Chapter 6
"Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey!" Trunks came crashing in the room as he swung the door open, full of high spirits. The sight he met was quite the opposite. Goten laid there, all sprawled out, his mouth wide open and the blankets only covering his manhood. His hair was a mess and he snored loudly. Next to him was Natari, curled up on her side, still in clothing, her hair just as messy as Goten's. "Wide awake, you lazy heads!" The two sat up, looking at him through half closed eyes. He cringed a bit. "Ew, the walking dead." He went back to normal. "Breakfast!"
"No breakfast," Goten groaned. "Beer. Soda. Anything 'cept coffee, milk, and juice." Natari rubbed her eyes.
"Do you mind leaving us alone?" she moaned, closing her eyes and falling backwards.
"Come on! It's a beautiful day!" Trunks exclaimed joyously. Goten flipped him off and fell back onto his pillow, snoring once more. Trunks folded his arms. "Jeez, couple 'a lumps." He shook his head. "Hey, Maron, we got a bit more time to...uh...go back to bed..."
***************later that day***************
"ANOTHER DAMNED PARTY!?" Goten yelled.
"Yes," Natari replied, ignoring the saiya-jin's fury. "This time at someone's house. So maybe it won't be that bad." Goten folded his arms and closed his eyes.
"Oh, that makes all the difference," he growled. Natari put her hands on her hips.
"Quit being such a baby!"
"Give me one good reason why I should go!" Goten barked. Natari tugged at the collar of his vest and kissed him deeply. After pulling away (not exactly wanting to), Goten looked at her, not knowing how to deal with the situation. So, he just said a single word. "Convincing." She smirked. He removed his vest and went in search of the clothes he had wore last time.
"When are we leaving?"
"I knew you'd see it my way," Natari said. "I'd say around ten o' clock this time. It should be pretty intense. There should be lots of fights and people doing things young children shouldn't see..." She shuddered. Goten shrugged as he pulled on his white shirt.
"The fighting part sounds good," he stated. "As long as I don't see anything disturbed, I'll manage."
Goten grabbed Trunks's neck from the back, spinning him around so he could face him. "Please tell me you're going to the party!?" he exclaimed. Trunks arched a brow.
"Uh, no duh," he replied. "I don't live under a rock. It's supposed to be a big secret within Russ's inner circle." He grinned. "Natari got ya?" Goten nodded.
"She can be very persuasive...," he answered, smiling dreamilly.
"Sheesh, I never thought I'd see you love anyone this much, especially with the big attitude change," Trunks told him. Goten glared at him, then sighed.
"This party sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. I'll probably kill everyone, and what if I see someone...doing...yeah..." Trunks looked thoughtful. "And what if Natari...yeah..." Trunks had a goofy grin on at that comment.
"Just go with the flow, bud," he told him. "A thing about woman, ya can't say no to them, cos' they'll do that whole "look in the eyes" thing and make you feel like you'll do anything. We call this W.M.S, Women's Manipulation System."
"I know what it is Trunks," Goten replied. "I was once a hopeless woman chaser."
***************10:00 p.m.***************
Trunks and Goten cut through the air towards Russ's house. Maron and Natari had already left, so the two best friends decided to meet them their. Goten felt like he was going to hypervenilate. He was glad he had Trunks so he could talk "man to man." After Trunks spotted the house, they flew down.
"Maron said they'd be by the pool," Trunks told his companion. Goten wasn't exactly listening. He was nodding his head to a Linkin Park song coming from inside the building. He stopped after realizing that Trunks was watching.
"Linkin Park was my favorite band from elementary to highschool," he told him. Trunks nodded his agreement and they headed to the back of the house where they found a large in-ground swimming pool surrounded by tons of people. Goten sniffed the air until he picked up Natari's scent. The two went over to where they estimated them to be and Goten almost fell over dead. He had never seen Natari in a bathing suit, for she had always swam in her clothes. He didn't really seem to notice Maron at the time, he was too shocked. He would have been stunned by a one-piece, but the two-piece was enough to kill him.
"Hey, Goten, what's wrong?" Natari asked innocently. Maron stepped over to him and tapped his chin up so his mouth was closed.
"It isn't polite to gape." Goten nodded simpley. Trunks grabbed his friend's shoulders.
"We'll go change into our bathing suits," he told them, pulling him away, Goten still in the same position. Inside the house, Trunks forced him into the bathroom and handed him a pair of swimming trunks. "I know the situation seems a bit too much for you, but you've seen Paris in one. You've seen Bra in one. You can do this. I'm gonna go change in the other bathroom. I'll meet you outside." After he left, Goten didn't move for a while. He couldn't stop thinking about Natari. He was making a fool of himself, and the worst part was, he couldn't help it. He changed and crept out to the back yard, trying not to be noticed.
"What are you doing?" Goten jumped twenty feet into the air as he heard Natari's voice.
"Stop doing that!" he shouted.
"Sorry," she apologized sarcastically.
"So, where's Trunks?" Maron asked.
"Still changing, I guess," the saiya-jin answered. They went swimming, and Trunks eventually came out. They kept joking about Trunks wearing trunks and stuff, which was starting to annoy him. Then they changed back into their clothes and danced inside the house. Goten had to admit that the choice of music was good, especially all the Linkin Park and Godsmack songs.
Maron and Trunks plopped onto a couch after "I Stand Alone" by Godsmack. "So tired," Trunks groaned. Natari and Goten were still dancing to the next stong, not a single sign of fatigue wearing at them.
"Can't we do something else?" Maron asked.
"You can," Goten replied, then he started singing along, "I don't want to be the one the battles always choose, 'cause inside I realize that I'm the one confused. I don't know what's worth fighting for, or why I have to scream, I don't know why I instigate, and say what I don't mean, I don't know how I got this way, I know it's not alright, so I'm breaking the habit, I'm breaking the habit tonight." The other three blinked at the lyrics and who they were coming out of. Goten was really starting to scare them.
Suddenly, a fight broke out. Apparently, two guys were fighting over a girl. They launched themselves at eachother and started wrestling on the ground. One flew into the wall as the other punched him, but they quickly got up. Before they started again, Goten disappeared and materialized between them, grabbing them both by the collar of their shirts. "If there's any fighting going on, it will be from me. So, either discuss this, or find your skulls smashed." They both had been at the previous party, and they didn't want any trouble with him, so they obeyed.
Goten walked back to his friends as the party slowly came back to life after the interruption. Maron and Trunks walked off to only they know and Natari and Goten continued to dance. Goten felt so limited to the snack table, for with the inherrited appetite of his father, there would be nothing left.
"Admit it, Goten," Natari said. He looked at her.
"Admit wa?" he replied.
"That you're having a good time. You know you are." Goten looked like he had just got busted.
"Why would I have fun at a human party?! The very idea is crazy!" he exclaimed.
"And Maron said I was in denial," the intotsu stated. Goten growled, then stuffed a chip in his mouth.
"Hey, where's the kitchen? We're running out of dip," he asked her. Natari shrugged.
"Look around." The two went in search of the kitchen. Unfortunately, one door that they opened led to an occupied closet.
"Shit falling from the sky!" Goten exclaimed. Trunks looked over his shoulder and Maron peeked out from behind him. Goten's eye twitched and Natari could only blink. Trunks laughed nervously.
"Uhm, mouth to mouth resuscitation?" Goten narrowed his eyes. "Hey, what are you doing opening a closet anyways? Hm? Can you tell me that!?" Goten and Natari blushed at what he thought.
"We were looking for the kitchen!" Goten retaliated.
"Mhm, right," Maron replied. "Your idea, or Natari's?" Goten was completely red, but also with anger. He clenched his fists and struggled to control his energy.
"You honestly think Natari would suggest we do something like this? I can understand me after the way I've behaved in the old days, but shit! We haven't known eachother long enough to do this!"
"Dude, it's not like we're having sex, calm down," Trunks replied. Goten would not calm down.
"Get outta here! Go! Now! I'll frigain kick your ass! You could at least wait 'til we're back to the ship! Damn!" The two shuffled out of the closet, straightening out their hair and preening their clothes. Goten let out an angry and exasperated sigh and leaned against the door frame.
"That's the second time you've stuck up for me, verbally," Natari added. Goten folded his arms and slouched.
"It was nothing. It's just the fact that those two can piss me off so damn much sometimes," he told her.
"Not a lot of male intotsi would have done what you did." She kissed him. "Thanks." Goten held her shoulders.
"I never thought I'd say this about a woman after all I went through with them, but you're the most amazing person I've ever met. You shouldn't be thought of like that." She kissed him again, this time more deeply. Both were slowly going into the closet and shutting the door. Goten figured it was him who had done it, just in case Trunks and Maron decided to not listen and come back. He put a hand on her neck and the other on her ass. She lifted her leg to his waist and wrapped both arms around his neck. Goten had never done this with the other two, and he never thought he would with anyone. He was wrong, and he was glad. I'm breaking the habit tonight, he thought.
"Ha! I repeat, HA!" Trunks exclaimed as he opened the door. Goten and Natari didn't stop, though. Goten reached out a hand and socked him in the jaw, then closed the door again. There's no way those two are ruining this. Natari slowly pulled away.
"We'd better stop," she told him. "Those two'll just keep badgering us. How long were we in here?"
"Forever," Goten answered with a smile. "That was unbelievable." He opened the door, smoothing out his hair and clothes. He looked down at Trunks, who sat on the ground, a blank expression on his face. Maron knelt beside him, the same expression on her face. "Oh, I'm sorry, did I hit you?"
"Yes," Trunks replied. "You two are despicable." Goten grinned, and for a moment, he looked exactly like his father. He helped his friend to his feet and Maron and Natari walked off. "So, how'd ya like it?"
"How'd I like wa?" Goten asked. "Oh, you mean the-yeah, it was..."
"You are annoying," Trunks said. Goten shrugged and started nodding his head to the music.
"Well, let's just say that," he started singing, "I'm breaking the habit, I'm breaking the habit tonight."
"You are so shallow," Maron told Natari as they travelled to the snack table. "You kick me and Trunks out then you go and make out with Goten. God, you're shallow."
"Maron, shut up," Natari replied, straightening her hair. "It's not like we intended to in the first place. I was thanking him for sticking up for me, then we both kinda found our way inside." She poured herself a cup of punch and started to drink. Maron shook her head.
"A saiya-jin and an intotsu. Interesting combination. What will your kids be like?" Natari's eyes widened and she spat out her punch, coughing.
"Maron! That was so uncalled for it isn't even funny!" she yelled. Goten and Trunks walked up.
"What was uncalled for?" Goten asked. Natari laughed nervously.
"Uh, nothing, absolutely nothing," she answered. Goten put his hands behind his head.
"Whatever. Hey, ya know what, things are starting to mellow down. Should we leave soon?"
"The key word there is soon," Maron replied. The music turned from partying to slow, which wasn't exactly what Goten wanted, but not because of the dance. They were mostly silent while they did. The two were so lost in thought that they didn't realize that the other wasn't talking either. Before they knew it, the party was over. They group went back to the ship, Maron and Trunks immediately going to bed. However, Goten was enjoying himself too much.
"Ya know, now that Natari sleeps in the room, you two can sleep in the control room!" They just pretended to not hear him.
Goten let out a sigh as he sat on the edge of the bed. He smiled up at Natari, looking like his father once more. Slowly his hostile side was fading from him, revealing his true form, and he had an intotsu to thank. She sat down next to him, flicking her hair to the side. "I never thought you could party like that," she told him. He grinned.
"I didn't either," Goten replied. He took off his jacket and flung it in the corner. "You'd never know I haven't done this in years." Natari nodded, then fell back onto the bed, looking at the ceiling.
"I'm glad I came to this planet," she said. "A new start and a new life." Goten looked down at the floor, a serious expression on his face.
"I can't do that," he murmured. He then looked up. "However, I can make things right." He got up, taking his shirt off and heading to the door. Natari sat up.
"What are you doing?" He looked over his shoulder at her.
"People still think I'm evil. I got to confront Gohan. We need to talk." The intotsu got up and walked over to him.
"Goten, what if you end up fighting again? After last time, you might not come back."
"If that's what it takes to make life right. I've been straight out of line for the longest time." He opened the door. "Trust me, I'll be back. Just tell Trunks and Maron to behave while I'm gone." With that, he left, and Natari didn't stop him.
"Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey!" Trunks came crashing in the room as he swung the door open, full of high spirits. The sight he met was quite the opposite. Goten laid there, all sprawled out, his mouth wide open and the blankets only covering his manhood. His hair was a mess and he snored loudly. Next to him was Natari, curled up on her side, still in clothing, her hair just as messy as Goten's. "Wide awake, you lazy heads!" The two sat up, looking at him through half closed eyes. He cringed a bit. "Ew, the walking dead." He went back to normal. "Breakfast!"
"No breakfast," Goten groaned. "Beer. Soda. Anything 'cept coffee, milk, and juice." Natari rubbed her eyes.
"Do you mind leaving us alone?" she moaned, closing her eyes and falling backwards.
"Come on! It's a beautiful day!" Trunks exclaimed joyously. Goten flipped him off and fell back onto his pillow, snoring once more. Trunks folded his arms. "Jeez, couple 'a lumps." He shook his head. "Hey, Maron, we got a bit more time to...uh...go back to bed..."
***************later that day***************
"ANOTHER DAMNED PARTY!?" Goten yelled.
"Yes," Natari replied, ignoring the saiya-jin's fury. "This time at someone's house. So maybe it won't be that bad." Goten folded his arms and closed his eyes.
"Oh, that makes all the difference," he growled. Natari put her hands on her hips.
"Quit being such a baby!"
"Give me one good reason why I should go!" Goten barked. Natari tugged at the collar of his vest and kissed him deeply. After pulling away (not exactly wanting to), Goten looked at her, not knowing how to deal with the situation. So, he just said a single word. "Convincing." She smirked. He removed his vest and went in search of the clothes he had wore last time.
"When are we leaving?"
"I knew you'd see it my way," Natari said. "I'd say around ten o' clock this time. It should be pretty intense. There should be lots of fights and people doing things young children shouldn't see..." She shuddered. Goten shrugged as he pulled on his white shirt.
"The fighting part sounds good," he stated. "As long as I don't see anything disturbed, I'll manage."
Goten grabbed Trunks's neck from the back, spinning him around so he could face him. "Please tell me you're going to the party!?" he exclaimed. Trunks arched a brow.
"Uh, no duh," he replied. "I don't live under a rock. It's supposed to be a big secret within Russ's inner circle." He grinned. "Natari got ya?" Goten nodded.
"She can be very persuasive...," he answered, smiling dreamilly.
"Sheesh, I never thought I'd see you love anyone this much, especially with the big attitude change," Trunks told him. Goten glared at him, then sighed.
"This party sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. I'll probably kill everyone, and what if I see someone...doing...yeah..." Trunks looked thoughtful. "And what if Natari...yeah..." Trunks had a goofy grin on at that comment.
"Just go with the flow, bud," he told him. "A thing about woman, ya can't say no to them, cos' they'll do that whole "look in the eyes" thing and make you feel like you'll do anything. We call this W.M.S, Women's Manipulation System."
"I know what it is Trunks," Goten replied. "I was once a hopeless woman chaser."
***************10:00 p.m.***************
Trunks and Goten cut through the air towards Russ's house. Maron and Natari had already left, so the two best friends decided to meet them their. Goten felt like he was going to hypervenilate. He was glad he had Trunks so he could talk "man to man." After Trunks spotted the house, they flew down.
"Maron said they'd be by the pool," Trunks told his companion. Goten wasn't exactly listening. He was nodding his head to a Linkin Park song coming from inside the building. He stopped after realizing that Trunks was watching.
"Linkin Park was my favorite band from elementary to highschool," he told him. Trunks nodded his agreement and they headed to the back of the house where they found a large in-ground swimming pool surrounded by tons of people. Goten sniffed the air until he picked up Natari's scent. The two went over to where they estimated them to be and Goten almost fell over dead. He had never seen Natari in a bathing suit, for she had always swam in her clothes. He didn't really seem to notice Maron at the time, he was too shocked. He would have been stunned by a one-piece, but the two-piece was enough to kill him.
"Hey, Goten, what's wrong?" Natari asked innocently. Maron stepped over to him and tapped his chin up so his mouth was closed.
"It isn't polite to gape." Goten nodded simpley. Trunks grabbed his friend's shoulders.
"We'll go change into our bathing suits," he told them, pulling him away, Goten still in the same position. Inside the house, Trunks forced him into the bathroom and handed him a pair of swimming trunks. "I know the situation seems a bit too much for you, but you've seen Paris in one. You've seen Bra in one. You can do this. I'm gonna go change in the other bathroom. I'll meet you outside." After he left, Goten didn't move for a while. He couldn't stop thinking about Natari. He was making a fool of himself, and the worst part was, he couldn't help it. He changed and crept out to the back yard, trying not to be noticed.
"What are you doing?" Goten jumped twenty feet into the air as he heard Natari's voice.
"Stop doing that!" he shouted.
"Sorry," she apologized sarcastically.
"So, where's Trunks?" Maron asked.
"Still changing, I guess," the saiya-jin answered. They went swimming, and Trunks eventually came out. They kept joking about Trunks wearing trunks and stuff, which was starting to annoy him. Then they changed back into their clothes and danced inside the house. Goten had to admit that the choice of music was good, especially all the Linkin Park and Godsmack songs.
Maron and Trunks plopped onto a couch after "I Stand Alone" by Godsmack. "So tired," Trunks groaned. Natari and Goten were still dancing to the next stong, not a single sign of fatigue wearing at them.
"Can't we do something else?" Maron asked.
"You can," Goten replied, then he started singing along, "I don't want to be the one the battles always choose, 'cause inside I realize that I'm the one confused. I don't know what's worth fighting for, or why I have to scream, I don't know why I instigate, and say what I don't mean, I don't know how I got this way, I know it's not alright, so I'm breaking the habit, I'm breaking the habit tonight." The other three blinked at the lyrics and who they were coming out of. Goten was really starting to scare them.
Suddenly, a fight broke out. Apparently, two guys were fighting over a girl. They launched themselves at eachother and started wrestling on the ground. One flew into the wall as the other punched him, but they quickly got up. Before they started again, Goten disappeared and materialized between them, grabbing them both by the collar of their shirts. "If there's any fighting going on, it will be from me. So, either discuss this, or find your skulls smashed." They both had been at the previous party, and they didn't want any trouble with him, so they obeyed.
Goten walked back to his friends as the party slowly came back to life after the interruption. Maron and Trunks walked off to only they know and Natari and Goten continued to dance. Goten felt so limited to the snack table, for with the inherrited appetite of his father, there would be nothing left.
"Admit it, Goten," Natari said. He looked at her.
"Admit wa?" he replied.
"That you're having a good time. You know you are." Goten looked like he had just got busted.
"Why would I have fun at a human party?! The very idea is crazy!" he exclaimed.
"And Maron said I was in denial," the intotsu stated. Goten growled, then stuffed a chip in his mouth.
"Hey, where's the kitchen? We're running out of dip," he asked her. Natari shrugged.
"Look around." The two went in search of the kitchen. Unfortunately, one door that they opened led to an occupied closet.
"Shit falling from the sky!" Goten exclaimed. Trunks looked over his shoulder and Maron peeked out from behind him. Goten's eye twitched and Natari could only blink. Trunks laughed nervously.
"Uhm, mouth to mouth resuscitation?" Goten narrowed his eyes. "Hey, what are you doing opening a closet anyways? Hm? Can you tell me that!?" Goten and Natari blushed at what he thought.
"We were looking for the kitchen!" Goten retaliated.
"Mhm, right," Maron replied. "Your idea, or Natari's?" Goten was completely red, but also with anger. He clenched his fists and struggled to control his energy.
"You honestly think Natari would suggest we do something like this? I can understand me after the way I've behaved in the old days, but shit! We haven't known eachother long enough to do this!"
"Dude, it's not like we're having sex, calm down," Trunks replied. Goten would not calm down.
"Get outta here! Go! Now! I'll frigain kick your ass! You could at least wait 'til we're back to the ship! Damn!" The two shuffled out of the closet, straightening out their hair and preening their clothes. Goten let out an angry and exasperated sigh and leaned against the door frame.
"That's the second time you've stuck up for me, verbally," Natari added. Goten folded his arms and slouched.
"It was nothing. It's just the fact that those two can piss me off so damn much sometimes," he told her.
"Not a lot of male intotsi would have done what you did." She kissed him. "Thanks." Goten held her shoulders.
"I never thought I'd say this about a woman after all I went through with them, but you're the most amazing person I've ever met. You shouldn't be thought of like that." She kissed him again, this time more deeply. Both were slowly going into the closet and shutting the door. Goten figured it was him who had done it, just in case Trunks and Maron decided to not listen and come back. He put a hand on her neck and the other on her ass. She lifted her leg to his waist and wrapped both arms around his neck. Goten had never done this with the other two, and he never thought he would with anyone. He was wrong, and he was glad. I'm breaking the habit tonight, he thought.
"Ha! I repeat, HA!" Trunks exclaimed as he opened the door. Goten and Natari didn't stop, though. Goten reached out a hand and socked him in the jaw, then closed the door again. There's no way those two are ruining this. Natari slowly pulled away.
"We'd better stop," she told him. "Those two'll just keep badgering us. How long were we in here?"
"Forever," Goten answered with a smile. "That was unbelievable." He opened the door, smoothing out his hair and clothes. He looked down at Trunks, who sat on the ground, a blank expression on his face. Maron knelt beside him, the same expression on her face. "Oh, I'm sorry, did I hit you?"
"Yes," Trunks replied. "You two are despicable." Goten grinned, and for a moment, he looked exactly like his father. He helped his friend to his feet and Maron and Natari walked off. "So, how'd ya like it?"
"How'd I like wa?" Goten asked. "Oh, you mean the-yeah, it was..."
"You are annoying," Trunks said. Goten shrugged and started nodding his head to the music.
"Well, let's just say that," he started singing, "I'm breaking the habit, I'm breaking the habit tonight."
"You are so shallow," Maron told Natari as they travelled to the snack table. "You kick me and Trunks out then you go and make out with Goten. God, you're shallow."
"Maron, shut up," Natari replied, straightening her hair. "It's not like we intended to in the first place. I was thanking him for sticking up for me, then we both kinda found our way inside." She poured herself a cup of punch and started to drink. Maron shook her head.
"A saiya-jin and an intotsu. Interesting combination. What will your kids be like?" Natari's eyes widened and she spat out her punch, coughing.
"Maron! That was so uncalled for it isn't even funny!" she yelled. Goten and Trunks walked up.
"What was uncalled for?" Goten asked. Natari laughed nervously.
"Uh, nothing, absolutely nothing," she answered. Goten put his hands behind his head.
"Whatever. Hey, ya know what, things are starting to mellow down. Should we leave soon?"
"The key word there is soon," Maron replied. The music turned from partying to slow, which wasn't exactly what Goten wanted, but not because of the dance. They were mostly silent while they did. The two were so lost in thought that they didn't realize that the other wasn't talking either. Before they knew it, the party was over. They group went back to the ship, Maron and Trunks immediately going to bed. However, Goten was enjoying himself too much.
"Ya know, now that Natari sleeps in the room, you two can sleep in the control room!" They just pretended to not hear him.
Goten let out a sigh as he sat on the edge of the bed. He smiled up at Natari, looking like his father once more. Slowly his hostile side was fading from him, revealing his true form, and he had an intotsu to thank. She sat down next to him, flicking her hair to the side. "I never thought you could party like that," she told him. He grinned.
"I didn't either," Goten replied. He took off his jacket and flung it in the corner. "You'd never know I haven't done this in years." Natari nodded, then fell back onto the bed, looking at the ceiling.
"I'm glad I came to this planet," she said. "A new start and a new life." Goten looked down at the floor, a serious expression on his face.
"I can't do that," he murmured. He then looked up. "However, I can make things right." He got up, taking his shirt off and heading to the door. Natari sat up.
"What are you doing?" He looked over his shoulder at her.
"People still think I'm evil. I got to confront Gohan. We need to talk." The intotsu got up and walked over to him.
"Goten, what if you end up fighting again? After last time, you might not come back."
"If that's what it takes to make life right. I've been straight out of line for the longest time." He opened the door. "Trust me, I'll be back. Just tell Trunks and Maron to behave while I'm gone." With that, he left, and Natari didn't stop him.