mission to embarrass him was complete, and he walked away with a giant smile plastered on his face.
'I swear I'll get the little brat for this the first chance I get!' Gohan thought to himself in humiliation for his brothers actions. Yamcha just burst out laughing and not even the death glare from Gohan could shut him up.
"He got you good with that one, didn't he?" He cried out at Gohan while still laughing. He wasn't really looking at his plate as he continued to speak to him and lift up the silver cover off of his food, so he couldn't see Krillin hiding inside.
Trunks however, *did* see Krillin, and his eyes widened in pure shock as the small crab nervously waved at him to come and save him from being eaten. Trunks had to think quick at this point as his mind raced to frantically find a way to help his friend, without humiliating himself.
He looked over to see Gohan on the verge of yelling at his friend to shut up with his laughing, and decided that since they weren't looking Krillin should come over to where he was. He quickly lifted the cover from off of his plate and motioned for him to get under. The small crab wasted no time in scurrying on down as fast as he could before the two chattering humans could see him.
Just as Gohan turned towards him to speak, Trunks quickly closed the lid on his plate to safely conceal his friend with enough time to put on a nice innocent smile for him to see. "So how about it? Want me to take you around the village tomorrow?"
At first all he could do was blink in confusion. He didn't notice that a new conversation had started up about him, but he still nodded his head enthusiastically. Going out on a date tomorrow with Gohan would be fun!
Gohan wasn't too sure about the idea of courting around this beautiful young stranger for even a day, when he already promised his heart to his rescuer, but no harm could come from a single day could it? 'Yamcha and his stupid ideas!' He thought sarcastically. Strangely enough he felt a great surge of relief and happiness when his lavender haired guest beamed brightly at the offer and nodded his head happily. He couldn't help but smile back fondly.
"That's great!" Yamcha cried out happily at their smiling faces. This guy looked nice enough and Gohan seemed interested, plus he needed to get his mind off of his imaginary rescuer. This would be the perfect opportunity to do just that. "Let's eat already I'm starving!" He said while turning his attention back to his plate, only to look at it in disappointed shock for having nothing on it.
Gohan snickered at the sight of his pitiful face while he just grumbled about how much the chef must hate him. Trunks felt a little sorry that he had nothing to eat just yet, but he was glad that he'd saved his friend. The only problem now, would be to transfer Krillin from his plate and into his pocket without anyone seeing.
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Later on that night, Krillin found himself in a guest room fit for royalty, that the black haired human had given to his prince to sleep in. It was hard trying to get away from the dining room without those humans noticing him, or without Trunks having to eat the fish. But after enough hand signals and gestures they guessed that he must have allergies to the fish, whatever those are, and he gave his plate to Yamcha until something else could be made for him.
Krillin looked over at the balcony to where he saw Trunks, in a pair of pyjama pants, leaning against the rail and looking down. He was just over there, so he knew that he was admiring his human prince who was currently in the yard with his furry pet. A dog, if he remembered the name correctly.
Trunks walked back inside and quickly shut the glass doors with an embarrassed look on his face. The crab just smirked, knowing what had just happened. "He caught you looking at him, didn't he?" He asked in amusement.
Trunks slowly nodded his head with a fresh blush on his cheeks, and Krillin snickered at the hilarity of it. His prince could really be a pain in the shell sometimes, but he was a good kid in the long run, that much was certain.
He watched as Trunks picked up a fork and proceed to brush his hair with it. "I seriously hope you appreciate what I'm doing for you, Toranksu." He said sternly. If Vegeta were to ever find out then he would be dead in a second flat!
Trunks put down the fork and solemnly nodded his head. He appreciated the risk that the small crab was taking for him, he really did. Plus if he were to complain about that crazy chef one more time to him, then he swore he would go insane!
"Tomorrow we have to work extra hard to get that prince of yours to kiss you." Krillin said while Trunks made his way to the bed. "Bat your eyelashes at him," He suggested while batting his own eyelashes to show him what he meant. "Hold his hand a couple of times, and always try to look your absolute best!" He said determinedly, he would be damned if they would fail at this after coming so far!
Trunks nodded his head at the tiny crab while he climbed into the soft bed and stretched out on it lazily and enjoying the soft feel of it. But not realizing that he was supposed to go under the covers while his head found a pillow easily enough. He was used to sleeping without covers anyway, the sea was always warm enough so no one ever needed them, and it was a hot day too, so he remained pretty comfortable and fell asleep almost instantly.
Krillin smiled fondly at the sight of his prince sleeping soundly on the vast bed, and he blew out the candles in the room before climbing in with him to sleep on one of the large pillows. "You truly are a pain in my ass, kid." He said fondly, before closing his eyes and letting the darkness of the room and the warmth of the cushion send him to sleep. "But then I again I think you already know that." He whispered before finally drifting off with him.
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Back at Vegeta-sei, King Vegeta was pacing back and forth in worry in his throne room, waiting for news on his missing son. He truly did feel sorry for how he acted back at the cave that day, but when he went to check on him and found nobody there he became worried. Several hours ago he sent out search parties that all turned up nothing, and he was getting increasingly nervous.
He didn't mean what he said to him about not letting him pick out his own mate, and that thing about him never leaving his sight wouldn't have lasted more than a week at best, but then again Toranksu didn't know that. And he swam away from home.
A little seahorse that was part of the search party quickly swam up to his face and bowed. He was so nervous, the last fish to come here and say that nothing had been found swam out in tears, and he didn't feel like facing the kings wrath anymore than he wanted to put himself on some humans fishing hook.
"Was there any sign of them?" He asked the tiny seahorse worriedly.
"No your majesty," He replied nervously. "We've searched everywhere and we still have no clues as to where your son is."
"WELL THEN KEEP LOOKING!!" He roared out in rage and fear. "I want the searches to continue! Not *one* of my royal guards shall sleep until he is found and brought home!!"
The seahorse cringed at his frantic yelling, and felt that he understood why his prince would run away when he had such an awful tempered father. Of course he kept that opinion to himself as he bowed and quickly swam away before his king could yell at him some more for his failure.
Vegeta sank into his throne, before putting his head into his hands and shaking his head at himself in disgust. It was his fault his son was gone, and for all he knew he could be eaten by a shark and dead, or simply never come back to his home that he thought would be a prison to him, because of what he'd done back in that cave.
"What have I done?" He said out loud in shame, but the only sound to reply to him was the echo of his own voice in the vast room. He swore to himself right then and there, that if his son ever came back to him that he would apologise. His pride be damned!
Vegeta sighed sadly. "I apologize Toranksu. Please hear my plea and come home." He thought out loud to himself, hoping that his son would hear his prayer from wherever he was, but once again his only reply was the sad echo of his own voice.
To Be Continued..............................
A.N: So how was that? I didn't kill him like you all asked for so I hope your all happy! =P ^_^ Review me please!!!!!!!!!!!!! I like reviews! They help me to write and if I don't get lots I guess I'll just have to not finish it! (laughs evilly!)