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A Child's Tale
Chapter 8: The Seven Chibi's
"Well it's about time you two got here." A lavender-haired boy said, moving from his previous spot on the wall to meet his friends.
"Sorry Trunks."
"Yah, sorry." The two raven-haired 7-year-olds answered guiltily.
He just rolled his eyes before motioning for the two to follow him through the double doors. "Come on, dad dropped me off about a half-hour ago so I had time to explore a bit. And I think there are some people you two would like to meet."
The nodded before hurrying after him down the long, seemingly endless hallway, lined with doors parallel to the ones across the hall. Both were getting a little uneasy about their surroundings before they noticed a light at the end of the hall.
"Where are we going?" Goten asked.
Trunks smirked, "To the 'Exploration Cavern'" he mocked.
Melody raised an eyebrow, "The exploration cavern?"
Trunks just snickered while Goten smiled.
"Here." Trunks stated as they walked into the room, temporarily blinded by the sudden brightness.
"Whoa..." Melody answered as she looked around the room, right eye twitching. The large, circular room, about 80 feet in diameter, was equipped with a light green rug, baby pink walls, and the high ceiling was colored baby blue on the outside, slowly darkening until it reached the center where it was a navy blue color. In the center of the room was a huge, plastic castle/jungle-gym surrounded by a 'moat' (a 5-inch deep stream with fake, plastic alligators that swam through it controlled by magnets). In the space around the castle were smaller playhouses that resembled village buildings, caves, lone towers, and there was even a dragon. A few teachers lined the walls while a good number of kids ran through the castle and the other replicas, ages varying from 4 to 11.
"Cool!" Goten cried, ecstatic for he had never seen so many toys in one place before. Melody just smiled, internally celebrating, and Trunks just watched them amusedly before breaking them out of their reverie, "Come on, they're waiting inside." The two nodded.
"Where inside the castle are they, Trunks?" Goten asked curiously after they crossed the bridge and entered through the double doors.
"Inside the common room, in the deepest part of the castle. It's quiet there for not many people travel that far in." Goten nodded.
As they proceeded through the many hallways and went up three staircases, they eventually came to a large door, 6 ½ feet in height (this is according to their standards). As they walked through it, the three noticed a large, rectangular table in the center of the room, surrounded by seven chairs, the eighth up against the wall; the four closest to them already occupied. Their talking ceased as the door opened.
"We didn't think you would show." A blue-haired 7-year-old stated, intertwining his fingers and placing his hands on the table.
Trunks just snorted and took his place at the head of the table, Melody and Goten sitting on either side of him. Next to Melody sat two girls, one raven haired and the other with bright blue hair. The blue-haired boy sat next to Goten and next to him sat a boy with a black mohawk.
Silence...
The raven-haired girl suddenly stood up placing both hands on the table, "Well, if all of you aren't going to introduce yourselves I will. I'm Pan; it's nice to meet you two. This is my friend Bra, "she pointed to the girl sitting next to her, "And this is Jaren...and Uub." Pan said first pointing to the blue-haired boy, than the boy with the mohawk. All the chibis sitting down smiled; leave it to Pan to break the ice. Well, most of them...Goten just sat there studying Pan and Bra for a minute before looking at Trunks who nodded.
Goten stood up, "Who are you?" he addressed to the two girls.
"Umm...what do you mean?" They looked at each other nervously.
"Your ki is like Trunk's," he said pointing to Bra then to Pan, "And yours is like nii-chan's and someone els...someone like....no." Goten's eyes widened as he looked at the mini-clone of Videl and then at Trunks.
"Are you...?" Trunks asked standing up.
The girls looked down shamefully, they had promised to keep it a secret. Pan sighed, "Yes we are from the future Trunks...but don't tell!"
"You're from the future...how?" Melody asked confused, a similar look on both Uub's and Jaren's faces.
Pan sighed and sat down, "It's a long story and I don't think Sensei would want me to tell you."
"Who's your sensei?" Jaren asked.
"My brother." Bra answered.
"Who's your brother?"
Pan smiled proudly, "The greatest fighter in our timeline, Trunks Briefs."
Trunks and Goten looked at each other before grinning madly, "You know Mirai?!" They cried in unison.
"Umm...yah." Bra stated, confused, "How do you know him, momma said Trunks was just a baby and Goten wasn't even born yet."
Goten stuck up his nose, "Just because I wasn't born yet doesn't mean I haven't heard stories."
"He's right. Anyway, why are you here in the past and why didn't Mirai come with you?"
Pan sighed; she was defiantly not getting out of this, "It all started when the androids appeared..."
Trunks and Goten sat there patently; they had already heard this part of the story millions of times from Gohan and Vegeta but they were willing to wait...it would be well worth it in the end. They would finally find out what had happened in the future after Mirai Trunks had left from the present.
Both smiled at that thought, redirecting their attention to Pan who was adding bits and pieces about saiyans in her seemingly endless story.
Sorry, again, about the wait. This chapter seemed really hard to write for some reason...
Next Chapter: Dinner at the Satan's
